Childs Wins Third GNAC MBB Rookie of the Week Honor
WINTHROP, Mass. - Freshman Chris Childs (Bronx, N.Y.) of the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) men's basketball team was named the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Rookie of the Week for the second week in a row, as announced by the conference front office on Monday afternoon. It marks the third overall GNAC Rookie of the Week selection for Childs this season as he joins classmate Delshawn Jackson Jr. (Hartford, Conn.) as the second player from USJ to earn the award three times on the year. The Blue Jays have now garnered the honor an unprecedented 10 times through the first 13 weeks of the 2018-19 basketball season.
Childs defended his GNAC Rookie of the Week award by once again leading the Blue Jays on the week scoring 24 points in a tough 88-84 GNAC setback to intrastate foe Albertus Magnus at home on Tuesday in USJ's lone game of the week. In the first-ever meeting between the Blue Jays and Falcons which featured seven ties and nine lead changes, Childs netted a game-high 24 points on 7-of-16 (43.8%) shooting overall, burying a perfect 3-of-3 from beyond the arc. The rookie from Bronx, N.Y. also hit 7-of-8 (87.5%) of his attempts from the free-throw line and added five boards, two assists, and two steals in 34 minutes of floor time. Childs is now once again back over the 50.0% shooting plateau from distance on the season and sits in second place among GNAC sharpshooters at 50.4%.
Up Next
Childs and the Blue Jays will be back in action on Thursday, February 14, in a road matchup with top-ranked Suffolk University. Tip-off between the Blue Jays and Rams is slated for 7:00 p.m.
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