STANDISH, Maine – Saint Joseph's College senior guard Steve Simonds (Steep Falls, Maine) has garnered D3Hoops.com Team of the Week honors, as announced by the organization on Tuesday.
Simonds enjoyed an epic week, averaging 30.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.7 steals with double-doubles in a trio of conference contests. The senior guard scored a career-high 40 points - the first GNAC player to reach the mark this winter and first SJC player to do so in 17 years - with 11 boards and seven assists in a win over Mount Ida College on Monday. The third-year starter followed up with 30 points, 10 caroms and five dimes in a victory over Norwich University on Thursday and tallied 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists versus #9 Albertus Magnus College on Saturday.
Overall, Simonds shot 64.3% (27-42) from the field, 62.5% (15-24) from three-point distance and 78.6% (22-28) from the free-throw line last week. He is the first player in team history to earn D3hoops.com Team of the Week honors.
Simonds leads the Monks in scoring (21.1 PPG), rebounding (8.2 RPG), three-pointers made (55), three-point percentage (48.2%), free throws made (62), free throw percentage (87.3%) and steals (21). He currently leads the conference in three-pointers made, three-point percentage, free throw percentage and points (337) and ranks second in total rebounds (132) and points per game. He is also third in rebounding and fourth in field goals made.
The Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware, is D3hoops.com's weekly honor roll, in its 17th season of recognizing the top performance at each of the five positions from the previous week.
Simonds joins WPI senior guard Sam Longwell, NYU junior guard Hakeem Harris, DeSales junior forward Cody Deal and Webster senior center Aaron Griffin on the January 27th D3Hoops.com Team of the Week.
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Saint Joseph's College is Maine's only Catholic liberal arts college, providing a supportive, personalized and career-focused education for more than 100 years. From its 430-acre campus on the shores of Sebago Lake, the College offers more than 40 undergraduate programs to a population of approximately 1,000 students. Saint Joseph's College Online provides certificates, undergraduate and advanced degrees for working adults through an online learning program. For more, visit www.sjcme.edu.
