Men's Basketball

Wani Takes Home Second GNAC Weekly Honor

Posted: Jan 02, 2024

STANDISH, Maine – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) weekly honors have been released and Saint Joseph's College freshman guard Remijo Wani (Portland, Maine) has been selected as the GNAC Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week for the second time this this season.

Wani earned ECSU Invitational All-Tournament honors after averaging 16.0 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 2.0 steals in a pair of games in Willimantic on Friday and Saturday. His most impressive output took place against SUNY Poly on Saturday, when he neared triple-double status with 25 points, 11 rebounds, and seven assists in a convincing 89-74 victory over the Wildcats.

Through 12 games this winter, Wani is averaging 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.0 steals while shooting 46.1% (53-115) from the floor, 35.4% (17-48) from three-point distance, and 80.8% (21-26) from the charity stripe. He is currently second on the team in scoring, rebounding, and three-point percentage.

Wani earned the first GNAC weekly award of his career on November 27th.

Saint Joseph's will host Bates College tonight in a non-conference contest at 7:00 PM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.