Men's Basketball

Foley Named MMBCWA Co-Player of the Week

Posted: Jan 13, 2022

STANDISH, Maine – The Maine Men's Basketball Coaches & Writers Association (MMBCWA) weekly honors have been announced and Saint Joseph's College senior guard Griffin Foley (Portland, Maine) has been named as the MMBCWA Co-Player of the Week.

Foley averaged 25.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting 50.0% (28-56) from the floor, 36.0% (9-25) from downtown, and 73.3% (11-15) from the FT line in three contests for the Monks last week. He netted a career-high 30 points in a hard-fought loss to Bowdoin on Monday, dropped 18 points with six boards in a 76-66 win at Rivier on Thursday, and scored 28 points with five assists and three boards in a conference setback at Emmanuel on Saturday.

Through 13 games this winter, Foley is averaging 17.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest while shooting 46.5% (86-185), 33.3% (27-81), and 80.6% (29-36) from the field, beyond the arc, and at the charity stripe, respectively. He currently ranks fourth in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) in field goals made (86) and points (228), and fifth in three-pointers made (27).

For Foley, the weekly accolade is a career first. He shares the honor with University of New England guard Alex Kravchuk, who tallied 30 points and five rebounds against Western New England in the Nor'easters' only contest last week.

Saint Joseph's (3-10, 2-3 GNAC) will host conference-rival Norwich University on Saturday at 2:00 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.