Shawn Atupem
Named Northeast Conference Rookie of the Week
02/18/2008
Emmitsburg, Md. -- Mount St. Mary’s freshman Shawn Atupem
(Newport, News, Va./Woodside) has been named the Northeast
Conference Rookie of the Week. Atupem averaged 11.5 points and
3.0 rebounds while hitting 62.5 percent from the floor in
helping lead the Mount to wins over Fairleigh Dickinson and
Quinnipiac.
A 6-7 forward, Atupem opened the week with a career-high
17-point effort at Fairleigh Dickinson. He scored 10 consecutive
points to cap a 12-0 first-half run that allowed the Mount to
take control of the game. He followed with six points on 3-of-5
shooting in the Mount’s 77-70 win over Quinnipiac. His shot in
the lane with 2:58 remaining gave the Mount a five-point
advantage after the Bobcats had cut the margin to three.
Atupem, whose brother and teammate Sam was a two-time Choice
Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week award winner in 2005-06, has
averaged 8.5 points and 3.8 rebounds over the last six contests.
In that stretch, he has hit 20-of-30 (.667) from the field and
is averaging 17.5 minutes per game. Atupem has scored 51 points
over the past six games after tallying 24 over the first 16
games of his career.
During head coach Milan Brown’s five-year tenure, the Mount has
earned 11 NEC Rookie of the Week awards.
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