Griffin Picks Up Second CAC Weekly Honor
York, Pa. - Senior guard Camontae Griffin (Baltimore, Md./Dunbar) registered his second Capital Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week honor for the week ending November 6 as announced by league commissioner, Tom Byrnes, Monday afternoon.
The 12th-ranked Seahawks (5-1, 2-0 CAC) dropped its first loss of the season with a 72-61 decision at then-No. 6 Franklin & Marshall. St. Mary's then rebounded with a pair of conference victories over Marymount (Va.) University, 63-51, and Stevenson University, 103-71.
Griffin averaged 26.7 points in the three-game week as he shot .534 (31-of-58) from the floor and .857 (12-of-14) from the free throw line.
He started the week with 31 points (12-of-24 FGs), four steals and two rebounds in the loss at Franklin & Marshall. Griffin followed that up with 19 points and three rebounds in SMCM's CAC-opening win at Marymount.
He ended the week with 30 points (12-of-18), a career-best five steals, and four assists in the Seahawks' win over Stevenson.
Griffin currently leads the conference in both scoring (26.3 ppg) and steals (2.8 spg). He also owns the CAC's second-best free throw percentage at .884 while ranking ninth in field goal percentage (.509). Griffin is 13th in assists with a 2.3 average while being tied for 15th in three-point field goal percentage (.333).
The Seahawks will be back in action Wednesday, December 9 as Salisbury will be on the St. Mary's City campus for a conference tilt at 8:00 pm.
2009-10 CAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week
Nov. 16 - Rudy Thomas, Jr., Guard, Wesley
Nov. 23 - Camontae Griffin, Sr., Guard, St. Mary's
Nov. 30 - Brandon Altmann, Sr., Center, Mary
Washington
Dec. 7 - Camontae Griffin, Sr., Guard, St.
Mary's
