Brits in College – Week 13 Recap

With the thirteenth week of the college basketball season completed, we take a look at all the top performing Brits in NCAA Division 1 in the past seven days.

Player of the Week

Teddy Okereafor held his nerve at a critical time to sink two free throws to send another Rider home game into overtime. The junior guard would go on to finish with 16 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists as his side claimed an 85-77 win against the defending Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champions, Manhattan.

Okereafor played 44 minutes of action with no other team-mate featuring for more than 35 minutes

Best of the Rest

Will Saunders netted 4-5 from 3-point range on his way to an 18-point haul, whilst adding 8 rebounds and 2 blocks in an 83-72 win for Charleston Southern. Junior forward Jesse Chuku scored 11 points in a win for Lehigh, before adding 5 points and 7 rebounds as the Mountain Hawks made it four straight victories.

UC Irvine are now 7-2 in the Big-West Conference after beating Long Beach State 56-55 on the road. Luke Nelson scored 7 points in the win, while Alex Young missed the game due to a left-foot injury. Ben Lawson played 33 minutes in a 72-68 loss for Western Kentucky against Rice with the 7’0″ centre contributing 3 points, 4 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Kingsley Okoroh grabbed 6 boards and added 4 points and 2 blocks as Cal Bears defeated UCLA 64-62, while Jamie Batish scored 9 points and had 4 rebounds in a 77-67 defeat for Western Illinois – their third loss in a row. Gabe Olaseni contributed 7 points (3-3 FG) and 4 boards in a win for Iowa last weekend, before adding 2 points and 4 rebounds in a following loss to Minnesota.

Chris Caird added 8 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a 60-54 win for Drake against Bradley.

Anyone we missed that deserves a mention? Let us know in the comments!

Watch over 700 NCAA basketball fixtures LIVE and on-demand with ESPN Player at espnplayer.com

Do you like our work?

We have a tiny favour to ask. In 2018 we set out to make Hoopsfix sustainable by building our relationship directly with our readers. Up until now, Hoopsfix has been creating editorials, videos and podcasts to provide sorely missing coverage of the British game and its distinct culture and community.

We have funded Hoopsfix with our freelance work creating basketball media, but sadly that means not only does it fall behind our client’s priorities, but some of those clients are the same organisations we need to report objectively on putting us in a conflicted position.

We want to devote more time to our mission of helping British basketball reach its potential, and produce even more content for the basketball community by making Hoopsfix a sustainable 100% independent business funded directly by our readers through Patreon.

If everyone who enjoys our content chose to support us, our future would be much more secure. For as little as $3 per month, you can support Hoopsfix – and it only takes a minute.

We are tremendously honoured and humbled to have a community of people who value what we do, and we look forward to being at the forefront of the British game as it continues to evolve.

Support Hoopsfix