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Seton Hall’s Delgado tabbed Met Writers Co-Rookie of the Year; Gibbs named All-Met second team
NEW YORK – The Seton Hall men’s basketball team earned a pair of Metro New York City honors Wednesday as freshman Angel Delgado (Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic) was named the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Co-Rookie of the Year, and junior Sterling Gibbs (Scotch Plains, N.J.) was named second-team All-Met. The pair will be honored this evening at the annual Met Writers awards banquet at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, N.Y.
Delgado is the eighth Met Rookie of the Year in Seton Hall history and first since 2007. He joins previous Pirates winners Andre McCloud (1983), Terry Dehere (1990), Jerry Walker (1991), Shaheen Holloway (1997), Darius Lane (2000), Eddie Griffin (2001) and Eugene Harvey (2007) on the list. Gibbs’ selection to the second team gives Seton Hall an All-Met selection for the 10th year in a row and 34 of the last 35 years.
The nation’s leading freshman rebounder and the BIG EAST Rookie of the Year, Delgado was tops among all Div. I rookies with a 9.8 rebounds per game average. Overall, he ranked 22nd in the country and was 13th in the nation in offensive rebounding at 3.6 per game. He upped his game during BIG EAST play, winning the conference’s rebounding title with 10.7 rebounds per league game, becoming the first freshman to do it since Notre Dame’s Troy Murphy in 1997. He also averaged 9.8 points per conference game, up from his 9.3 points per game overall average.
A three-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week. Delgado led the BIG EAST with 10 double-doubles on the season, including seven during conference play. Ten of his 15 double-digit rebounding efforts also came during the conference schedule. One of his signature games was a 19-point, 19-rebound night vs. DePaul on Jan. 22. The 19 rebounds were the second-most ever by a freshman in a BIG EAST conference game. He had a 13-point, 12-rebound day in Seton Hall's win over then-No. 15 St. John's on Dec. 31, and had a flair for the dramatic, delivering the game-winning put-back layup to seal The Hall's victory over Creighton on Feb. 28.
Gibbs, who previously has been named second-team All-BIG EAST and NABC All-District 5, two-time BIG EAST Player of the Week and five-time selection to the Honor Roll, enjoyed a breakout season in which he ranked fifth in the BIG EAST in scoring (16.3 PPG), fifth in assists (3.8 APG), second in three-point shooting (.436), second in three-pointers made (2.6 3PG) and sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.9). His three-point shooting also was the ninth-best in the country. He was the only player in the BIG EAST to rank in the conference's top five in scoring, assists and three-point shooting.
Gibbs had nine 20-point games this season, including a career-high, 40-point outburst in the championship game of the 2014 Paradise Jam, leading to MVP honors. Eight of the nine 20-point games came during BIG EAST play, including a 25-point, eight-assist day in Seton Hall's upset win over then-No. 15 St. John's and a 30-point game vs. Butler. Seven times this season he was able to post more than 15 points and five assists. He's also was a prolific three-point shooter, making four or more in a game eight times this season.
Not yet on the official site.
Seton Hall’s Delgado tabbed Met Writers Co-Rookie of the Year; Gibbs named All-Met second team
NEW YORK – The Seton Hall men’s basketball team earned a pair of Metro New York City honors Wednesday as freshman Angel Delgado (Bajos De Haina, Dominican Republic) was named the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association Co-Rookie of the Year, and junior Sterling Gibbs (Scotch Plains, N.J.) was named second-team All-Met. The pair will be honored this evening at the annual Met Writers awards banquet at the Westchester Marriott in Tarrytown, N.Y.
Delgado is the eighth Met Rookie of the Year in Seton Hall history and first since 2007. He joins previous Pirates winners Andre McCloud (1983), Terry Dehere (1990), Jerry Walker (1991), Shaheen Holloway (1997), Darius Lane (2000), Eddie Griffin (2001) and Eugene Harvey (2007) on the list. Gibbs’ selection to the second team gives Seton Hall an All-Met selection for the 10th year in a row and 34 of the last 35 years.
The nation’s leading freshman rebounder and the BIG EAST Rookie of the Year, Delgado was tops among all Div. I rookies with a 9.8 rebounds per game average. Overall, he ranked 22nd in the country and was 13th in the nation in offensive rebounding at 3.6 per game. He upped his game during BIG EAST play, winning the conference’s rebounding title with 10.7 rebounds per league game, becoming the first freshman to do it since Notre Dame’s Troy Murphy in 1997. He also averaged 9.8 points per conference game, up from his 9.3 points per game overall average.
A three-time BIG EAST Rookie of the Week. Delgado led the BIG EAST with 10 double-doubles on the season, including seven during conference play. Ten of his 15 double-digit rebounding efforts also came during the conference schedule. One of his signature games was a 19-point, 19-rebound night vs. DePaul on Jan. 22. The 19 rebounds were the second-most ever by a freshman in a BIG EAST conference game. He had a 13-point, 12-rebound day in Seton Hall's win over then-No. 15 St. John's on Dec. 31, and had a flair for the dramatic, delivering the game-winning put-back layup to seal The Hall's victory over Creighton on Feb. 28.
Gibbs, who previously has been named second-team All-BIG EAST and NABC All-District 5, two-time BIG EAST Player of the Week and five-time selection to the Honor Roll, enjoyed a breakout season in which he ranked fifth in the BIG EAST in scoring (16.3 PPG), fifth in assists (3.8 APG), second in three-point shooting (.436), second in three-pointers made (2.6 3PG) and sixth in assist/turnover ratio (1.9). His three-point shooting also was the ninth-best in the country. He was the only player in the BIG EAST to rank in the conference's top five in scoring, assists and three-point shooting.
Gibbs had nine 20-point games this season, including a career-high, 40-point outburst in the championship game of the 2014 Paradise Jam, leading to MVP honors. Eight of the nine 20-point games came during BIG EAST play, including a 25-point, eight-assist day in Seton Hall's upset win over then-No. 15 St. John's and a 30-point game vs. Butler. Seven times this season he was able to post more than 15 points and five assists. He's also was a prolific three-point shooter, making four or more in a game eight times this season.
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