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Athletes of the Month

Dwight Murray Headshot 2021-22

Dwight Murray, Jr.

  • Award
    Athletes of the Month
  • Week Of
    4/14/2022
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • Bio
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Murray led the men’s basketball team to its first MAAC Semifinal appearance in 10 years with a game-winning floater with seven seconds remaining in the quarterfinals to upset top-seeded and heavily-favored Iona, 71-70, on March 9. He was named to the MAAC All-Tournament Team after averaging 17.3 points, 6.0 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game in the tournament. For the month, Murray led the Broncs to a 3-2 record, including wins over Iona, Monmouth and Manhattan. He averaged 15.6 points, 5.4 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game, while shooting 49.1 percent (28-57) from the floor, 45.0 percent (9-20) from long range and made all 13 of his free-throw attempts. In the span, he had 27 assists to just 12 turnovers, a 2.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.  
 


Athlete Awards
Date Athlete Sport
6/2/2022 Brendan O'Donnell Baseball
5/5/2022 Austin Devereux Men's Golf
5/5/2022 Teagan Schein-Becker Women's Track and Field
4/14/2022 Teagan Schein-Becker Women's Track and Field
4/14/2022 Dwight Murray, Jr. Men's Basketball
2/3/2022 Lenaejha Evans Women's Basketball
2/3/2022 Jerome Boyer Men's Track and Field
12/3/2021 Lucas Racevicius Men's Swimming and Diving
12/3/2021 Morgan Romano Women's Volleyball
11/16/2021 Morgan Romano Women's Volleyball
11/16/2021 David Cooper Men's Swimming and Diving
10/8/2021 Zaki Alibou Men's Soccer
10/8/2021 Carly Brosious Field Hockey
4/1/2020 Stella Johnson Women's Basketball
4/1/2020 Jesse Dellavecchia Wrestling
3/1/2020 Justin Carey Men's Swimming and Diving
3/1/2020 Ronetta Hunter Track & Field
2/10/2020 Stella Johnson Women's Basketball
2/10/2020 Jesse Dellavecchia Wrestling
12/6/2019 Stella Johnson Women's Basketball
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