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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
4/9/2018 Chad Walsh Wrestling
3/1/2018 Asia Young Women's Track and Field
3/1/2018 Zack Molloy Men's Swimming and Diving
2/2/2018 Karoline Sandvig Women's Track and Field
2/2/2018 Dimencio Vaughn Men's Basketball
1/9/2018 Frederick Scott Men's Basketball
1/9/2018 Kamila Hoskova Women's Basketball
12/11/2017 Veronica Koval Women's Volleyball
12/11/2017 Jordan Allen Men's Basketball
11/2/2017 Michelle Iacono Women's Soccer
11/2/2017 Justin Carey Men's Swimming and Diving
10/1/2017 Emma Aldaya Women's Volleyball
10/1/2017 David Pastuna Men's Soccer
9/5/2017 Pablo DeCastro Men's Soccer
9/5/2017 Eline De Jong Field Hockey
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