Freshman Robby Ptacek Named Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week
Freshman guard Robby Ptacek was named the Choice Hotels Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week, it was announced on Monday by the conference office. Ptacek wins the award for the first time this season after leading the Blue Devils to a 67-56 victory at home over Princeton on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman guard Robby Ptacek was named the Choice Hotels
Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week, it was
announced on Monday by the conference office. Ptacek wins the
award for the first time this season after leading the Blue Devils
to a 67-56 victory at home over Princeton on Saturday
afternoon.
Ptacek connected on 6-8 field goals, including 4-4 from three-point
distance, and went 4-5 from the line and added two assists in 39
minutes of action. With NEC leading scorer Ken Horton out for much
of the first half with foul trouble, Ptacek elevated his game,
scoring nine of the Blue Devils' 23 first half points on a perfect
3-3 shooting from the floor as the Blue Devils climbed back from a
nine-point deficit.
In the second half, he hit a pair of back-breaking trifectas on
consecutive possessions to turn a two-point halftime lead into an
eight-point advantage just two minutes in. Ptacek's 20 points
marked his first 20-point output of the season and raised his
season average to 10.2 ppg, second on the Blue Devils and fifth
among NEC freshman. A native of Bayport, NY, he is third in the
NEC in free throw percentage (.857) and sixth in three-point
percentage (.435).
The Blue Devils are off until Monday night, Dec. 29 at 9 p.m.
Eastern Time at nationally-ranked Arizona State. Fans can listen
to the game online or on the CCSU ESPN Radio Network on ESPN Radio
1410 in Hartford and ESPN Radio 1300 in New Haven.
