Junior Hashem Abbas Selected ECC Men's Basketball Player Of The Week For Second Straight Week

West Babylon, N.Y.-For the second straight week, University of Bridgeport junior Hashem Abbas (Nablus, Palestine) has been named as the East Coast Conference Player of the Week for his outstanding play in games that took place from February 17 through 23, 2020.  This week, he shares the award with Osbel Caraballo of St. Thomas Aquinas College.

Abbas averaged 27.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game last week, as UB went 1-1, In Wednesday's road win over New York Tech, he scored a career and ECC season-high 44 points, hitting 18-of-25 field goals, including going 7-of-9 from three-point range. He followed that up with 10 points and four boards at Molloy on Saturday.

This week, Hashem and his teammates close out the regular season with a huge home game versus St. Thomas Aquinas on Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. and a Senior Day contest versus Mercy College on Saturday at 3:00 p.m.

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