PRINCETON, N.J. – Following strong performances that led their respective teams to multiple impressive wins, Princeton’s Matt Allocco (player) and Harvard’s Malik Mack (rookie) earned weekly Ivy League men’s basketball honors.
 
There were impressive wins around the Ivy League last week. Penn started off the party on Monday evening in the Palestra with a 76-72 win over No. 21 Villanova. Princeton topped Duquesne – which beat Charleston by double digits – by score of 70-67 on the road. On Friday, Harvard topped UMass, 78-75, in overtime and Yale bested Colgate, Patriot League champions four of the last five seasons, 68-50. On Saturday, Columbia bested previously unbeaten Temple, 78-73, and Princeton ran away from in-state foe Monmouth, 82-57.  
 
The league also stayed competitive against strong opponents. Brown had No. 16 USC on the ropes, trailing by just one possession with just over two minutes remaining. Yale erased a late second-half 14-point deficit to force overtime against Weber State, but ultimately fell. Less than 24 hours after its overtime win at UMass, Harvard challenged Boston College in a game that featured two unbeaten teams. Earlier in the week, Cornell battled George Mason in Fairfax, Va., in another contest between a pair of unbeaten teams.
 
Ivies are collectively 24-14 (.631) on the season with six teams boasting winning records.
 
PLAYER OF THE WEEK  
Matt Allocco, Princeton G

• Averaged 21 points and shot 76 percent from the floor in Princeton’s 2-0 week
• Was 6-for-7 shooting from beyond the arc
• Hit 16 of the 21 field goals he attempted throughout the week

 
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Malik Mack, Harvard G

• Averaged 24.0 points, 5.0 assists, and 4.3 rebound per game last week
• Shot 53.3 from the field and 57.9 percent from beyond the arc
• Had scoring outputs of 22, 32 and 18 points respectively

 
HONOR ROLL
Nana Owusu-Anane, Brown G
Arop Arop, Columbia F
Zine Eddine Bedri, Columbia F
Guy Ragland Jr., Cornell F
Chris Manon, Cornell G
Brandon Mitchell-Day, Dartmouth F
Chisom Okpara, Harvard
Tyler Perkins, Penn G
Clark Slajchert, Penn G
Danny Wolf, Yale F
August Mahoney, Yale G