2023-24 MASCAC Men's Basketball News
After an outstanding season that saw him repeat as the MASCAC Player of the Year and lead the Lancers to back-to-back regular season and tournament titles, Aaron Nkrumah added All-American to his list of career honors.
30 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been honored for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2024 Winter Sportsmanship Team.
Bridgewater State's Precious Okoh, Westfield State's Brendon Hamilton and Worcester State's Aaron Nkrumah garner d3hoops.com All-Region One honors while Hamilton and Nkrumah also were named to National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District teams.
As the winter regular season has concluded, Westfield State retains their advantage in the 2023-24 Howard C. Smith Cup standings. The Smith Cup is awarded annually to the member institution which compiles the most points based on the placement of each of its programs competing in the league championship sports.
The Worcester State Men's Basketball team (18-9, 10-2) returns for their second year of NCAA first round action, taking on the host The Catholic University of America (24-3, 16-2) for a chance to take on Rowan, who won the game earlier in the day. It would be a game of team work and persistence for Worcester as they traveled down to DC to take on the Landmark Champions.
Junior Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State and senior Brendon Hamilton of Westfield State are the 2023-24 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player and Defensive Player of the Year and headline the All-Conference team which is voted on by the seven coaches around the conference.
Ryan Rubenskas of Worcester State and Josh Campbell of Bridgewater State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after competing in the MASCAC Tournament title game.
On the back of MASCAC Tournament MVP Ryan Rubenskas, the Worcester State Lancers won their second straight MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament title with a 80-79 overtime victory over Bridgewater State.
Bridgewater State and Worcester State are headed to the title game of the 2024 MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament after coming out victorious on Thursday night.
MCLA and Westfield State are headed to the semifinal round of the 2024 MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament after defeating their quarterfinal opponents in close contests on Tuesday.
As the regular season wrapped last week, Brendon Hamilton and Juju Omot of Westfield State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors after going 2-0 in league action.
Worcester State grabbed the top spot in the 2024 MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament after landing the regular season title and headline the tournament which begins Tuesday with the quarterfinals.
For the second time this season, MCLA's Quentin Gittens and Westfield State's Juju Omot take home the MASCAC Men's Player and Rookie of the Week after winning all their league contests last week.
After their teams collected important conference wins last week, Precious Okoh of Bridgewater State and Juju Omot of Westfield State are the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honorees.
Each week, the MASCAC will interview one of the amazing student-athletes from around the conference in the MASCAC Student-Athlete Spotlight series. This week's interview is with Brendon Hamilton of Westfield State men's basketball.
For the second straight week, MCLA's Quentin Gittens grabs the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week while Juju Omot of Westfield State is Rookie of the Week after helping both their teams go 2-0 in MASCAC play.
