Men's Basketball | 2/14/2023 2:18:39 PM
Senior forward
Daniel Cook of the St. John Fisher College men’s basketball team was named to the D3hoops.com Team of the Week on Tuesday, Feb. 14.
Cook averaged 23.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.5 steals in a pair of key E8 contests last week, while shooting 51 percent from the floor. On Tuesday, Cook helped St. John Fisher hand Utica its lone league loss of the season to date, pouring in 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting from the floor to go along with nine boards. On Saturday in the Battle of the Beaks at Nazareth, Cook finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds, both team highs. He added five assists, three steals and a block. It is Cook’s second E8 weekly accolade of the season.
A native of Honeoye Falls, NY, Cook, the two-time reigning Empire 8 Player of the Year, is second in the league in scoring and rebounding, averaging 19.2 points and 8.5 caroms per game through 22 contests this season. He is also seventh in the league, averaging 1.6 steals per game and third in field goal percentage (.536).
Cook is the first student-athlete from the Empire 8 to earn D3hoops.com Team of the Week accolades this season.
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