Three Suffolk University Basketball players earned recognition by the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) on Monday December 2nd for their play over the Thanksgiving holiday week.

Freshman Frantz Pinard (Arlington, Mass.) was tabbed Rookie of the Week for Men's Basketball. Pinard averaged 13.5 points per game and seven rebounds in two contests on the week for Suffolk. Pinard was a perfect 5-for-5 from the floor in the second half of Sunday's 111-101 victory over New England College. Pinard chipped in with 13 points in Sunday's contest that saw Suffolk shoot at a 56.3-percent clip as a team including a 23-for-31 (74.2-percent) spree as a team in the second half. Pinard also finished with a team-high nine rebounds on Sunday. He netted 14 points on Tuesday, a 79-68 setback at home to UMass Boston. He connected on 4-of-5 shots from three-point land in that contest. Through six games, Pinard has averaged 8.8 points per game for the Rams.

Juniors Sam Nwadike (Houston, Tx.) and Iliana Quadri (Sudbury, Mass.) each earned Weekly Honor Roll nods for the second time this season.

Nwadike finished Sunday's victory with 24 points for the Men's Basketball team, the fourth of six contests this season in which he was the Rams' leading scorer. Nwadike also netted 16 points in Tuesday's loss as he brings his season scoring average to 19.7 points per game, the sixth highest average among conference scorers.

Quadri paced the Rams with a 20 point effort on Tuesday as Suffolk topped Roger Williams University, 71-56. Quadri's 8-for-12 shooting from the floor lifted the Rams past the visiting Hawks, who entered the game undefeated at that point before their trip to the Regan Gymnasium. In five games this season Quadri has averaged 13.8 points per game for the Rams.

Both teams will wrap up a busy week to end the first half of their 2013-14 regular season.

The women will travel to Curry College on Monday evening before wrapping things up on Saturday afternoon at home against Fitchburg State University at 3:00pm.

The men finish head into a busy week with three GNAC conference games on the slate. They'll host Rivier University on Tuesday, and St. Joseph's College on Thursday at the Regan Gymnasium (7:30pm tipoffs) before travelling to Albertus Magnus College on Saturday afternoon.