Monroe corrals his second NEC Player of the Week award of the season after a terrific three-game stretch that saw the league’s leading scorer average 27.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 2.0 steals. In a 102-93 double overtime win over Longwood on Sunday, he exploded for a career-high 41 points on 11-20 shooting from the floor and 16-19 from the charity stripe. Monroe, who added nine rebounds and six assists in a 50-minute effort, helped Quinnipiac rally from a 63-50 deficit with 8:52 to play in regulation by scoring 10 points in a 13-2 spurt that pulled the Bobcats to within 65-63 with 5:06 remaining. He would go on to score nine points in the two extra sessions. The Lanham, MD native also posted a double-double with 16 points and 10 assists in a 123-71 setback to #11 UConn last Thursday, and contributed 24 points and eight assists in a 102-83 loss at Northern Arizona on December 21. Monroe is the NEC leader in three categories: scoring (21.5 ppg), assists (7.6 apg) and three-pointers (2.8 per game). He moved into 13th place on the Quinnipiac career scoring list with 1,311 points and ranks fourth at the school with 447 assists.