The winner of two of the last three Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week awards, Atupem averaged 12.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and shot 70.6 percent from the field in the Mount’s 1-1 week. He helped spark Mount St. Mary’s to its fifth straight victory and fourth in a row on the road - the program’s longest streaks since the 1998-99 season and 1995-96 campaign, respectively - last Thursday, scoring all eight of his points in the second half as the Mountaineers defeated Monmouth, 64-54. In that contest, Atupem was a perfect 4-4 from the floor and scored six points in a 6-0 run as the Mount extended a four-point lead to ten early in the second half. Two days later, he tallied a career-high 16 points (8-13 FG) and added five boards in a 59-57 overtime setback to CCSU in Emmitsburg. On the season, the Newport News, VA product is averaging 8.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and hitting a team-best 56.2 percent of his field goal attempts.