Sweetney continued to put up big numbers for the Red Flash en-route to his second straight Choice Hotels/NEC Rookie of the Week accolade. He averaged 15.5 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.5 steals and shot 40.0 percent from three-point range and 91.7 percent from the charity stripe last week. Sweetney scored 15 of his career-high 20 points in the second half, including 11 of his team’s last 18 points in a 75-69 setback at Howard on Monday. In a back-and-forth affair, he gave Saint Francis the lead three times in the final six minutes of the contest and pulled the Red Flash to within 68-67 on a layup with 1:46 to play. Two days later, the native of Washington, D.C. recorded 11 points, five boards and two steals in a near upset of Patriot League power Bucknell as the Bison ended the game on an 8-0 run to win, 60-56. On the season, Sweetney paces all NEC freshman and ranks in the NEC top-15 in scoring (eighth, 15.0 ppg), rebounding (third, 7.6 rpg), field goal percentage (11th, .481), free throw percentage (second, .880) and steals (sixth, 2.0 spg).