Boyd takes home his second Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week honor after averaging 8.0 points and 6.0 rebounds, while shooting 58.8 percent from the floor off the bench for the Blackbirds. Boyd posted 10 points and six boards in a hard-fought 65-61 loss at Manhattan on December 2nd. He then netted eight points and hauled in a career-best 10 boards to go along with two assists and two steals in a 79-68 setback at Charlotte on December 30th. Long Island resumed NEC play on Saturday and Boyd contributed to a 57-44 win over CCSU with six points on 3-5 shooting from the floor, to go along with two rebounds and a steal. A Boyd steal, layup and rebound all in the final 2:23 helped the Blackbirds pull away and move to 2-1 in the conference. Boyd has come off the bench in every game this season and is averaging 7.3 ppg and 5.3 rpg. The San Antonio, TX product is also hitting 54.4 percent of his shot attempts.