Boyd’s debut year culminates with his league-leading sixth Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week honor, the most in a season since Saint Francis (PA)’s Darshan Luckey was honored on eight occasions in 2002-03. He averaged 13.5 points and 9.5 rebounds last week in a pair of Long Island road wins that clinched the #4 seed and an NEC Tournament quarterfinal home game against Quinnipiac on Thursday. Boyd tallied 10 points (6-6 FT), eight rebounds and a pair of assists in LIU’s 85-67 win at Fairleigh Dickinson on Thursday. Two nights later, he posted his fourth double-double of the year with 17 points and 11 rebounds in just 24 minutes as the Blackbirds downed St. Francis (NY), 66-54, in the annual "Battle of Brooklyn." He did not commit a turnover in 54 minutes of court time on the week. Boyd, who hails from San Antonio, TX, enters the postseason ranked first among NEC freshmen in rebounding (6.3 rpg), and second in scoring (10.3 ppg) and field goal percentage (.508) despite averaging just 22.6 mpg off the bench.