Waite was inserted into the starting lineup last week and responded with 11.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game for the Hawks. After compiling eight points and six rebounds off the bench against Lehigh on Monday, Waite earned his first starting assignment on Friday at Wyoming in the opening game of the World Vision Basketball Challenge. He finished with 11 points and eight boards, and hit the game-tying jumper with 1:18 to play as Monmouth would go on to win, 75-73, on a Whitney Coleman jumper with two seconds to play. The following evening, Waite went for 10 points in a 14-minute stint as the Hawks suffered a nine-point setback to Pepperdine. On Sunday, the Fort Lauderdale, FL product has his most productive game of the tournament with 17 points, eight rebounds and a pair of steals in a 56-53 defeat against Hampton. On the year, Waite is the leading freshman scorer (11.1 ppg) and rebounder (6.0 rpg) in the NEC.