Rivers wins Choice Hotels NEC Rookie of the Week honors for the second week in a row and the third time this season after averaging 17.3 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists as the Seahawks posted a 2-1 record on the road last week. He also hit 21-22 (.955) from the line to en-route to a pair of 20-point outings. Rivers opened his week on Monday with 20 points on 6-10 shooting from the floor and a 6-6 night from the stripe in a 77-73 win at Bucknell. He followed up with 11 points, a team and season-high seven rebounds and a personal-best four assists in a competitive 69-61 setback at St. John’s. In Saturday’s 73-68 overtime win over Sacred Heart, Rivers poured in 21 points, including a three-pointer with 24 seconds to play in regulation that pulled Wagner within one point. He also hit 4-4 free throws in the extra session. Rivers sank 4-10 from three-point range, went 9-10 from the line and added five boards in the win. The Elizabeth, NJ product had his consecutive free throw streak stopped at 31 when he misfired for the first time this season in the win over the Pioneers. Rivers leads the NEC in free throw shooting (.972), ranks second in made three-pointers (2.86/game) and is the league’s leading freshman scorer at 16.4 ppg. He is the first player to be named Rookie of the Week in three of the first four weeks of the season since Saint Francis (PA)’s Darshan Luckey was honored five times over the first six weeks in 2002-03.