Rutty takes home his second Choice Hotels NEC Player of the Week honor this season and the fifth of his career for his stellar play in a pair of wins last week. The 2009-10 NEC Player of the Year averaged 20.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks, while shooting 52.0 percent from the floor. He was also a perfect 14-14 from the line as Quinnipiac improved to 7-2 on the year. Rutty began the week with his league-leading fifth double-double and 35th of his career with 27 points and 11 rebounds in an 84-78 win over defending Patriot League champion Lehigh on Tuesday. He added two blocks and a steal while shooting a perfect 11-11 from the free-throw line. A career 50.6 percent shooter from the stripe, Rutty had entered play last week shooting just 35.5 percent (11-31) from the line on the year. The Newburgh, NY product went to record 13 points, seven rebounds and a pair of blocks in Saturday’s 73-66 victory over Rhode Island, which marked the program’s first-ever win against an Atlantic 10 team. By week’s end, Rutty had lifted his career numbers to 1,305 points and 888 rebounds. He is now 15th on the Quinnipiac career scoring list and fifth on the programs’s Division I list, just 15 behind former teammate James Feldeine. Rutty’s rebound total ranks first in Quinnipiac’s Division I history, fifth in program history and 10th on the NEC career chart.