LIU Brooklyn’s Jamal Olasewere averaged 26.5 points and 11 rebounds per game to earn a share of the Choice Hotels/NEC Player of the Week award as the Blackbirds came from behind twice to sweep St. Francis (NY) during NEC Rivalry Week. The preseason All-NEC selection and two-time player of the week posted his eighth double-double of the season with 21 points and a game-high 11 boards in the first installment of the series, an 86-77 decision in SFC’s home game at Madison Square Garden. He then followed that performance with a career-high 32-point outburst at home, lifting LIU Brooklyn past St. Francis (NY), 81-78, to give the Blackbirds their second straight Battle of Brooklyn trophy. In that game, the Silver Spring, MD native hit all of his field goal attempts, tying him with Vermont’s Luke Apfeld (December 23 vs. Towson) for the most made field goals without a miss in a game this season. He scored 23 in the first half, then converted a key three-point play with 44 seconds to play that tied the game at 77. Overall, he finished the week shooting 73% from the floor and 74% from the charity stripe. The NEC’s second-ranked scorer (20.4) and fifth-best rebounder (8.5) in conference play, Olasewere earned Lai-Lynch trophy for being named the Battle of Brooklyn Most Valuable Player as first place LIU improved its league record to 13-1 on the season.