Olasewere averaged 21.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.5 blocks and 2.0 steals as LIU Brooklyn posted back-to-back NEC victories on the week, defeating Garden State foes Fairleigh Dickinson and Monmouth. In Thursday’s 79-75 overtime win at FDU, the 6-7 forward scored a season-high 30 points and nabbed a career-best 16 rebounds to help the Blackbirds overcome a double-digit deficit in the second half. He hit 3-4 from three-point range - including a key trifecta with under two minutes remaining - and finished with four blocks and a pair of steals. Olasewere continued his strong play two days later at home against Monmouth despite running into foul trouble early on, scoring 13 second-half points to help the Blackbirds turn aside the Hawks, 75-65, and even their record at 3-3 in league play. He hit both his three-point attempts in the final five minutes to keep the Hawks at bay. For the week, the All-NEC First Team selection from a year ago shot 52.0 percent from the field and a sizzling 83.3 percent (5-6) from outside the arc. Olasewere, who picks up the third weekly award of his career, currently ranks third in the league in scoring (18.7 ppg), and sixth in both rebounding (8.1 rpg) and steals (1.8).