McKnight takes home his league-best third NEC Player of the Week honor following one of the most prodigious offensive weeks in recent memory. McKnight averaged 35.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 steals and shot 53.3 percent from the field and 50.0 percent from three-point range. He opened his week with 26 points and four boards as Sacred Heart posted an 87-75 road win over St. Francis Brooklyn. But it was his performance two days later that will be remembered for years to come. McKnight finished with a career and NEC single-game season-high 44 points as the Pioneers outlasted Bryant, 112-110, in a three-overtime instant classic. The Bridgeport, CT native added nine rebounds, six assists and four steals, while hitting 16-26 shots, including 4-6 from outside the arc. McKnight scored 35 after halftime, and had 13 points and four assists in the OTs. His layup with 21 seconds to play sent the game to a third OT, and he assisted on Joseph Lopez’s game-winning layup with four seconds on the clock. The 44 points were the most by an NEC player since the Mount’s Sam Prescott dropped 44 versus Bryant on February 14, 2013 and tied for the eighth higest single-game total in NEC history. He ranks fourth on the NCAA single-game points list this season and he also became the nation’s lone player since 2010 to finish a game with at least 44 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four steals. McKnight ranks second in the NEC with 19.9 ppg and leads the circuit with 21.8 ppg in league play.