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Damian Chong Qui

  • Award
    NEC Rookie of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/25/2019
  • Sport
    Men's Basketball
  • School
    Mount St. Mary's
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Baltimore, MD
  • High School
    McDonogh
The fifth Mount player to win NEC Rookie of the Week honors this season, Chong Qui contributed 13.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game while shooting 60.0 percent, including a 50.0 percent mark from beyond the arc. He opened his week with 11 points, a career-high eight rebounds and six assists in a 79-66 win at CCSU on Thursday, then followed with 15 points (6-10 FG), four boards and four helpers in a setback at Bryant. For the year, he averages 6.9 ppg and ranks ninth in the NEC with 3.5 apg. The five different NEC Rookie of the Week winners for the Mountaineers this year is a league record. Vado Morse has won a league-leading six weekly awards, followed by two for Malik Jefferson and one apiece for Chong Qui, Dee Barnes and Nana Opoku. In total, the Mount has collected NEC rookie accolades in 11-of-16 weeks this season, including six straight heading into the final week of the campaign.