NEC play is hotter than ever with just one weekend remaining in the regular season. LIU Brooklyn continued its winning ways behind the helping hand of this week’s Choice Hotels/NEC Player of the Week, Jason Brickman, who dished out 12.5 assists per game, including a career-high 16 in a 99-89 victory over Quinnipiac at home last weekend. It marked the fourth-most assists in a game in Northeast Conference history and it tied the most assists in a game in NCAA Division I basketball this season. He finished the game with 10 points to complete his third double-double of the season. Looking at the young guns, CCSU guard Kyle Vinales earned a share of his seventh rookie of the week honor after averaging 21.5 points during a 1-1 week. The Detroit, MI product highlighted his two-game slate with a 32-point outing at Robert Morris, where he scored 29 of his points in the second half, including 16 in the final four minutes. Sharing the honor with Vinales, Monmouth’s Dion Nesmith, a junior rookie, scored 16.5 PPG in a pair of games, with 20 coming in a playoff-clinching win at Mount St. Mary’s, 68-66. Click on one of the following links to catch up on all of the action in NEC basketball this past week.