NEWTON, MA- Javon Williams (Mattapan, MA) has been chosen as the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) men's basketball Player of the Week and ECAC Division III New England co-Player of the Week. Williams was selected in a week that he hit the 1,000 point career milestone and averaged 22.3 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game.

Williams began the week with a 17 point, five assists, four rebound, and three steal performance at Mount Ida College, hitting and eclipsing the 1,000 point milestone easily in the first period of play.   The junior forward then dropped a game high 29 points and 12 rebounds against Albertus Magnus College, shooting 11-12 from the line and 9-18 from the field.  He finished the week with 21 points and seven rebounds against Emmanuel College, shooting 13-14 from the stripe.  Throughout the week, Williams compiled 67 points, 23 boards, 11 assists, and six steals, while shooting 53% from the floor and 87% from the free throw line.

Williams is Lasell's leading scorer and rebounder this season, averaging 21.1 points and 7.1 boards per game. He is ranked 24^th nationally amongst all NCAA Division III men's basketball players in points per game and 27^th nationally in steals per game, averaging 2.7 per contest.  In the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), Williams is ranked 1^st in steals, 3^rd in points, 4^th in field goal percentage (52.8%), and 5^th in rebounding and blocked shots (1.3 per game).

This is Williams' first honor of the season by the GNAC and the ECAC.  In week four of the season (Dec. 15), he was recognized nationally by D3Hoops.com as a member of the Team of the Week.

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