Matt Byrnes, Rowan University
Senior, Forward
Mays Landing, NJ/Oakcrest

Byrnes earns NJAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week honors after averaging 32.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game in a 3-0 week of non-conference play for Rowan. He opened the week by tallying 37 points, four rebounds, and three assists in a 101-89 win over Neumann. Two nights later in the opening round of the Heritages Dairy Stores Classic, he notched 33 points and six assists in an 87-82 victory over Valley Forge Christian. In the championship game of the Heritages Classic, he became Rowan’s all-time career scoring leader with 28 points and three rebounds in an 86-67 title game win over Penn State-Brandywine. He broke the Rowan career scoring mark in just 85 games, and now has 1,635 career points just seven games into his senior season. Byrnes currently leads the NJAC in scoring with an average of 26.7 points per game.

James Williams, Montclair State University
Freshman, Guard
Englewood, NJ/Dwight Morrow

Williams earns NJAC Rookie of the Week honors after sparking the Red Hawks off the bench in their first NJAC game of the season. In the first league game of his career, he posted a team-high 18 points while adding three rebounds in MSU’s 76-68 NJAC road loss at Richard Stockton. In the Red Hawks’ only contest of the week, he shot 6-of-14 from the field and 4-of-9 from three-point range. Williams currently ranks 17th in the NJAC in scoring with an average of 11.0 points per game.