New Jersey City University Athletics

Senior small forward Walik Albright (Jersey City, NJ/Create Charter) of the men’s basketball team is the New Jersey City University Athletes of the Week for January 13, 2014. The honor is for the period of January 6-12, 2014. Albright takes home Athlete of the Week honors for the second week in a row, fourth time this season and the 11^th time in his four-year career.
 
WALIK ALBRIGHT
Albright, in a 1-1 week for the Gothic Knights, shot an impressive .591 from the field (13-22) while averaging 17.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks per contest. He totaled 35 points, 11 rebounds, three assists, two blocks and two steals in 64 minutes.
 
Albright upped his career scoring total to 935 points in his quest to become the 27^th player in the 81-year history of the program to score 1,000 career points and the first since 2008. He posted his 49th and 50th career double-digit scoring efforts.

In a 76-70 come-from-behind home win over Montclair State University on January 8, Albright scored 16 in the second half and finished with a team-high 18 points (7-13 FG), eight rebounds and two blocks in 30 minutes. Trailed by 10 with 5:27 to play, NJCU would overwhelm Montclair with a 19-2 run over the next four and a half minutes led by Albright, who scored seven of the 19. He opened the run with a layup and capped it when he drove to the rim for a basket before converting a three-point play that gave NJCU a decisive 71-64 margin with 59.4 to play.
 
In a three-point, 69-66 loss at William Paterson University on January 11, he had another outstanding effort, generating 17 points on 6-of-9 shooting, adding three rebounds, two steals and two assists in 34 minutes while making 5-of-8 from the line. Albright netted 11 of his 17 points in the second stanza and led NJCU to a 68.8 percent shooting percentage in the period.
 
The 6-foot-5 senior co-captain majoring in Early Childhood Education is averaging 12.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.5 blocks in 30.6 minutes per game. In starting all 13 games, he has tallied 166 points, 83 rebounds, 23 assists, 20 steals and five blocks while shooting .464 from the floor (58-125) with eight threes and 42 free throws. He leads NJCU in scoring and rebounding.
 
In the New Jersey Athletic Conference individual statistical rankings, Albright is 10^th in rebounding, 11^th in offensive rebounding (2.2 per game) and defensive rebounding (4.3 per game), 13^th in steals, and 17^th  in scoring.
 
Albright previously was NJCU Men’s Athlete of the Week twice as a freshman (November 23, 2009 and February 8, 2010), twice as a sophomore during NJCU’s conference championship season (January 17, 2011 and February 7, 2011) and three times as a junior (November 28, 2011; December 5, 2011; January 23, 2012). This year he has been AOTW on November 18 and 25 and January 6 and 13.