Iati named AE Player of the Week


University at Albany junior guard Jacob Iati is making the most of his opportunity. And it’s paying off.

Iati, who played sparingly during the early stages of the season, was named the America East Player of the Week on Monday.

Iati, who has gotten more playing time because of injuries to other players, won the award after scoring a career-high 22 points in the Danes’ 73-62 win at Binghamton last Thursday. He made seven of 10 field goals against Binghamton, including five of seven from 3-point range.

On Feb. 18, he scored 20 points in a win over Rider.

Prior to that, he had averaged just 2.7 points in the first 20 games of the season.

Categories: General, UAlbany, UAlbany men
Tim Wilkin

8 Responses

  1. Luke says:

    That is great! and Jacob could be a factor in the AE Tourney too.

    Speaking of the AE…how is it that Binghampton kept Macon as a coach when he was associated with the semi- scandal?? No one should be punished with guilt by association but would not it have been better to start fresh?? I actually was at the BINGHAMPTON NCAA game in Greensboro vs Duke(?) a few yrs back.

    Also Kevin Broadus got a job back at Georgetown as SPECIAL ASST to JOHN THOMPSON the THIRD….but Kevin is not allowed to recruit !!!!!!!
    To me the Georgetown Hoop Program is so incongruous to the strong academic institution it is; it is like having your own pro team so the strong students can have some amusement. One may say this is true at many schools in hoop and football but at Georgetown it seems worse….I strongly dislike Georgetown Hoop but that is just me.

  2. Luke says:

    as of today Joe Lunardi from ESPN has Stoney Brook going to NCAA from AE / but having to beat MISSISSIPPI Valley St(play in game) just to get ino Omaha to play Kansas(number one seed)…yikes

    He has Iona as a 13 seed playing Louisville in Nashville.

  3. ds says:

    Jacob is technically a senior and supposedly not playing next year after graduating this year….

  4. Bill says:

    Iati is a Junior eligibility wise and has 1 year eligibilty remaining. It was announced he will by pass that year to do his Grad work while acting as UA’s Grad Ass’t.

  5. The other Bill says:

    Iati could really be an X factor in the AE tourney. With Suero and Devlin back, if Iati can keep shooting like he has been and Mike Black stays aggressive, Albany will be a tough out in the tourney. Having some starters out has really forced UA to develop other weapons and Black has really stepped up big time and shown that he has major game. If Suero is even half of what he was before, then Albany will have a much diverse offense than when they saw Stony Brook and BU this year. They need to use these other weapons and not try and rely solely on Suero.

  6. daner says:

    Why not bring back Iati to play next year?? Looks like he can still help

  7. Thud says:

    A full year of playing in “World Beater” Brown’s system, and he would lose all confidence in his shot.

  8. ds says:

    @daner, I “believe” this is Iati’s choice??? and Iati will only be a factor if the other team treats him as an invisible player (which I hope they do)..he will knock down the shot if given the room…my concern is if/when they meet Stony Brook in the semi’s is the physcial “D” Brook plays, they may try to get in Jacob’s head with some rough play…