https://www.mascac.com en-us https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/Nkrumah_All-American After an outstanding season that saw him repeat as the MASCAC Player of the Year and lead the Lancers to back-to-back regular season and tournament titles, Aaron Nkrumah added All-American to his list of career honors. Tue, 26 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/Nkrumah_All-American https://www.mascac.com/news/2023-24_News/Winter_Sportsmanship_Team 30 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) student-athletes have been honored for their outstanding sportsmanship as members of the 2024 Winter Sportsmanship Team. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2023-24_News/Winter_Sportsmanship_Team https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_D3hoops-NABC Bridgewater State's Precious Okoh, Westfield State's Brendon Hamilton and Worcester State's Aaron Nkrumah garner d3hoops.com All-Region One honors while Hamilton and Nkrumah also were named to National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District teams. Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_D3hoops-NABC https://www.mascac.com/news/2023-24_News/Winter_Smith_Cup_Standings As the winter regular season has concluded, Westfield State retains their advantage in the 2023-24 Howard C. Smith Cup standings. The Smith Cup is awarded annually to the member institution which compiles the most points based on the placement of each of its programs competing in the league championship sports. Wed, 06 Mar 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/2023-24_News/Winter_Smith_Cup_Standings https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/WOR_Catholic_NCAA The Worcester State Men's Basketball team (18-9, 10-2) returns for their second year of NCAA first round action, taking on the host The Catholic University of America (24-3, 16-2) for a chance to take on Rowan, who won the game earlier in the day. It would be a game of team work and persistence for Worcester as they traveled down to DC to take on the Landmark Champions. Fri, 01 Mar 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/WOR_Catholic_NCAA https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_All-Conference Junior Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State and senior Brendon Hamilton of Westfield State are the 2023-24 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player and Defensive Player of the Year and headline the All-Conference team which is voted on by the seven coaches around the conference. Wed, 28 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_All-Conference https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_2-26 Ryan Rubenskas of Worcester State and Josh Campbell of Bridgewater State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after competing in the MASCAC Tournament title game. Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_2-26 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_Champ On the back of MASCAC Tournament MVP Ryan Rubenskas, the Worcester State Lancers won their second straight MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament title with a 80-79 overtime victory over Bridgewater State. Sat, 24 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_Champ https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_Tourney_SF Bridgewater State and Worcester State are headed to the title game of the 2024 MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament after coming out victorious on Thursday night. Thu, 22 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_Tourney_SF https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_QF_Recap MCLA and Westfield State are headed to the semifinal round of the 2024 MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament after defeating their quarterfinal opponents in close contests on Tuesday. Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_QF_Recap https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_2-19 As the regular season wrapped last week, Brendon Hamilton and Juju Omot of Westfield State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors after going 2-0 in league action. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_2-19 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_Tourney_Preview Worcester State grabbed the top spot in the 2024 MASCAC Men's Basketball Tournament after landing the regular season title and headline the tournament which begins Tuesday with the quarterfinals. Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_Tourney_Preview https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_2-12 For the second time this season, MCLA's Quentin Gittens and Westfield State's Juju Omot take home the MASCAC Men's Player and Rookie of the Week after winning all their league contests last week. Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_2-12 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_2-5 After their teams collected important conference wins last week, Precious Okoh of Bridgewater State and Juju Omot of Westfield State are the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honorees. Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_2-5 https://www.mascac.com/news/SA_Profile/23-24_SA_Profile/Brendon_Hamilton_MASCAC_SA_Spotlight Each week, the MASCAC will interview one of the amazing student-athletes from around the conference in the MASCAC Student-Athlete Spotlight series. This week's interview is with Brendon Hamilton of Westfield State men's basketball. Fri, 02 Feb 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/news/SA_Profile/23-24_SA_Profile/Brendon_Hamilton_MASCAC_SA_Spotlight https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-29 For the second straight week, MCLA's Quentin Gittens grabs the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week while Juju Omot of Westfield State is Rookie of the Week after helping both their teams go 2-0 in MASCAC play. Mon, 29 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-29 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-22 Quentin Gittens of MCLA and Zachary Taylor of Bridgewater State grab the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week accolades after leading their team to an undefeated week in conference action. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-22 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-15 Michael Makiej of Salem State and Joshua Saint Jean of Framingham State earn the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week accolades after competing against league opponents last week. Mon, 15 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-15 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-8 Juju Omot of Westfield State and Zach Taylor of Bridgewater State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors after helping their teams start league play with a 2-0 record last week. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-8 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-2 After competing at the Trinity Holiday Invitational, Emerson Halbleib and Josh Campbell of Bridgewater State earn the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week accolades. Tue, 02 Jan 2024 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_1-2 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_12-18 Juju Omot of Westfield State and Joshua Saint Jean of Framingham State take home the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after competing against non-conference in some of the final games of 2023. Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_12-18 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_12-11 After defeating their non-conference foes, Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State and Josh Campbell of Bridgewater State are the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week award winners. Mon, 11 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_12-11 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_12-4 For the second week, Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State earns MASCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Week after putting up double digit points while Matthew Drayton of Fitchburg State is Rookie of the Week after defeating MIT. Mon, 04 Dec 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_12-4 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_11-27 After winning their non-conference contests during Thanksgiving week, Aaron Nkrumah of Worcester State and Joshua Saint Jean of Framingham State earn the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors. Mon, 27 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_11-27 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_11-20 Josh Campbell of Bridgewater State earns the MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after leading the Bears during the BSU Cave Classic. Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_11-20 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_11-13 Dante Kikuba of Bridgewater State and Nicholas Martinez earn the first MASCAC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week after guiding their teams to non-conference victories to start the season. Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_POW_11-13 https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_Preseason Reigning MASCAC Champions Worcester State have been tabbed to repeat as the 2023-24 MASCAC Men’s Basketball Championship as voted on by the seven coaches from around the league. Thu, 26 Oct 2023 04:00:00 GMT https://www.mascac.com/sports/mbkb/2023-24/releases/MBB_Preseason