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Men's Basketball: Queensborough vs. Kingsboro CC (CUNY Championships at Hostos CC)

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MENS COMMUNITY COLLEGE BASKETBALL ALL-STARS ANNOUNCED

Iouri Matsakov of Kingsborough Community College is named the 2008-09 City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) men’s basketball Player of the Year today. Winning the Conference Rookie of the Year is Darryl Griffith of Hostos Community College while Hassan Duncombe of Kingsborough Community College is the Coach of the Year. All three awards were voted on by the league’s head coaches.

Kingsborough Community College was led by Iouri Matsakov, who is in the top 25 in the country in scoring with 19.2 points per game. He shoots better than 53 percent from the floor while grabbing 8.6 caroms per contest.

Darryl Griffith of Hostos leads the Conference in scoring with 21.17 points per game, and ranks in the top fifteen in the NJCAA in that category. A stalwart on defense, he grabs 8.11 rebounds per game while altering 1.17 shots per contest. The Coach of the Year is Hassan Duncombe, who led Kingsborough to a 4-4 record in the Conference. Throughout the course of the season, the Wave continued to improve, and is the only CUNYAC team to qualify for the NJCAA Region XV Tournament.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Iouri Matsakov, Kingsborough Community College, Sophomore, Forward, 6’4”, Lincoln/Brooklyn, NY

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Darryl Griffith, Hostos Community College, Freshman, Center, 6’7”, Pacific/Brooklyn, NY

COACH OF THE YEAR

Hassan Duncombe, Kingsborough Community College, Seventh Season

COMMUNITY COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL ALL-STARS Hector Hernandez, Bronx Community College, Freshman, Guard, 6’0”, Blessed Sacrament/Bronx, NY

Tarik Alassari, Kingsborough Community College, Sophomore, Guard, 6’2”, Ft. Hamilton/Brooklyn, NY

Derrison Anthony, Kingsborough Community College, Sophomore, Guard, 6’2”, Foreign/Portsmouth, Dominica

Donovan Lowe, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Freshman, Guard, 5’8”, New Rochelle/New Rochelle, NY

Jeffery Noel, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Sophomore, Forward, 6’5”, Acorn/Brooklyn, NY

Gregory Steele, Queensborough Community College, Freshman, Center, 6’5”, Thomas Vocational/Queens, NY