Sports News: Fall 2003

Monday, November 24, 2003

MORAVIAN’S BRANDON ZALESKI NAMED COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK

ANNVILLE, PA --- Junior forward Brandon Zaleski (Hackettstown, NJ/Hackettstown HS) of the Moravian College men’s basketball team has been named the Commonwealth Conference Player of the Week for his performance last week.

Zaleski led Moravian to a 2-0 record to start the 2003-04 season and the championship of the 22nd Annual Scotty Wood Tournament hosted by Muhlenberg College. Zaleski was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player after averaging 21.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. Zaleski opened the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds in the Greyhounds 77-62 victory over Elms College in the first round. Zaleski then scored a game high 26 points with six rebounds and four steals in Moravian’s 60-46 victory over Roger Williams University in the championship game. Zaleski became the 17th player in Moravian history to reach 1,000 points when he hit a lay-up with 18:51 remaining in the second half of the Roger Williams game. Zaleski now has 1,009 points in just 54 career games, and he has been in double figures in 50 of those contests.

Moravian will return to action on Tuesday, November 25th in a non-conference game at DeSales University beginning at 8:00 p.m.