MORAVIAN’S ERIC WHITMAN NAMED TO COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE MEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY HONOR ROLL

ANNVILLE, PA --- Junior forward Eric Whitman (Blairstown, NJ/Notre Dame East Stroudsburg {PA} HS) of the Moravian College men’s basketball team has been named to the Commonwealth Conference men’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll for his performance last week.

Whitman led Moravian to a 1-1 week last week in Commonwealth Conference action. Whitman tossed in a career high 25 points and added four rebounds, two assists and two steals as Moravian defeated Lebanon Valley College 94-87 in conference action. Whitman then had 20 points, eight rebounds and two assists in an 80-76 loss to Juniata College.

Whitman made 56.5 percent of his field goal attempts (13 of 23), 60.0 percent of his three-point attempts (six of ten) and all ten of his free throw attempts during the week. Whitman, who entered the season having never reached double digits in scoring in a game, now has three 20-point games this season and has been in double figures in seven of Moravian’s 15 games.

Moravian, which is 8-7 overall and 1-3 in Commonwealth Conference action this season, will return to the court on Wednesday, January 17th in a Commonwealth Conference game at Albright College beginning at 8:00 p.m.