Seymour Named America East Rookie of the Week
February 28, 2000 | Men's Basketball
Freshman Paul Seymour, who has averaged 17.4 ppg this month, earns his second straight rookie honor and third of the season, after averaging 21.5 ppg, 4 rpg, and 4 apg in two games last week for B.U.
Seymour had a career-high 24 points on nine-of-14 shooting including six of eight three-pointers in a 60-58 win at New Hampshire Thursday. He added 19 points on seven-of-17 shooting at Maine on Sunday. Three of his seven field goals were three-point field goals, giving the frosh 66 on the season. His 66 three-pointers are the third most in a season by a Terrier and the most by a freshman in America East since Delaware's John Gordon connected for 72 long-range jumpers in 1996-97.
In the month of February, Seymour is shooting 47.6 percent from the field (40-of-84), and 44.2 percent from three-point territory (23-of-52). He leads the Terriers in scoring (11.8 ppg), free throw percentage (76.3 percent, 29-fo-38), three-point field goals made (66), attempted (175), and percentage (37.7 percent). The 6-5 shooting guard has scored 20 or more points in a game a team-best four times this season and has reached double figures in 13-of-27 games.
Seymour and his teammates are the No. 8 seed on Friday, March 3rd when the 1999-2000 America East tournament begins. No. 8 Boston University (6-21, 5-13) and No. 9 Northeastern University (7-20, 5-13) get the championship started at 6 p.m. Friday night.
B.U. has defeated Northeastern twice this season, 62-45 on January 8th, and 58-55 in a come-from-behind thriller on February 15th. The two Boston schools have combined to win 11 of the 20 America East championships, with the Huskies having taken a league-most seven titles, and B.U. winning four. The all-time series, which dates back to the 1920-21 season, is 119 games old with B.U. holding a slight 60-59 edge.
