White Plains' Nunez Named Fighting Tiger Of The Week At SUNY Cobleskill

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. The SUNY Cobleskill Department of Sport & Exercise named senior Alexis Nunez, a graduate of White Plains High School and a member of the men’s basketball team, the athletic program’s Fighting Tiger Athlete of the Week.

White Plains native Alexis Nunez was named SUNY Cobleskill's Fighting Tiger Athlete of the Week
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Alexis Nunez averaged 26 points per game in leading Cobleskill to its first-ever conference championship.
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Joe Jenkins

03/05/2015 3:00 p.m.

The White Plains native was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2015 North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Championship Tournament after leading the Fighting Tigers to their first-ever NEAC Championship and NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship Tournament Automatic Bid.

Nunez averaged 26.0 points per game on 66.7 percent (18-of-27) shooting from the field and 76.2 (16-of-21) percent from the free throw line to go along with 3.0 rebounds, 2.5 assist and 1.0 steal per game over two games.

Nunez opened the tournament with a bang on Saturday, with a career-high 33 points, while also adding four assists and four rebounds in a 79-69 win over Penn State Abington in the tournament’s semifinals.

The senior then followed that up with a game-high 19 points in the 49-46 win over tournament host Lancaster Bible College that clinched the title for Cobleskill on Sunday.

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