BROOKLYN, N.Y. - LIU Brooklyn men's basketball sophomore Raiquan Clark was named the Northeast Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, it was announced by the league office Monday afternoon. It is the first weekly honor for the guard/forward, and the sixth for the Blackbirds this season.

Clark, a former walk-on who was awarded a scholarship last summer, thrust himself into the spotlight with a pair of stellar performances for the second-place Blackbirds, who extended their win streak to four with a pair of victories last week. Clark came off the bench to average 16.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals in just 23.5 minutes per game. He scored his 32 points quite efficiently on just 14 shots, converting at an 85.7 percent clip from the floor. He also did not commit a single turnover in 47 minutes.

Clark began his week by going 5-for-5 from the field and the stripe, en-route to a career-high 15 points in LIU's 82-45 win in the Battle of Brooklyn game versus St. Francis Brooklyn. He added seven rebounds and a pair of steals. Two days later, Clark set another personal best, with 17 points going 7-for-9 from the field in an 83-82 triumph over red-hot Sacred Heart. The New Haven, CT. native snared seven offensive rebounds in the win and added two more steals. Clark has now reached double digits in each of his last three games, and has converted 16 of his last 19 shot attempts (.842).

Up next, Clark and the LIU Brooklyn men's basketball team head south to take on league-leading Mount St. Mary's, Thursday, February 23 at 7 p.m.