Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Massey and Chancerel Represent as FAU Players of the Week
2/6/2017 12:00:00 AM | General
Boca Raton, Fla. -
Men's basketball's Justin Massey and men's tennis' Remi Chancerel represent Florida Atlantic University Players of the Week after lights out performances in competition last week.
Massey played a key role in the team sweeping their road trip over the weekend. On Thursday night, he had 11 points, two rebounds, two steals and an assist in FAU's 77-75 win over Charlotte. The sophomore was even better in Saturday's win over Old Dominion. He scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half and capped off an 11-0 FAU run with the go-ahead three-pointer that propelled the Owls to a 65-61 lead over the Monarchs. That victory gave FAU its first three-game conference road win streak in more than five years. For the weekend, he averaged 14.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and a steal.
Chancerel went undefeated in four matches last week, winning eight of his nine singles sets along with all four doubles matches. Chancerel improved to a perfect 6-0 in singles play and has now won five doubles matches in a row. The junior took care of Keiser on Tuesday in singles and won his doubles match with Andrei Morin-Kougoucheff 6-1. Friday, Chancerel and Morin-Kougoucheff teamed up to defeat Troy 6-3 before Chancerel came back to win his singles point. Chancerel led FAU to snap Florida Gulf Coast University's 15-match home win streak and end FAU's five-match skid against the Eagles on Saturday night.Just more than 12 hours after defeating FGCU, Chancerel shut out Bethune-Cookman's David Ocampa and won his doubles point with Trey Nickerson to complete the weekly sweep.
Men's basketball will host two conference opponents this week beginning with North Texas on Thursday, Feb. 9 followed by Rice on Saturday, Feb. 11 with both games starting at 7 p.m. Men's tennis will serve things up at home against Stetson on Feb. 11 at 1:30 p.m. and then travel to Coral Gables, Florida to face Miami at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 12.
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