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NCAA Basketball: Cacok, Quinnipiac-Siena top mid-major performers of the week

By Logan Butts

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - DECEMBER 05: Devontae Cacok #15 of the North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks fouls Sterling Manley #21 of the North Carolina Tar Heels during the second half of their game at the Dean Smith Center on December 05, 2018 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina won 97-69. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA - DECEMBER 05: Devontae Cacok #15 of the North Carolina-Wilmington Seahawks fouls Sterling Manley #21 of the North Carolina Tar Heels during the second half of their game at the Dean Smith Center on December 05, 2018 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. North Carolina won 97-69. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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BRIDGEPORT, CT – MARCH 07: Jeron Belin #5 of the St. Peter’s Peacocks celebrates by cutting down a piece of the net after St. Peter’s Peacocks won 62-57 against the Iona Gaels during the final of the MAAC men’s conference basketball tournment at Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard on March 7, 2011 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. (Photo by Chris Chambers/Getty Images)
BRIDGEPORT, CT – MARCH 07: Jeron Belin #5 of the St. Peter’s Peacocks celebrates by cutting down a piece of the net after St. Peter’s Peacocks won 62-57 against the Iona Gaels during the final of the MAAC men’s conference basketball tournment at Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard on March 7, 2011 in Bridgeport, Connecticut. (Photo by Chris Chambers/Getty Images) /

Best Performance, Team – Quinnipiac and Siena

Only in college basketball can something like a random Sunday night MAAC matchup on a Sunday night become a game of the year candidate.

The Quinnipiac Bobcats and Siena Saints battled for three overtimes, with the conference-leading Quinnipiac crew coming out on top 107-100 on the road.

The Bobcats’ Cameron Young notched 55 points on 15-24 shooting from the field, 9-13 from three-point range, and 16-20 from the free throw line.

Saints’ freshman Jalen Pickett went for 46-4-13-1 and shot 14-26 from the floor and 14-17 the charity stripe.

The Bobcats held onto their top MAAC spot, the Saints proved their mettle by taking it to them, and for a brief moment the college basketball eyes were trained on these two squads.

Cudos to Quinnipiac and Siena for quite the performance.

Wofford, Liberty, Furman, VCU, and Buffalo all came up with big conference wins this week, especially the first two, but more on that in the next section.

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