Seniors Darian David And Dion Waiters Named To 2013 First Team All-ECC Men's Basketball Team
Waiters Also Named 2013 ECC Defensive Player of the Year
Central Islip, N.Y.-University of Bridgeport seniors Darian David (Bronx, N.Y.) and Dion Waiters (Brooklyn, N.Y.) have been named to the 2013 First Team All-East Coast Conference Women's Basketball Team in a vote of league coaches that was announced on Tuesday afternoon. Waiters, who leads all levels of NCAA men's basketball in steals per game average at 4.77, was also named the 2013 East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year.
David, who was also a First Team All-ECC selection last season, leads the Purple Knights in scoring averaging 17.2 points per game and is second on the club in assists with 76.
Waiters leads the Purple Knights in assists with 98 and steals with 105, plus is averaging 10.4 points and 5.1 rebounds per game
The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team will open play in the 2013 East Coast Conference Championship Tournament on Thursday night at home, when the number one seed Purple Knights host either Molloy or Queens (N.Y.) in an ECC semifinal that will begin at 7:30 p.m.