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Five Huskies honored at CAA Awards Banquet
March 5, 2009
Richmond, Va.

Matt Janning was named first team All-CAA in 2008-09.

Five members of the Northeastern University men’s basketball team were honored at the annual CAA Awards Banquet, Thursday night at the Richmond Marriott in Richmond, Va.

Junior captain Matt Janning was named to the All-CAA first team and the CAA All-Academic second team. Junior Manny Adako was named to the All-CAA third team, and sophomore Chaisson Allen was named to the CAA All-Defensive team. Juniors Baptiste Bataille and Nkem Ojougboh were both named to the CAA All-Academic first team.

Northeastern was the only CAA school to place three student-athletes on either of the two academic teams.

Janning, from Watertown, Minn., is Northeastern’s leading scorer at 14.3 points a game. He is also averaging 4.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists. Named to the NABC District 10 first team earlier today, Janning has seven 20-point games on the season and was named CAA Player of the Week twice (Nov. 24 & Jan. 26). Earlier this season, he became the 28th Husky to reach the 1,000 career points plateau. He is currently 11th all-time at Northeastern with 1,284 points. Janning was an All-CAA second team selection last season as a sophomore and was CAA Rookie of the Year as a freshman. A two-time All-Academic team selection, Janning is majoring in Management.

Adako is one of the most accurate shooters in the CAA. He is averaging 10.9 points a game and shooting 55.7 percent from the field, which is third-best in the conference. In the month of January, the Decatur, Ga., native shot 67 percent from the floor. He was named CAA Player of the Week on Jan. 12 after pouring in 24 points and 12 rebounds against Towson. This is Adako’s first conference honor.

Allen is one of the best perimeter defenders in the CAA. He was Northeastern’s leader in rebounds, steals and assists and was in the top 10 in the CAA in steals and assist/turnover ratio. Allen, a Murfreesboro, Tenn., native, was named to the CAA All-Rookie team as a freshman last season.

Bataille is the Huskies’ backup guard and has come up large this season. He is third on the team in assists and sixth in scoring. In the classroom, the Ferin, France native is majoring in Earth and Environmental Sciences. He was named to the CAA All-Academic second team last season.

Ojougboh is now a two-time first-team CAA All-Academic honoree. He is NU’s starting center and leads the team in blocks and is second in shooting percentage. Originally from Scottsdale, Ariz., Ojougboh is a Marketing major at NU.

Northeastern finished the regular season 18-11 overall, 12-6 in the CAA under third-year head coach Bill Coen. The Huskies have earned the No. 3 seed in the CAA Tournament and will face either Drexel or Towson Saturday night at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va., at 8:30 p.m.



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