WASHINGTON - For his efforts in leading American University men's basketball to a pair of road wins last week, senior point guard Elijah Stephens has been named the Gregorio's Trattoria Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 13-19. The Eagles earned Patriot League road wins at both Loyola Maryland and Holy Cross.

Stephens averaged 17.5 points per game and 7.5 assists per game, while shooting 63.6 percent from the field and 71.4 percent from three-point range. He tied for the team-high with 19 points at Loyola, also posting five assists with zero turnovers. Later in the week, he scored 16 points at Holy Cross and tied his career-high of nine assists. He made 3-of-4 three-pointers at Loyola, and 2-of-3 at Holy Cross. For the week, he hit 14 of his 22 shot attempts and was 2-for-2 at the free throw line.

With his five-assist effort at Loyola Maryland, Stephens became the seventh player in program history to pass 400 career assists, and only the fourth who also has 1,000 points.

The Eagles are back home for two straight games, starting with a 7 p.m. contest against Lehigh on Wednesday, Jan. 22.

Gregorio's Trattoria Student-Athlete of the Week