LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Slippery Rock University men's basketball standout Maceo Austin was named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division Athlete of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
 
Austin earned his first PSAC West weekly honor after leading The Rock to a 100-71 season-opening victory over West Virginia Wesleyan College at Morrow Field House.
 
In what was one of the top debuts by a Rock athlete in recent memory, Austin provided SRU with a 25-point, seven-assist, three-block, three-rebound, one-steal performance versus the Bobcats.
 
Austin shot a nearly flawless 9-of-11 from the field overall including a 2-for-3 showing from 3-point territory in leading The Rock to their first 100-point game against a fellow Division II team since the 2008-09 season.
 
A local product of Sharon, Pennsylvania, Austin is in his first year at Slippery Rock. Previously, he starred at Kennedy Catholic High School where he was a three-time all-state honoree and 2017-18 Class 1A Player of the Year in Pennsylvania before heading to Duquesne University as a three-star recruit and starting 33 of his 38 games played for the Dukes.
 
Slippery Rock returns to competition 6 p.m. Tuesday when it opens a six-game road trip at Daemen University.






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