EDISON, NJ - Iona College graduate point guard Elijah Joiner earned his first-ever MAAC Player of the Week honors, it was announced Monday. Joiner led the Gaels to two MAAC wins on the road and helped the Gaels remain unbeaten in league play through eight games. For the week, Joiner averaged 18 points, five rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.5 steals and had nearly a 5:1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Joiner scored a career-high 24 points in an overtime victory at Monmouth on Tuesday night including 15 in the final eight minutes of regulation and overtime. He drained a three-pointer with 2:10 left in the second half to give Iona a one-point advantage, and another huge one with less than 10 seconds left to put the Gaels up two. Joiner scored five of Iona's seven points in the extra frame. He added five rebounds, four assists and a blocked shot while shooting 52.9% from the field.

In the win at Quinnipiac, Joiner had a solid overall game, scoring 12 points with five rebounds, five assists and no turnovers in 31 minutes on the.

Joiner is the third Gael this season to earn a MAAC Weekly honor. Sophomore Nelly Junior Joseph earned a Player of the Week award for his performance at the 2021 ESPN Events Invitational and freshman Walter Clayton Jr. posted back-to-back Rookie of the Week accolades on Dec. 27 and Jan. 3.

Last season, Jr. Joseph was Rookie of the Week four times and Isaiah Ross was a 3x MAAC Player of the Week honoree in head coach Rick Pitino's first year in New Rochelle.

The Gaels take on Siena Tuesday night at the Hynes Center.