Best of 2021

2021 marks PressBox’s fifth annual Best Of edition celebrating the top people, performances and moments of the year.

Best Road Warriors

Due to COVID restrictions, only four teams made the 2021 NEC men’s basketball tournament. As the lowest seed in the tournament, Mount St. Mary’s was going to need to win back-to-back road games in March to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017.

So it did exactly that.

The Mountaineers won games at Wagner and Bryant in the span of four days thanks in large part to McDonogh alum Damian Chong Qui, who scored a team-high 35 points during the run.

The run is even more remarkable when you consider they also had to win their final two regular-season games on the road just to make the NEC tournament.

Photo Credit: David Silverman

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Issue 272 December 2021 / January 2022

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