BRIDGEWATER, N.J. - Following a stellar season resulting in a second-place finish in the Northeast Conference, three members of the FDU men's basketball team earned All-NEC recognition it was revealed Tuesday. Headlining the league's major awards, sophomore forward Ansley Almonor was named Most Improved Player and earned a slot on the Third Team All-NEC. He was joined by the Knights' backcourt in fifth-year guards Demetre Roberts and Grant Singleton, Roberts named to the First Team All-NEC and Singleton to the Second Team.

Roberts became the first Knights since Darnell Edge in 2019 to be named to the First Team and is the 20th selection all-time in program history. The five-foot-eight Roberts made a splash since he arrived on campus in July after enjoying a tremendous four-year career at St. Thomas Aquinas (NCAA Division II - ECC) alongside Singleton and head coach Tobin Anderson. Hailing from Mount Vernon, N.Y., Roberts enters the conference tournament having scored 522 points this season, averaging 16.8 points per night, in 31 appearances - making the starting five in all but one game. His impact stretches beyond the banks of the Hackensack as the two-time NEC Player of the Week lit up the book in conference play, finishing third in scoring with 17.1 points a game - only behind Josh Cohen of Saint Francis U (Pa.) and Merrimack's Jordan Minor, the 2022-23 NEC Co-Players of the Year.

Pouring-in a game-leading 28 points at home against LIU, Roberts etched the high marks for FDU in numerous offensive categories, including 11 made field goals at Sacred Heart, 10 made free throws against Columbia and Stonehill and a team-high 11 assists (tied with Singleton) against Longwood and LIU.

On February 4, Roberts logged his 2,00th career point and currently sits with 2,107 and counting over five illustrious seasons.

The 23rd FDU selection to the Second Team All-NEC, Singleton shined in the Burgundy and Blue. Mr. Automatic from the free throw line, the Sumter, S.C. product and STAC transfer etched a career-best 27 points in the Knights' come-from-behind victory against NEC Regular Season Champion Merrimack on the road. Going 22-consecutive games without a missed free throw, Singleton is shooting 93.2 percent from the line heading into March and has been the perfect partner in the backcourt for Roberts, dishing 101 assists, the second most on this year's squad behind Roberts. Standing at five-nine, Singleton was the Knights first three-time NEC Player of the Week since Chad Timberlake in 2006 - catapulting the fifth-year to All-NEC consideration this season.

One week after his longtime teammate notched 2,000 career points, Singleton recorded his 1,500th in the final meeting of the regular season between FDU and Central Connecticut and the 2021 East Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player now sits with 1,553 points including his 438 at FDU.

Rounding out the Knights' trio of All-NEC honorees, Almonor shined in his role in Anderson's system as the second-year earned his first All-NEC recognition having garnered a spot on the Third Team All-NEC, the fifth-ever Knight to receive the distinction. Also earning the NEC's Most Improved Player award, the first since Earl Potts Jr. in 2016, the Spring Valley, N.Y. product set new careers high in nearly every category while improving from 12 made field goals in 2021-22 to 62 and counting this season. Almonor's field goal shooting also skyrocketed from 30 buckets in 63 tries as a freshman to 150 made field goals in 346 tries - nearly six times as many attempts year-over-year. The six-foot-six-inch big's rebounding also shined as the January 3 NJHoops.com Division I College Player of the Week collected 138 boards as a sophomore, more than triple his year-one total (41).

Shooting a perfect 6-for-6 from behind the arc in the regular season finale against St. Francis Brooklyn, #2 FDU's opponent in the NEC tournament quarterfinal, Amonor posted not only a career best but quintupled his made three-point field goal total from his rookie campaign, entering the new month with 62 - up from 12 in year one.

FDU men's basketball is seeded second in the 2022-23 NEC Men's Basketball Championship and will face the #7 Terriers inside Stratis Arena on Wednesday, March 1 at 7 p.m. live on NEC Front Row in the quarterfinal. Tickets are on-sale now at FDUKnights.com/MBBQF.

The 2022-23 men's basketball season is presented by Bogota Savings Bank.