Atlantic 10 awards Dayton Flyer freshman with weekly honor

Dayton freshman Aiden Derkack was named the Atlantic 10’s Rookie of the Week after recording two 20-point double-doubles in the Flyers’ games last week. He scored 21 points and collected 11 rebounds in the season-opening win over NJIT, then followed with 20 points and 10 rebounds in an overtime game. The conference announced the weekly honor on Tuesday, WHIO reported.