PITMAN, NJ – Rutgers-Newark swingman Christian Garcia has been selected as the New Jersey Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.

NJAC Men's Basketball Players Of The Week (Jan. 29, 2012)

The 6-foot-2 medical hardship freshman averaged 11.5 points and 5.0 rebounds as the Scarlet Raiders (12-8, NJAC 5-4) split a pair of league games.  It was the sixth weekly NJAC rookie award for Garcia who received the honor three times in the first four weeks of the 2010-11 before suffering a season-ending foot injury.

On Wednesday, Garcia had a dozen points, six rebounds and a steal as the Raiders stopped New Jersey City, 73-69.  In Saturday's 63-56 loss to Richard Stockton, he netted 11 points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked a shot and came up with a steal.

On the year, Garcia is averaging 10.7 points and 5.4 rebounds while totaling 30 assists, 19 steals and eight blocked shots in 16 games.

Rutgers-Newark hosts Steven in a non-conference game on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in The Golden Dome Arena.