MANOR COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER EDDIE FORTESCUE JR RECOGNIZED ON SENIOR NIGHT

MANOR COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER EDDIE FORTESCUE JR RECOGNIZED ON SENIOR NIGHT
Posted: Feb 27, 2024

By Steven M. Glassman

Director of Sports Information

February 27, 2024

 

JENKINTOWN, PA–United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I Manor College (12-6 overall , 6-2 Eastern States Athletic Conference) senior guard Eddie Fortescue Jr (Blue Bell, PA/Wissahickon) was recognized for his athletic and academic achievements by Manor Head Men's Basketball Coach Leo Mahon before the start of the final regular season and ESAC game versus Bucks County Community College (10-18, 3-5).

Fortescue Jr's Manor Men's Basketball career numbers are as follows (statistics are as of February 24):

Category (Per Game)

  • Games: 47

  • Games Started: 44 

  • Minutes: 1,361 (29.0)

  • Overall Field Goals Made: 237 (5.0)

  • Overall Field Goal Attempts: 559 (11.9)

  • Overall Field Goal Percentage: 42.4

  • Three-Point Fields Made: 66 (1.4)

  • Three-Point Field Goal Attempts: 238 (5.1) 

  • Three-Point Field Goal Percentage: 27.7

  • Free Throws Made: 128 (2.7) 

  • Free Throw Attempts: 172 (3.7) 

  • Free Throw Percentage: 74.4

  • Points: 668 (14.2)

  • Offensive Rebounds: 70 (1.5)

  • Defensive Rebounds: 134 (2.9)

  • Total Rebounds: 204 (4.3)

  • Assists: 72 (1.5)

  • Steals: 80 (1.7)

  • Blocked Shots: 5 (0.1)

Career Double-Figure Games

  • Points: 34.

  • 20+ Points: 14.

  • 30+ Points: 2.

Since Manor joined the USCAA for the 2021-2022 season, Fortescue Jr holds the following school career records (statistics are through February 24):

  • Games Started: 44 

  • Minutes: 1,361 

  • Overall Field Goals Made: 237

  • Overall Field Goal Attempts: 559 

  • Three-Point Fields Made: 66 

  • Three-Point Field Goal Attempts: 238

  • Free Throws Made: 128 

  • Free Throw Attempts: 172 

  • Points: 668 

  • Steals: 80 

  • Games scoring in double-figures: 34

  • 20+ Point-Games: 14.

 

He finished in the USCAA Division I Top-25 in the following categories during the 2022-2023 season:

  • Minutes per Game: 34.4 (fourth)

  • Overall Field Goals Made per Game: 6.5 (eighth)

  • Three-Point Field Goals Made per Game: 1.9 (12th)

  • Free Throws Made: 58 (17th)

  • Free Throws Made per Game: 4.1 (third)

  • Free Throw Percentage: 73.4 (21st)

  • Defensive Rebounds per Game: 3.9 (21st)

  • Overall Rebounds per Game: 5.7 (24th)

  • Points per Game: 19.0 (fifth)

  • Assists per Game: 2.4 (24th)

  • Steals per Game: 1.8 (10th)

He also finished tied for 12th with 1.9 steals per game during the 2021-2022 season.

 

Fortescue Jr has also led Manor in the following statistical categories (Season in Parenthesis):

  • Overall Field Goals Made: 91 (2022-2023)

  • Overall Field Goal Attempts: 205 (2022-2023)

  • Three-Point Field Goals Made: 26 (2022-2023)

  • Three-Point Field Goal Attempts: 78 (2022-2023)

  • Three-Point Field Goal Percentage: 33.3 (2022-2023)

  • Free Throws Made: 58 (2022-2023)

  • Free Throw Attempts: 79 (2022-2023)

  • Free Throw Percentage: 73.4 (2022-2023)

  • Points: 266 (2022-2023)

  • Points per Game: 19.0 (2022-2023)


The following below are Fortescue Jr's individual single-game career highs (through February 24):

  • Minutes: 44 versus Bryant and Stratton College-Albany (December 6, 2022).

  • Points: 32 versus Bryant and Stratton College-Albany (December 6, 2022) (tied for third most by a Manor player since 2021-2022).

  • Field Goals Made: 13 versus Bryant and Stratton College-Albany (December 6, 2022).

  • Field Goal Attempts: 22 versus Patrick Henry College (January 21, 2023).

  • Three-Point Field Goals Made: 6 versus Bryant and Stratton College-Albany (December 6, 2022).

  • Three-Point Field Goal Attempts: 10 at Central Pennsylvania College (February 11, 2023) and versus Bucks County Community College (January 27, 2022).

  • Free Throw Made: 9 versus Williamson College of the Trades (January 26, 2023).

  • Free Throw Attempts: 11 versus Williamson College of the Trades (January 26, 2023).

  • Rebounds: 9 versus Central Pennsylvania College (December 13, 2022).

  • Assists: 5 at Central Pennsylvania College (February 11, 2023) and at Bucks County Community College (November 19, 2022).

  • Blocked Shots: 2 versus Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (January 15, 2023).

  • Steals: 5 at Pennsylvania State University-Brandywine (November 13, 2021).

 

He has also received the following Men's Basketball Athletic and Academic Awards/Honors (in chronological order):

  • Philadelphia Small College Basketball Association (PSCBA) Honor Roll (February 12-February 18, 2024).

  • 2023 All-Roadrunner Classic Team.

  • 2022-2023 Manor College Men's Basketball Co-Most Valuable Player Award.

  • 2022-2023 United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Division I Men's Basketball Honorable Mention All-American.

  • 2022-2023 USCAA Division I Men's Basketball All-Academic Team.

  • 2022-2023 All-Eastern States Athletic Conference (ESAC) First Team.

  • PSCBA Honor Roll (February 13-February 19, 2023).

  • USCAA Division I Men's Basketball Player of The Week (January 16-22, 2023).

  • 2021-2022 Manor College Men's Basketball Coaches Award.

  • 2021-2022 USCAA Division I 84 Lumber Men's Basketball All-Academic Team.

  • Co-Captain.

 

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