CAMBRIDGE, MA --Lesley University guard John Sanchez has been named Eastern College Athlete Conference Division III New England Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the ECAC announced this week.

Also named New England Collegiate Conference Player of the Week, Sanchez's week saw him hit the game-winning free throw in the Lynx last-minute triumph over Curry and score a career-high 26 points on Saturday at WIT.

Sanchez broke a 74-74 tie with 15 seconds remaining in sinking the game-winning free throw in Thursday's 75-74 non-conference victory over TCCC foe Curry College. The 5-8 guard scored a team-high 17 points, dishing out a game-best 11 assists to only three turnovers, adding a pair of steals and five rebounds.

On Saturday at WIT, Sanchez poured in a game- and career-high 26 points on perfect 10-10 shooting from the charity stripe and 2-3 shooting from downtown, scoring 22 points in the second half and adding eight assists, four boards and two steals.

For the week, Sanchez averaged 21.5 points, 9.5 assists, 4.5 rebounds and two steals in 35.5 minutes per game. The junior shot 47.6 percent from the field, 84 percent from the line and 40 percent from three-point range, running the Lynx offense to the tune of a 2.4-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

His Lynx return to the hardwood on Saturday, playing host to No. 21 MIT in Lesley's first-ever game against a ranked opponent.