CAREER HONORS:
• 2008 America East Academic Honor Roll
Coach Lonergan on Joey Accaoui: “Joey is going to have a great senior year. He has improved each season and has continued to work hard this past offseason. He is a great shooter who makes big shots and is one of the most experienced players on our roster, so we will rely on him to be one of the team leaders.”
NOTES: Finished his career tied for third in games played (126).
2010-11 Season: Played in 29 games, making nine starts as a senior … Finished tied for second on the team in scoring, averaging 11.3 points per game (15th in the America East), and second in assists (47) … Reached double figures 16 times and finished eighth in the America East in field goal percentage (45.8 percent) … Started off the year by making 7-of-11 shots for 19 points in a road win at Siena … Tallied 16 in a win at Quinnipiac … Netted double figures in seven straight games in the non-conference portion of the schedule, which included 21 in a win over Dartmouth and career-high 23 in a win at Iona … In the Iona victory he went 5-for-9 from three and added four assists … Had five-straight double-figure scoring games early on in conference play, tallying 15 points each in consecutive home games vs. UMBC and Maine … Went 7-for-15 with 16 points in a loss at Charleston … Missed three games in early February due to injury.
2009-10 Season: Played in all 35 games, making eight starts as a junior … Finished fifth on the team in scoring (6.7 ppg), second in three-point field goal percentage (33.0%) and third in assists (52) … Placed ninth in the America East in league games in three-point shooting percentage (36.7%) … Reached double figures seven times, including a career-high 17 points in a win over Dartmouth as he went 6-for-7 from the floor and 4-for-4 from the line … The Dartmouth game marked the third straight game with double figures, as he also netted 10 each against both Cornell and Toledo … Netted 14 points in only 16 minutes in a regular season win at Boston U, going 4-for-7 overall and 2-for-3 from three.
2008-09 Season: Played in all 33 games, making one start … Reached double digits five times … Shot 40 percent from three, to lead the America East … 63 percent of his attempts on the year came from beyond the arc … Averaged 4.9 points per game … Scored a career-high 15 points in a win at Stony Brook … Handed out a career-high five assists at home against UMBC … Played a career-high 32 minutes against Oregon State in the quarterfinals of the College Basketball Invitational … Set a career-high for three-pointers made with a 4-of-5 performance at UMBC.
2007-08 Season: Averaged 4.1 points per game as a freshman and hit the third-most three’s on the team (22) in 29 games … Scored seven points off the bench in a win over NJIT ... Tallied six points against Florida ... Scored seven points in a win over Central Connecticut ... Scored nine points against Albany ... Poured in 10 points in a victory against Maine ... Added seven points in a win against Stony Brook ... Scored eight points against Boston U. ... Made his first career start at Stony Brook ... Scored a career-high 14 points in a home win over Hartford ... Added 13 points off the bench in a win at UNC-Wilmington ... Added seven points against UMBC in the America East Semifinals.
Prior to UVM: Accaoui (Ah-coo-we) is a 5-foot-10 guard who comes to Vermont from Lincoln, R.I. ... He led St. Andrews High School to a pair of New England Championships as he scored more than 1,600 career points and had his number retired ... Accaoui was a two-time team captain who earned team MVP honors as a senior ... He also was selected to the all-state team twice and was a McDonald’s All-American nominee.
Personal: Is the son of Joseph and Antoinette Accaoui ... Has one younger brother, Michael who plays basketball at Stonehill College ... Is a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council ... Is a psychology major.
SEASON TEAM GP/GS MIN FG-FGA PCT 3FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF REB--AVG PF-FO A TO BLK ST PTS AVG
2007-08 VERMONT 29/1 13.5 46 113 .407 19 58 .328 7 8 .875 3 22 25 0.9 25 0 19 19 0 12 118 4.1
2008-09 VERMONT 33/1 15.9 56 135 .415 34 85 .400 17 22 .773 7 25 32 1.0 35 0 51 24 0 6 163 4.9
2009-10 VERMONT 35/8 20.6 82 214 .383 35 106 .330 36 47 .766 12 38 50 1.4 35 0 52 49 0 18 235 6.7
2010-11 VERMONT 29/9 27.2 119-260 .458 44 118 .373 47 57 .825 9 47 56 1.9 42 0 47 45 0 15 329 11.3
TOTALS.....................126/19 19.3 303-722 .420 132 367 .360 107 134 .799 31 132 163 1.3 137 0 169 137 0 51 845 6.7
