NEW YORK, NY – Tariq Francis , a freshman on the NJIT men’s basketball team, was named the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association (MBWA) Division I Men’s Basketball Rookie of the Year, the organization announced on Wednesday. Francis will be presented the award during the MBWA’s 91st Annual Haggerty Awards Dinner on Thursday night. The event will take place at 7pm at Sleepy Hollow Hotel & Conference Center in Tarrytown, NY and will also be live streamed . The Pittsburgh, PA, native led all America East freshmen and finished ninth overall in scoring, averaging 14.8 ppg. In conference games, Francis was…