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Tev, JK, and Maize

Men's Basketball

Knight III, Jones, Fausett Earn All-Conference Honors

CEDAR CITY, Utah - The Southern Utah Men's Basketball team had three members make all-conference teams this season. John Knight III was selected as a member of the All-Big Sky First-Team, while Tevian Jones and Maizen Fausett were both named Third Team All-Conference.

Knight III had an unbelievable season for the T-Birds, leading the conference in steals (2.1), while ranking 4th in assists (4.2), 10th in scoring (14.6), and shooting the second highest percentage from the field at 52.6. Knight III also reached the 1,000-point scoring mark for his career at SUU this season. He currently sits at 8th in program history for scoring with 1,158 points. 

Jones had a strong senior season for SUU, scoring 14.8 points per game, good for 9th best in the Big Sky. Jones managed to score in double figures in 21 out of his 28 appearances this season, including a stretch of 13 consecutive games midway through the year. He set two season-highs in the win over Portland State with 36 points and 10 rebounds.

Fausett pulled down the 4th most rebounds per game in the Big Sky at 8.2, while also putting up 12.1 points per game. Fausett tallied six double-doubles this season and shot 48.5 percent from the field on his way to a third-team selection.

All three Thunderbirds are receiving All-Conference recognition for the second consecutive season.

The full list of the All Big-Sky honorees is shown below.

First Team All-Big Sky

Jubrile Belo, Montana State*

Daylen Kountz, Northern Colorado*

Koby McEwen, Weber State*

Xavier Bishop, Montana State

John Knight III, Southern Utah

Second Team All-Big Sky

Linton Acliese, Eastern Washington

Josh Bannan, Montana

Bryce Fowler, Sacramento State

Dillon Jones, Weber State

Steele Venters, Eastern Washington

Third Team All-Big Sky

Tevian Jones, Southern Utah

Jalen Cone, Northern Arizona

Matt Johnson, Northern Colorado

Seikou Sisoho Jawara, Weber State

Maizen Fausett, Southern Utah

All-Conference Honorable Mention

Khalid Thomas, Portland State

Amin Adamu, Montana State

Mikey Dixon, Idaho

Robby Easley, Montana

Individual Award Winners

Most Valuable Player: Jubrile Belo, Montana State

Defensive Player of the Year: Jubrile Belo, Montana State

Top Reserve: RaeQuan Battle, Montana State & Cameron Parker, Montana

Newcomer of the Year: Koby McEwen, Weber State*

Freshman of the Year: Ethan Price, Eastern Washington

* Unanimous Selection

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Players Mentioned

Maizen Fausett

#12 Maizen Fausett

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6' 6"
Senior
Tevian  Jones

#5 Tevian Jones

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6' 7"
Senior
John Knight III

#3 John Knight III

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6' 3"
Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

Maizen Fausett

#12 Maizen Fausett

6' 6"
Senior
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Tevian  Jones

#5 Tevian Jones

6' 7"
Senior
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John Knight III

#3 John Knight III

6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
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