CEDAR CITY, Utah – The Southern Utah Men's Basketball team had four athletes receive All-Conference awards for their play in the Thunderbirds' inaugural season in the Western Athletic Conference.
Dee Barnes - Sixth Man Of The Year
Barnes is in his third year with the T-Birds and is having a massive impact on the team's success this year. Coming off the bench, Barnes averages 5.8 points per game in just 14 minutes per game. He's shooting a team-high 42% from three and has the fourth most offensive rebounds on the team as well.
Tevian Jones - WAC First-Team All-Conference
Jones is having his best season as a Thunderbird. Averaging third-highest points per game in the WAC at 17.8. Jones is second in the conference in 20-point games with 14 on the year, and is second in the conference in free-throw makes and has made 28 straight to head into post-season play. Tevian has scored in double-digits 27 times this year and will look to lead SUU throughout the postseason.
Maizen Fausett - WAC Second-Team All-Conference
Fausett has had an unbelievable season in his fifth year with the T-Birds. Averaging 12.5 points per game (15th in the WAC) and 6.5 rebounds per game (9th in the WAC). Maizen has four double-double performances on the year and has six games with at least 10 rebounds. Fausett is shooting 50% from the field and 39% from three on the year. He now has 1500 career points at SUU which is third all-time and he's first all-time in total rebounds with 921.
Drake Allen - WAC All-Newcomer Team
Allen is playing his first year with SUU and has started every contest so far. He is averaging the 10th most assists per game in the conference at 3.5 and is seventh in the conference in steals per game with 1.3. Allen is shooting the second-best three-point percentage on the team at 41% on just 61 attempts.
The full list of All-Conference awards is listed below:
Player of the Year: Qua Grant, Sam Houston
Defensive Player of the Year: Aziz Bandaogo, Utah Valley
Sixth Man of the Year: Dee Barnes, Southern Utah
Freshman of the Year: Chendall Weaver, UT Arlington
Newcomer of the Year: Aziz Bandaogo, Utah Valley
Coach of the Year: Mark Madsen, Utah Valley
All-WAC First Team (Alphabetical by School)
Ray Harrison, Grand Canyon
Qua Grant, Sam Houston
Cameron Tyson, Seattle U
Tevian Jones, Southern Utah
Aziz Bandaogo, Utah Valley
Le'Tre Darthard, Utah Valley
Trey Woodbury, Utah Valley
Justin Johnson, UTRGV
All-WAC Second Team (Alphabetical by School)
Taran Armstrong, California Baptist
Gabe McGlothan, Grand Canyon
Donte Powers, Sam Houston
Riley Grigsby, Seattle U
Maizen Fausett, Southern Utah
Sadaidriene Hall, Stephen F. Austin
Freddy Hicks, Tarleton
Cameron Gooden, Utah Tech
WAC All-Defensive Team (Alphabetical by School)
Damien Daniels, Abilene Christian
Javion May, Sam Houston
Shamir Bogues, Tarleton
Aziz Bandaogo, Utah Valley
Le'Tre Darthard, Utah Valley
WAC All-Newcomer Team (Alphabetical by School)
Ray Harrison, Grand Canyon
Qua Grant, Sam Houston
Cameron Huefner, Sam Houston
Drake Allen, Southern Utah
Aziz Bandaogo, Utah Valley
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