LCU's Hicks, Duncan win Lone Star Conference top honors
Lubbock Christian University forward Parker Hicks was named Lone Star Conference men's basketball player of the year and LCU's Todd Duncan was named the LSC coach of the year, conference officials announced Wednesday.
Hicks and Duncan both won the awards for the second year in a row.
The Chaparrals were 25-2 and ranked No. 4 in NCAA Division II going into their LSC tournament quarterfinal against St. Edward's on Thursday night in Frisco. LCU won the regular-season title by two games.
Hicks, a 6-foot-6 senior from Decatur, has averaged 19.6 points and 8.9 rebounds per game this season, as well as being named the conference's defensive player of the week six times.
Joining Hicks on the first team was LCU guard Lloyd Daniels, a senior from Colts Neck, New Jersey, who has averaged 16.6 points and 4.9 assists per game.
Chaps guard Aamer Muhammad (15.9 ppg) made the second team, and forward Rowan Mackenzie (11.2 ppg) received honorable mention. Hicks was named to the all-defensive team and LCU guard Aaron Gonzales to the all-freshman team.
The Lady Chaps had six players make all-LSC teams. Allie Schulte was honored on the first team, Ashton Duncan on the second team and Channing Cunyus on the third team. All are senior guards.
Schulte is averaging 12.0 points per game, Duncan 11.0 and Cunyus 8.2.
Senior forward Juliana Robertson and senior guard Laynee Burr received honorable mention, and forward Grace Foster was named to the all-freshman team.
Three players who transferred from Wayland Baptist to Angelo State after last season — guard Payton Brown from Roosevelt, forward Blakely Gerber and forward Tayjanna McGhee-Pleasant — each made the all-LSC third team. Brown was selected for the all-defensive team as well.
Gerber (12.0 ppg), Brown (11.3 ppg) and McGhee-Pleasant (10.6 ppg) are three of Angelo State's top four scorers.
Honorable mentions included Angelo State's Madeline Stephens from Monterey, Eastern New Mexico's Natalie Stice from Tahoka and St. Edward's Lauren Catherman from Monterey.
SPC men 81
Temple 80 (OT)
WOLFFORTH — Sophomore guard Malik Zachery scored a season-high 27 points and South Plains College outlasted Temple College in a 2-seed/3-seed game Thursday at the NJCAA Region V tournament at Frenship.
Zachery, who transferred to SPC from the University at Buffalo, made 8 of 19 field goals and 11 of 12 free throws.
Khalifa Sakho and Malek Abdelgowad added 13 points apiece for South Plains. Jaden Harris and Kieves Turner chipped in 10 and nine, respectively.
The win moved South Plains (18-11) into a regional semifinal at 5 p.m. Friday against New Mexico Military Institute (18-12), one of its rivals in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference. The two teams split their regular-season series, with each team winning at home.
Jaedaun Slack led Temple (20-11) with 22 points. Kino Thompson and Sherrod Whitley followed with 13 and 12, respectively.
NJCAA REGION V TOURNAMENT
at the Tiger Pit, Wolfforth
Note: Seeds, records in parentheses. An "N" designates teams from the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference. A "W" designates teams from the Western Junior College Athletic Conference.
WOMEN
Wednesday's First-Round Results
Clarendon College 86, Hill College 76
Midland College 82, Temple College 64
South Plains College 63, Grayson College 57
New Mexico Junior College 79, Weatherford College 75
MEN
Thursday's First-Round Results
New Mexico Military Institute 74, McLennan Community College 71, OT
South Plains College 81, Temple College 80, OT
New Mexico Junior College 93, Hill College 71
Odessa College (W1) (25-5) vs. Collin College (N4) (23-6), (n)
Friday's Semifinals
WOMEN
Midland (W2) (21-6) vs. Clarendon (W4) (23-8), 1 p.m.
New Mexico Junior College (W1) (26-3) vs. South Plains (W3) (18-8), 3 p.m.
MEN
South Plains (W2) (18-11) vs. New Mexico Military Institute (W4) (18-12), 5 p.m.
New Mexico JC (W3) (19-12) vs. Odessa-Collin, 7 p.m.
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LONE STAR CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT
Note: Seeds, records in parentheses.
MEN
Tuesday's First-Round Results
at campus sites
Texas A&M-Kingsville 49, Texas A&M-Commerce 46
Midwestern State 66, UT Tyler 62
Angelo State 78, UT Permian Basin 77, OT
St. Edward's 68, Arkansas-Fort Smith 59
at Comerica Center, Frisco
Thursday's Quarterfinals
Midwestern State 82, Dallas Baptist 66
West Texas A&M 83, Angelo State 73
Lubbock Christian University 58, St. Edward's 56
St. Mary's (4) (12-12) vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville (12) (16-9), (n)
WOMEN
Tuesday's First-Round Results
at campus sites
Lubbock Christian University 84, Arkansas-Fort Smith 67
Cameron 88, Eastern New Mexico 85
UT Tyler 55, Midwestern State 38
Texas A&M International 66, Texas A&M-Kingsville 64, OT
at Comerica Center, Frisco
Friday's Quarterfinals
Texas A&M-Commerce (3) (24-3) vs Cameron (6) (17-10), noon
Texas Woman's (2) (19-7) vs. UT Tyler (7) (18-8), 2:30 p.m.
West Texas A&M (1) (20-10) vs. Texas A&M International (9) (18-10), 6 p.m.
Angelo State (4) (15-12) vs. LCU (5) (25-5), 8:30 p.m.
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