SCAC Releases Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams
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Posted: Mar 11, 2021
Southwestern men's basketball guard Kyle Poerschke was named to the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) all-conference first team in exclusive voting by the head coaches of the SCAC.
Poerschke, a junior from Houston, Texas, averaged 16.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 1.0 steals per game on 50.5 percent shooting. He won two SCAC Player of the Week awards this season, leading the Pirates to a 4-3 record. Poerschke finished second in the SCAC Player of the Year voting.
Senior Trenton Garrett earned All-SCAC Honorable Mention, averaging 8.6 points and 5.7 rebounds per game while hitting 58.8 percent from the field.
Trinity's Kaleb Jenkins was named SCAC Player of the Year, St. Thomas' Cameron Gims was the SCAC Defensive Player of the Year, St. Thomas' Adam Kanafani was voted SCAC Newcomer of the Year, and Trinity's Jimmy Smith and St. Thomas' Anthony Medina were voted SCAC Co-Coaches of the Year.
2020-21 ALL-SCAC FIRST TEAM
Kaleb Jenkins, Trinity, 5-10, So., Guard, New Orleans, La.
Christian Alaekwe, St. Thomas, 6-4, Sr., Guard, Fresno, Texas
HONORABLE MENTION (players receiving votes)
Austin College – Tristan Dick (So., G); Colorado College – Jack McRoskey (Jr., G); Dallas – Dustin Mathis (Sr., G); Schreiner – Alex Dehoyos (Jr., G); Southwestern – Trenton Garrett (Sr., F); St. Thomas – Joshua Sanchez (So., F); Texas Lutheran – Caleb Lister (Sr., F), Garrett Prince (Fy., F); Trinity – Ben Hanley (Jr., G)
Coaches voted for 15 places for All-SCAC with 15 points awarded for first-place votes, 14 points for second-place votes, 13 points for third-place votes, etc., down to one point for a 15th-place vote. All players not elected to the First, Second, or Third Team, but who received at least one vote, were named Honorable Mention. Coaches could not vote for their own players.