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INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball
Committee announced that University of North Alabama senior center
Esmir Guzonjic and 19 other student-athletes will participate in
the Second Annual NABC/ NCAA Division II All-Star Game to be held
Friday, March 23 at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
The All-Star
Game will match an East All-Star Team (with 10 student-athletes from
the NCAA East, Northeast, South and South Atlantic regions) against
a West All-Star Team (with 10 student-athlets from the NCAA Great
Lakes, North Central, South Central and West regions).
Guzonjic, a
senior from Bosnia, was a first-team All-Gulf South Conference pick
this season and averaged 18.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.
The
student-athletes and coaches selected to participate are:
East All-Star
Team
Tyrone
Anderson, Concord University, Christian Burns, Philadelphia
University Matt Cooper, Le Moyne College Andre Dabney, Bloomfield
University of Pennsylvania Antonio Fitzgerald, Saint Augustine's
College Gil Goodrich, Bowie State University DeMario Grier, Pfeiffer
University Esmir Guzonjic, University of North Alabama Magen McNeil,
American International College Jason Smith, University of Alabama,
Huntsville David McLaughlin (coach), Stonehill College
West All-Star
Team
Luke Anderson,
Minnesota State University, Mankato Eric Babers, Southeastern
Oklahoma State University Dustin Bremerman, Seattle Pacific
University Kevin Johnson, Humboldt State University Dusty Jura,
University of Nebraska at Kearney Damien Lolar, West Texas A&M
University Frank Phillips, University of Findlay Ricky Volcy,
Northern Michigan University Zack Whiting, Chaminade University
Steven Wright, Northern Kentucky University Bill Brown (coach),
California University of Pennsylvania
The All-Star
Game will be part of NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Elite Eight
which will be held March 21, 22 and 24 at the MassMutual Center in
Springfield, Massachusetts.
In the
inaugural Division II All-Star Game in 2006, the West All-Star Team
defeated the East All-Stars, 134-122.
Ryan Diggs of
Western Washington finished with a game-high 25 points and Franz
Steyn of Southwest Baptist had 18 points and 11 rebounds as the duo
earned co-Most Outstanding Player for the West All- Stars. Tayron
Thomas of Philadelphia had 18 points, seven rebounds and five
assists to earn MOP honors for the East All-Star Team.
Admission to
the second annual NCAA/NABC All-Star Game is free with paid
admission into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
For information
on admission to the Hall of Fame, call 1-877-4HOOPLA (446-6752) or
visit the Hall of Fame web site at
www.hoophall.com. |
