Men's Basketball Southern Conference

Media All-SoCon Men's Basketball Team Announced

The Southern Conference Sports Media Association (SCSMA) announced the organizations 2008 SoCon men’s basketball honorees.

 

Davidson sophomore Stephen Curry was a unanimous choice as the conference’s Malcolm U. Pitt Player of the Year. The sophomore from Charlotte, N.C. leads the conference in scoring with a 25.3 average and helped guide the Wildcats to an undefeated record in league play and the top seed in the conference tournament.

 

The Citadel’s Cameron Wells was the choice of the media for the league’s Freshman of the Year. The league’s leading scorer among freshmen (14.6 ppg), the guard from Houston, Texas edged Appalachian State’s Donald Sims, College of Charleston’s Andrew Goudelock and Georgia Southern’s Willie Powers for the honor.

 

Davidson coach Bob McKillop won in the voting for the Anton Foy Coach of the Year Award. McKillop McKillop led the Wildcats to a perfect 20-0 record in conference play and an overall mark of 23-6. Davidson owns the nation’s longest winning streak (19) and has won 31 consecutive Southern Conference games and 44 of the last 45.

 

Nine teams had players named to the SCSMA all-conference team. Davidson (Curry, Jason Richards and Thomas Sander), and College of Charleston (Jermaine Johnson, Andrew Goudelock and Tony White, Jr,.) each had three players earn all-conference honors. Appalachian State (Donte Minter and Jeremy Clayton) and Chattanooga (Nicchaeus Doaks and Stephen McDowell) each landed two players on the all-league squad.  Elon (Ola Atoyebi), Georgia Southern (Louis Graham), UNC Greensboro (Kyle Hines), Western Carolina (Brandon Giles) and Wofford (Drew Gibson) all had one player represented.

 

The Southern Conference coaches all-conference team will be announced on Thursday, March 6.

 

Malcolm U. Pitt Player of the Year: Stephen Curry, Davidson

Freshman of the Year: Cameron Wells, The Citadel

Anton Foy Coach of the Year: Bob McKillop, Davidson

 

SCSMA All-Southern Conference

First Team

Stephen Curry, Davidson

Kyle Hines, UNC Greensboro

Louis Graham, Georgia Southern

Jason Richards, Davidson

Donte Minter, Appalachian State     

 

Second Team

Nicchaeus Doaks, Chattanooga

Brandon Giles, Western Carolina

Stephen McDowell, Chattanooga

Jermaine Johnson, College of Charleston

Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston

 

Third Team

Tony White, Jr., College of Charleston

Ola Atoyebi, Elon

Thomas Sander, Davidson

Drew Gibson, Wofford

Jeremy Clayton, Appalachian State

 

All-Freshman Team

Cameron Wells, The Citadel

Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston

Donald Sims, Appalachian State

Willie Powers, Georgia Southern

Justin Dehm, Furman