Men’s basketball rakes in awards
Several Tigers were awarded All-Big 12 postseason honors this season.
Senior DeMarre Carroll was named to both the Coaches’ and Associated Press All-Big 12 First Team. Additionally, Carroll was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. He has led the Tigers in scoring (17.1) and rebounding (7.3) and is the only player in the conference to rank among the Top 10 in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and steals. In the classroom, Carroll excelled with a 3.70 grade point average in graduate school this year after earning a bachelor’s degree from Mizzou in 2008. For more on Carroll, please click here.
Fellow senior Matt Lawrence made the Academic Second Team and was picked by the coaches as the co-Sixth Man, given to the best bench player. Lawrence, who started several games this season and throughout his career, is third on the team in scoring (8.6) this season and third in Mizzou history with 222 three-pointers made.
Leo Lyons, another senior, was named to the Coaches’ and Associated Press Third Team. Lyons was second on the team in scoring (14.4) rebounds (5.8) and free-throw percentage (74.5).
Junior J.T. Tiller was named co-Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and selected to the All-Defensive Team. He led the team in steals (57) and assists (112) and was Mizzou’s most accurate free-throw shooter (75.7 percent). Junior transfer Zaire Taylor was picked to the All-Rookie Team.
Mizzou kicks off postseason play on ESPN2 Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in Oklahoma City. The third-seeded Tigers await the winner of Wednesday night’s game featuring No. 6 Texas A&M and No. 11 Texas Tech. For the rest of the bracket and future TV schedule, please visit the Big 12 Conference site.
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