Kentucky’s Otega Oweh has been named to the NABC All-District Second Team.
Heres’ a look at the First Team and Second Team selections:
Central District
First Team
Nate Ament, Tennessee
Robbie Avila, Saint Louis
Ja’Kobi Gillespie, Tennessee
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State
Darryn Peterson, Kansas
Pryce Sandfort, Nebraska
Bennett Stirtz, Iowa
Tyler Tanner, Vanderbilt
Second Team
Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Mikel Brown Jr., Louisville
Ryan Conwell, Louisville
Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Fred King, Murray State
Tyler Lundblade, Belmont
Rienk Mast, Nebraska
Mark Mitchell, Missouri
Teagan Moore, Western Ky.
Otega Oweh, Kentucky
Coach of the Year: Fred Hoiberg, Nebraska
Here is a press release from UK Athletics:
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky men’s basketball senior guard Otega Oweh was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Central District Second Team, the organization announced on Tuesday.
It marks the second-consecutive season that the Wildcat star has received all-district honors from the NABC, after being named a first-team selection a year ago.
Oweh leads the Wildcats with 18.2 points per game this season and has scored in double figures in 33 of the team’s 34 contests. He is averaging career highs in points per game, assists per game (2.6) and steals per game (1.8) this season. Oweh’s 618 points this year are the second-most in a single season ever by a transfer at Kentucky. He is also the first Wildcat to score at least 575 points in consecutive seasons since Jamal Mashburn in 1992 and 1993.
The 6-foot-4 guard was particularly effective in Southeastern Conference play where he averaged 21.1 points per game and led the league with 14 games of 20 or more points. Oweh was just the fifth Wildcat to average 21.0 points per game in conference action since 1996-97 joining Jodie Meeks, Jamal Murray, Antonio Reeves and Malik Monk. He was a two-time SEC Player of the Week this season and earned a spot on the All-SEC Second Team.
In his two seasons at Kentucky, Oweh has scored 1,202 points, the second most ever by a Wildcat in their first two years behind only Bill Spivey (1,213). He has 31 total games with 20 or more points, including 23 against SEC opponents, the most at UK since at least 1996-97.
The complete list of NABC All-District Teams can be seen on the organization’s website here.
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