John Brown University senior men's basketball player Zach English has been named to the All-Sooner Athletic Conference third team, an honor chosen by the SAC coaches, the conference office announced Tuesday.
English earns his first-ever all-conference selection of his career. The 6-foot-2 guard started 24 of 28 games shis season and finished second on the team, averaging 11.6 points per game, including a 12.9 point per game mark in SAC play. He also averaged 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, shooting 47.6 percent from the floor (110-of-231) to pace the squad.
In a pivotal victory, English boasted 23 points, a season-high, and four rebounds in John Brown's win over Wayland Baptist (Texas) on Feb. 4. Sixteen times this season, English posted double-digit scoring.
With a 7-9 conference record, the Golden Eagles earned the No. 7 seed for the 2017 Sooner Athletic Tournament and traveled to No. 2-seed Southwestern Assemblies of God (Texas) in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Results were not available at presstime.
Sports on 03/01/2017