MAAC Announces 2009-10 Men's Basketball All-MAAC Teams
MAAC Sports
EDISON, N.J. - The Metro Atlantic Athletic
Conference announces the 2009-2010 All-MAAC Men's Basketball Teams, selected by
the MAAC's head coaches.
The first team
is made up of Anthony Johnson of
Fairfield University,
Ryan Thompson of Rider University,
and Alex Franklin, Ronald Moore and
Ryan Rossiter of Siena
College. Thompson is a repeat selection from last
season's First Team. These five players
are now eligible to be named the 2009-2010 Pepsi Max MAAC Player of the Year,
also selected by the head coaches of the league. The winner will be announced on Thursday,
March 4 at a 5:00 p.m. awards reception at the Times Union
Center, the site of the
2010 Citizens Bank MAAC Basketball Championships.
Johnson, a
6-foot-8, 245-pound senior center from Lake Wales, Fla., wasted no time making
his presence made known this season.
Johnson is currently averaging 15.6 points for game, good for seventh
place on the MAAC scoring chart, while pulling down 9.9 rebounds a night,
ranking him second in the conference. He
leads the MAAC in blocks per game, recording 2.3 an outing. Johnson has netted double-digit points in 24
games and recorded 15 double-doubles this season.
Thompson, a
6-foot-6, 220-pound senior guard from Mt. Laurel N.J., is making his second appearance
on the All-MAAC First Team. He is now second
in the MAAC in scoring, registering 16.9 points per game for the Broncs. He is also 11th in assists (2.8), tied
for 17th in rebounding (5.0), seventh in field goal percentage (.421),
and third in free throw percentage (.813).
Thompson has netted double-digit points in 27 games and recorded two
double-doubles this season.
Franklin, a 6-foot-5,
226-pound senior forward from Reading, Pa., makes his first appearance on the
All-MAAC First Team. He is currently sixth
in the MAAC in scoring with 15.8 points an outing and fifth in rebounds with
7.8 caroms a night for the Saints. Franklin
is shooting 56.6 percent from the field, ranking him second in the league, and
66.4 percent from the charity stripe (14th in the MAAC). He posted double digits in 22 games and five
double-doubles during the regular season.
Moore, a 6-foot,
156-pound senior guard from Conshohocken, Pa., is one of three Saints on the
All-MAAC First Team. He is leading the
nation in assists, dishing out 7.7 per game for the Green and Gold. Moore also owns a league-best 2.7
assist-to-turnover ratio, and is tied for fifth place in steals per game,
averaging 1.8 takeaways per game. Moore has
netted double-digit points in six contests and three double-doubles in his
final campaign for the Saints.
Rossiter, a
6-foot-9, 234-pound junior forward from Staten Island, N.Y., joins Franklin and
Moore on the All-MAAC First Team. During
the regular season, he led the league in rebounds with 10.8 caroms per game and
ranked 10th in the MAAC in scoring, averaging 14.3 points an
outing. Rossiter is also currently leading
in the MAAC in field goal percentage (.584), sixth in free throw percentage (.770)
and 12th in steals (1.4). He
had 23 double-digit scoring efforts and 18 double-doubles during the regular
season.
The 2009-2010
All-MAAC Second Team is also a strong unit.
The second team is made up of Fairfield guard Derek Needham, Iona College sophomore guard Scott Machado, Niagara
University senior guard/forward Bilal Benn and senior guard Tyrone Lewis, and
Siena senior guard/forward Edwin Ubiles.
This season's
third unit is a formidable group as well.
The third team consists of Canisius College senior guard Frank Turner, Manhattan College junior
guard Rico Pickett, Saint Peter's junior guards Wesley Jenkins and Nick Leon,
and Siena junior guard Clarence Jackson.
First Team
All-MAAC
|
Player
|
Year
|
Pos.
|
Ht.
|
Hometown
|
PPG
|
Other
|
|
Anthony
Johnson, Fairfield
|
Sr.
|
C
|
6-8
|
Lake Wales, Fla.
|
15.6
|
51.2 FG%, 9.9
rpg
|
|
Ryan Thompson,
Rider#
|
Sr.
|
G
|
6-6
|
Mt. Laurel, N.J.
|
16.9
|
5.0 rpg, 42.1
FG%
|
|
Alex Franklin,
Siena
|
Sr.
|
F
|
6-5
|
Reading, Pa.
|
15.8
|
56.6 FG%, 7.8
rpg
|
|
Ronald Moore, Siena
|
Sr.
|
G
|
6-0
|
Conshohocken, Pa.
|
6.6
|
7.7 apg, 1.8
spg
|
|
Ryan Rossiter,
Siena
|
Jr.
|
F
|
6-9
|
Staten Island, N.Y.
|
14.3
|
10.8 rpg, 58.4
FG%
|
Second Team
All-MAAC
|
Player
|
Year
|
Pos.
|
Ht.
|
Hometown
|
PPG
|
Other
|
|
Derek Needham,
Fairfield
|
Fr.
|
F
|
5-11
|
Dolton, Ill.
|
15.9
|
38.4 FG%, 5.4
apg
|
|
Scott Machado,
Iona
|
So.
|
G
|
6-1
|
Queens, N.Y.
|
12.4
|
3.9 apg, 78.1
FT%
|
|
Bilal Benn, Niagara
|
Sr.
|
G/F
|
6-5
|
Philadelphia, Pa.
|
13.5
|
9.9 rpg, 3.3
apg
|
|
Tyrone Lewis, Niagara
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5-11
|
Levittown, Pa.
|
16.8
|
38.5 FG%, 73.8
FT%
|
|
Edwin Ubiles, Siena
|
Sr.
|
G/F
|
6-6
|
Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
|
15.2
|
48.5 FG%, 41.3
3FG%
|
Third Team
All-MAAC
|
Player
|
Year
|
Pos.
|
Ht.
|
Hometown
|
PPG
|
Other
|
|
Frank Turner,
Canisius
|
Sr.
|
G
|
5-10
|
Atlantic City, N.J.
|
16.5
|
5.2 rpg, 47.5
FG%
|
|
Rico Pickett, Manhattan
|
Jr.
|
G
|
6-4
|
Decatur, Ala.
|
17.1
|
43.5 FG%, 1.6
3FGM
|
|
Wesley
Jenkins, Saint Peter's
|
Jr.
|
G
|
6-2
|
Newark, N.J.
|
14.1
|
5.1 rpg, 1.4
spg
|
|
Nick Leon, Saint Peter's
|
Jr.
|
G
|
5-11
|
Brooklyn, N.Y.
|
13.3
|
2.6 apg, 85.6
FT%
|
|
Clarence
Jackson, Siena
|
Jr.
|
G
|
6-3
|
Marlton, N.J.
|
14.0
|
1.8 spg, 37.3
3FG%
|
# Repeat First Team All-MAAC choice