MAAC Announces 2017-18 Men’s Basketball All-MAAC Teams

MAAC Announces 2017-18 Men’s Basketball All-MAAC Teams

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EDISON, NJ – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced the 2017-18 Men’s Basketball All-MAAC Teams as voted upon by the league’s 11 head coaches.
 
The All-MAAC First Team is made up of the Canisius College duo of forward senior Jermaine Crumpton, and sophomore guard Isaiah Reese, Fairfield University senior guard Tyler Nelson, Niagara University red-shirt senior guard Kahlil Dukes, and Rider University red-shirt freshman guard/forward Dimencio Vaughn. Dukes was the lone unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team.  
 
The five All-MAAC First Team members are now in contention for the 2017-18 MAAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year honor, which is selected by the league’s 11 head coaches. The 2017-18 MAAC Player of the Year will be announced at the Postseason Awards Show, which is going to be held at the Albany Capital Center on Friday, March 2 at 10:00 a.m. The Postseason Awards Show airs live on ESPN3.

Crumpton averaged 16.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 1.6 assists per game in 31 starts for Canisius. The senior ranked sixth in the MAAC in points per game, ninth in field goal percentage (48.6%), tied for fifth in free-throw percentage (81.3%), tied for 14th in offensive rebounds per game (1.8), and 20th in rebounds per game (5.2). The senior scored a season-high 32 points on 10-of-18 shooting from the field on January 27, against Niagara University. Crumpton claimed the MAAC Player of the Week honor on January 2.

Reese registered 16.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists, and 2.3 steals per game for the Griffs. The Miami, FL native ranked in the top-10 of the MAAC in eight statistical categories. The guard was named MAAC Player of the Week twice this season on November 20 and January 22. Reese became the first Division I men’s basketball player to post a triple-double in 2017-18. On November 18, he recorded 23 points, 11 assists, and 11 rebounds to become the first MAAC player to reach the feat since Iona’s Scott Machado had a triple-double at Marist on February 12, 2012.

The Griffs’ duo of Crumpton and Reese are the first teammates from Canisius to be named to the All-MAAC First Team since Darrell Barely and Michael Meeks earned First Team honors in 1995-96.
 
Tyler Nelson finished the regular season as the MAAC’s leading scorer, averaging 21.8 points per game, which ranked 14th in the nation through games played on February 24. The guard scored 30 or more points five times this season, the most among all MAAC men’s basketball student-athletes. Nelson scored a season-high 35 points at Marist on January 13, and has tallied 20-plus points on 16 occasions. The Bradford, MA native ranked first in the league in three-point field goals made per game (3.0) and first in minutes played per game (36.3). He took home MAAC Player of the Week twice during his senior campaign. Nelson is the first student-athlete from Fairfield to be named to back-to-back All-MAAC First Teams since Darren Phillip (1999-00, 2000-01).
 
Dukes is a unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team after he averaged 21.1 points and 3.3 assists per game for the Purple Eagles this season. He was second in the MAAC in points per game, ninth in assists per game, first in free-throw percentage (90.4%), second in three-point field goals made per game (3.0), eighth in three-point field goal percentage (43.8%), and third in minutes per game (34.0). Dukes claimed MAAC Player of the Week honors twice this season. He is the first student-athlete from Niagara to be named to the All-MAAC First Team since 2012-13.
 
Vaughn averaged 16.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game in 27 games, 20 starts for the Broncs. He ranked eighth in the league in scoring, tied for fifth in rebounds per game, seventh in field goal percentage (51.4%), second in steals per game, and tied for third in offensive rebounds per game. Vaughn scored a career-high 34 points on 13-of-18 shooting from the field at Saint Peter’s on January 18. His 13 field goals made were tied for the most in a single-game this season. The New York, NY native claimed the MAAC Player of the Week honor twice in 2017-18.
 
The 2017-18 All-MAAC Second Team consists of Iona College junior guard Rickey McGill, Manhattan College red-shirt senior guard Rich Williams, Niagara senior guard Matt Scott, Quinnipiac University senior guard Cameron Young, and Rider University sophomore guard Stevie Jordan.
 
The 2017-18 All-MAAC Third Team is comprised of Manhattan senior forward Zane Waterman, Marist College senior guard Brian Parker, Monmouth University senior guard Austin Tilghman, and Rider’s red-shirt freshman guard Jordan Allen, and red-shirt freshman forward Frederick Scott.   

The 2018 MAAC Basketball Championships take place March 1-5, at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY. 16 of the 20 contests are set to air exclusively on ESPN3. The first Men’s Basketball Championship Semifinal game on Sunday, March 4, airs live on ESPN3 at 7 p.m. and will re-air at 11:30 p.m. on ESPNU, tape delayed. The second Men’s Basketball Semifinal airs at 9:30 p.m., live, on ESPNU.
 
The Women’s Championship game is set to air on Monday, March 5, at 2:30 p.m. on ESPNU, and the Men’s Championship final airs at 7 p.m. on ESPN or ESPN2. The network for the Men’s Championship game is determined 7-10 days prior to the championship. 
 
For all information on the 2018 MAAC Basketball Championships, visit maacsports.com/basketball. Be sure to follow the conversation on all social media platforms by using #MAACHoops18.
 
All-MAAC First Team
Jermaine Crumpton, Canisius
Isaiah Reese, Canisius
Tyler Nelson, Fairfield
Kahlil Dukes, Niagara*
Dimencio Vaughn, Rider
 
All-MAAC Second Team
Rickey McGill, Iona
Rich Williams, Manhattan
Matt Scott, Niagara
Cameron Young, Quinnipiac
Stevie Jordan, Rider
 
All-MAAC Third Team
Zane Waterman, Manhattan
Brian Parker, Marist
Austin Tilghman, Monmouth
Jordan Allen, Rider
Frederick Scott, Rider
 
*denotes unanimous selection
 
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.