Men's Basketball | 3/22/2017 10:57:00 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Georgia Southern guards Ike Smith and Tookie Brown have been named first-team All-District, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced today. 

The duo finished the regular season as the top two scorers in the Sun Belt and were both named first-team all-conference.

Smith ranked first in the Sun Belt in scoring (19.6 ppg) and field goals made (230), second in free throws made (127) and fifth in field goal percentage (.498). The sophomore led the Eagles in scoring in 17 games and scored over 20 points 19 times. He was named Sun Belt Player of the Week Jan. 24 and finished the campaign just two points shy of reaching the 1,000-point milestone for his career.

Brown earns first-team all-district honors for the second straight season. The sophomore currently ranks third in the Sun Belt in scoring (17.1 ppg), first in free throws made (148), sixth in steals (1.4/gm) and fourth in assists (4.0/gm). He scored 20-plus points in six straight games from Dec. 15-Jan. 9 and scored 20-plus points 14 times this season and 30-plus twice. Brown led the Eagles in scoring 12 times and was named Sun Belt Player of the Week Jan. 3. He became the first sophomore in school history to go over 1,000 points for his career after netting 32 at Appalachian State Feb. 13.

Georgia Southern finished the season with an 18-15 record and placed third in the Sun Belt with an 11-7 mark. The Eagles made their first postseason appearance since the 2006 NIT and return all 11 scholarship student-athletes to the 2017-18 roster.

NABC All-District - District 24
First Team
Kevin Hervey, UT Arlington
Ike Smith, Georgia Southern
Devin Carter, Arkansas State
Tookie Brown, Georgia Southern
Jeremy Hollowell, Georgia State

Second Team
Jordon Varnado, Troy
Kavin Gilder-Tilbury, Texas State
Bryce Washington, Louisiana-Lafayette
D'Marcus Simonds, Georgia State
Erick Neal UT Arlington

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