Powers Named to Preseason All-Southern Conference Basketball Team
STATESBORO, Ga. - Junior point guard Willie Powers III was chosen to the Southern Conference preseason All-conference team Thursday from a ballot of the 12 head men's basketball coaches. Powers averaged 14.5 points and 3.6 assists per game in abbreviated play due to a knee injury last season. College of Charleston, Western Carolina and Wofford had two selections each with the Cougars' Andrew Goudelock named Preseason Player of the Year based on the highest point total. Tony White, Jr. was the second Cougar representative on the list. Western Carolina had two picks while Brandon Giles and Harouna Mutombo and Noah Dahlman and Junior Salters were named for Wofford. Kellen Brand of Appalachian State and The Citadel's Cameron Well's filled out the list.
The Southern Conference also released today the predicted order of finish in the league as voted upon by the SoCon Coaches. College of Charleston topped the list in the South Division with eight first-place votes and Western Carolina earned 10 first-place tallies for the top spot in the North Division. The number-two ranking in each of the divisions was by a difference of nine points with Wofford (South Division) and Appalachian State (North Division) earning three and two first-place votes, respectively. Davidson had one first-place vote and was third in the predicted South Division rankings. The SoCon Coaches ranked The Citadel fourth with Furman fifth and Georgia Southern sixth.
The media poll will be released on Wednesday, Nov. 11, the same day as SoCon basketball preseason teleconference. Georgia Southern opens the 2009-2010 season next Friday, Nov. 13th at 7:30 p.m. against Reinhardt.
2009-10 Preseason All-Conference Team
Will Archambault, Davidson
Kellen Brand, Appalachian State
Noah Dahlman, Wofford
Brandon Giles, Western Carolina
Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
Harouna Mutombo, Western Carolina
Willie Powers III, Georgia Southern
Junior Salters, Wofford
Cameron Wells, The Citadel
Tony White, Jr., College of Charleston
2009-10 Preseason Player of the Year
Andrew Goudelock, College of Charleston
SoCon Men's Basketball Predicted Order of Finish
North Division
Team (1st Place Votes) Total
1. Western Carolina (10) 64
2. Appalachian State (2) 55
3. Samford 44
4. Chattanooga 39
5. Elon 22
UNC Greensboro 22
South Division
Team (1st Place Votes) Total
1. College of Charleston (8) 63
2. Wofford (3) 54
3. Davidson (1) 48
4. The Citadel 36
5. Furman 24
6. Georgia Southern 21
- Category: Men's Basketball
- Published on Thursday, 05 November 2009 16:08
