MEAC Announces All-Conference Men's Basketball Honors (PDF)
DURHAM, N.C. (NCCUEaglePride.com) – Following the conclusion of North Carolina Central University’s first winning regular season at the division I level, the accolades have come along with it as Dominique Sutton (Durham, N.C.) and Ray Willis (Atlanta, Ga.) were both named to the All-MEAC (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) teams honoring their performances during the 2011-12 campaign.
Sutton, named to the first team, finished the season at NCCU fourth in the MEAC averaging 16.6 points per contest along with 7.4 rebounds which placed him seventh in the conference. The 6-5 forward tied for first in the league shooting 59.3 percent from the field which was good enough for 11th in the nation. Sutton led the squad with nine double-doubles on the season. He also scored 20-plus points six times that included 29 points on the road at Wagner on Nov. 16, 2011. During the regular season, Sutton was honored by the MEAC three different times as player of the week twice along with one defensive player of the week accolade. He was joined on the first team with four other seniors, Darrion Pellum (Hampton), Jay Threatt (Delaware State), Tony Gallo (Coppin State), and Kyle O’Quinn (Norfolk State).
Willis, selected to the second team, finished his first season averaging 15.2 points per game which placed him seventh in the conference, while he was also fifth in the MEAC from the foul line shooting 80.7 percent. The 6-6 junior ended the regular season with four double-doubles and scored 20-plus points on seven different occasions that included 28 points against Delaware State on Jan. 28, 2012. Willis earned MEAC player of the week honors twice during the regular season. He was joined on the second team by Tahj Tate (Delaware State), Chris McEachin (Norfolk State), Deric Rudolph (Savannah State), Marques Oliver (Delaware State), and Rashad Hassan (Savannah State). Rudolph and McEachin both tied in the voting.
All awards were voted on by the conferences head men’s basketball coaches and sports information directors.
Head coach LeVelle Moton and his squad will get back to action in the first round of the 2012 MEAC Basketball Tournament on Tuesday, March 6, at 4:00 p.m. from the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Winston-Salem, N.C. as the fifth-seeded Eagles take on the No. 12 seed Hawks of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
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