Three Salukis earn MVC men's basketball specialty awards
02/28/2018 | 10:00:00 | Men's Basketball
ST. LOUIS -- In addition to winning the Missouri Valley Conference Sixth Man of the Year award, Southern Illinois senior guard Tyler Smithpeters is also the captain of the MVC's All-Bench team. The league announced its All-Bench team on Wednesday, plus the All-Newcomer squad, which featured SIU teammates Sean Lloyd and Aaron Cook.
Smithpeters played in all 31 games, with five starts. He enters the State Farm MVC Tournament averaging 7.5 points, 4.1 rebounds and 2.3 assists. Additionally, Smithpeters is averaging 8.9 points in MVC-only games and shooting .398 from 3-point, with 48 assists and he had a stretch of at least one 3-pointer in 14-straight games.
2018 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE ALL-BENCH TEAM
Student-Athlete, School Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School)
Markus Golder, Valparaiso So. G 6-6 Portland (Ore.) Clackamas /North Idaho
Wyatt Lohaus, UNI Fr. F 6-7 North Liberty (Iowa) Iowa City West
Reggie Scurry, Missouri State Jr. F 6-5 Atlanta (Ga.) North Clayton High / N. Okla. Tonkawa College
#Tyler Smithpeters, S. Illinois Sr. G 6-4 Harrisburg (Ill.) High
Lucas Williamson, Loyola Fr. G 6-4 Chicago (Ill.) Whitney Young
Graham Woodward, Drake Sr. G 6-0 Edina (Minn.) High
2018 MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE MOST-IMPROVED TEAM
Student-Athlete, School Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown (High School)
*Jordan Barnes, Indiana State So. G. 5-11 St. Louis (Mo.) Christian BrothersÂ
Aaron Cook, Southern Illinois So. G 6-2 St. Louis (Mo.) Westminster Christian Academy
Clayton Custer, Loyola Jr. G 6-1 Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley Northwest High / Iowa State
Sean Lloyd, Southern Illinois Jr. G 6-5 Philadelphia (Pa.) Mt. Zion Prep (Md.)
Nick McGlynn, Drake Jr. F 6-8 Stoughton (Wis.) High
Dru Smith, Evansville So. G 6-3 Evansville (Ind.) Reitz
*--indicates team captain
#--named Tuesday as league's "Sixth Man of the Year" by all-conference voting panel
