MORROW, Ga. --- Tusculum College's Kyle Moore has been named to the Daktronics NCAA Division II All-Southeast Region First Team announced officials Wednesday.

Moore, a 6-3, 185-pound junior from Gainesville, Fla. becomes the third player in the program's history to earn NCAA All-Region honors, but the first to garner First Team recognition.

Augusta State University's Ben Madgen was named the Southeast Region Player of the Year. Joining Moore and Madgen on the First Team are Kendrick Easley (Mount Olive), Chris Commons (USC Aiken) and Garret Silar (Augusta State). All five players will be on the national ballot for the Daktronics Division II All-America team, which will be announced later this month.

Moore has been named the 2008-09 South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year and is leading the league in scoring, averaging 21 points per game, which is the 18th best average in the nation. The two-time All-SAC guard also leads the conference in three-point field goals made per game, averaging 3.1 per contest (15th in NCAA II).

He has already established SAC single-season records for three-point field goals (94) and free throws made (208). Moore is shooting 40.3 percent from beyond the arc (31st in NCAA II), while also gunning 84.2 percent from the free throw line (42nd in NCAA II).

Earlier this season, he recorded became the 21st player in school history to score 1,000 points in a Tusculum uniform. In his 58-game career at TC, he has scored 1,097 points, which are 16th on the Pioneer scoring list. He is also fourth all-time in career three-point field goals (182), third in three-point attempts (441), fifth in three-point percentage (41.3%), fifth in free throws made (285) and fourth in free throw percentage (84.3%). Moore has also been named the SAC Player of the Week five times this season.

He has led the Pioneers to a 20-10 record as Tusculum finished second in the South Atlantic Conference and advanced to the SAC Tournament Championship game. TC has earned an at-large berth the NCAA II Tournament as the Pioneers will be the No. 8 seed in this weekend's NCAA Southeast Regional in Augusta, Ga. Tusculum will open against top-seed and regional host Augusta State University, this Saturday night at 6 p.m. from the Christenberry Fieldhouse.

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2009 Daktronics NCAA Division II Men's Basketball All-Southeast Region Team
First Team
Ben Madgen, Augusta State
Kyle Moore, Tusculum
Kendrick Easley, Mount Olive
Chris Commons, USC Aiken
Garret Siler, Augusta State

Second Team
Josh Dollard, USC Aiken
Shaun Keaton, Georgia College & State
Clemente Martin, Newberry
Jonathan Whitson, Brevard
Brandon Wright, Erskine