KANSAS CITY, Mo. --- Tusculum College's Kyle
Moore has been named to the 2009 National Association of
Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II All-Southeast District Men's
Basketball First Team.
This marks the second district/region postseason honor for Moore.
Earlier this week, he was named to the Daktronics Division II
All-Southeast Region First Team. Moore becomes only the second
player in the program's history to garner NABC postseason honors.
In 2004, Brad Hawks was named to the NABC Division II All-District
squad.
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 field goal 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.
- NABC -
2009 NABC Division II All-District Men's Basketball
Southeast Team
First Team
Garrett Siler, Augusta State
Christ Commons, USC Aiken
Kendrick Easley, Mount Olive
Ben Madgen, Augusta State
Kyle Moore, Tusculum
Shaun Keaton, Georgia College & State
Second Team
Brandon Wright, Erskine
L.J. Dunn, Barton
Elliott McDowell, Lenoir-Rhyne
Jonathan Whitson, Brevard
Antonio Houston, Catawba