Myles Powell Claims NABC All-America Second Team Honors
3/24/2020 11:05:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Kansas City, Mo. - Seton Hall men's basketball senior Myles Powell (Trenton, N.J.) has added to his All-America honors collection after the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) named him to its second team on Tuesday. Powell has now been named All-America in all four organizations that make up the NCAA consensus, including first-team selections by the USBWA, Sporting News and the Associated Press.
Powell is the first NABC second-team All-America selection at Seton Hall since Nick Werkman in 1963.Â
Powell, the 2020 BIG EAST Player of the Year, enjoyed an epic senior season for Seton Hall, leading the Pirates to the school's best season in nearly 30 years. The Hall finished the year 21-9 overall and 13-5 in the BIG EAST, earning a share of the conference's regular season championship for the first time since 1993. Powell and the Pirates, which started the league season 8-0, went wire-to-wire in first place in the BIG EAST for the first time in program history. On a national scale, the team was ranked in the Associated Press top 25 for most of the season, reaching as high as No. 8, while also rating high in all the metrics used for NCAA Tournament selection (KenPom 20, NET 15, KPI 11, SOR 18, BPI 22, SAG 15).
Powell finished the season with a 21.0 points per game average, which ranked second in the BIG EAST and 17th in the nation (fourth among players competing in power conferences), all while receiving an incredible amount of defensive attention from opponents. In BIG EAST games, Powell was also second in the league in scoring at 20.9 points per game as well as tied for 10th in assists (3.4) and tied for eighth in steals (1.4).
Powell did his best work in hostile environments as he averaged 25.8 points in Seton Hall's nine BIG EAST road games, leading the Pirates to a 7-2 mark in those contests, the most conference road wins in program history. His top-three road efforts included a 34-point outburst in a win at Georgetown on Feb. 5, a 29-point effort in a comeback win at then-No. 5 Butler on Jan. 15 and a 28-point, five-assist game at Marquette on Feb. 29.
Although his non-conference season was cut short due to injury, Powell performed in some of the biggest games of the early year. He scored 37 points against then-No. 3 Michigan State, which helped cement his status as one of the nation's best players. Then he set the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament record for most points scored with 74, including 32 against then-No. 11 Oregon. He averaged 25.8 points in the eight non-conference games he was able to finish without leaving due to injury.
Powell left a huge imprint on Seton Hall's record book. He became just the fifth Pirate to ever reach 2,000 points and finished third in program history with 2,252 points. He is the program's all-time leader in three-pointers made with 348, and he also is fifth in field goals made (736), 12th in free throws made (432), 17th in assists (303) and 13th in steals (166). His 84 wins as a Pirate are tied for sixth-most in Seton Hall history.
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2020 NABC COACHES' DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM
Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Luka Garza, Iowa
Markus Howard, Marquette
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Obi Toppin, Dayton
2020 NABC COACHES' DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM
Devon Dotson, Kansas
Malachi Flynn, San Diego State
Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
Myles Powell, Seton Hall
Cassius Winston, Michigan State
2020 NABC COACHES' DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA THIRD TEAM
Jared Butler, Baylor
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
Tre Jones, Duke
Jordan Nwora, Louisville
Jalen Smith, Maryland
Powell is the first NABC second-team All-America selection at Seton Hall since Nick Werkman in 1963.Â
Powell, the 2020 BIG EAST Player of the Year, enjoyed an epic senior season for Seton Hall, leading the Pirates to the school's best season in nearly 30 years. The Hall finished the year 21-9 overall and 13-5 in the BIG EAST, earning a share of the conference's regular season championship for the first time since 1993. Powell and the Pirates, which started the league season 8-0, went wire-to-wire in first place in the BIG EAST for the first time in program history. On a national scale, the team was ranked in the Associated Press top 25 for most of the season, reaching as high as No. 8, while also rating high in all the metrics used for NCAA Tournament selection (KenPom 20, NET 15, KPI 11, SOR 18, BPI 22, SAG 15).
Powell finished the season with a 21.0 points per game average, which ranked second in the BIG EAST and 17th in the nation (fourth among players competing in power conferences), all while receiving an incredible amount of defensive attention from opponents. In BIG EAST games, Powell was also second in the league in scoring at 20.9 points per game as well as tied for 10th in assists (3.4) and tied for eighth in steals (1.4).
Powell did his best work in hostile environments as he averaged 25.8 points in Seton Hall's nine BIG EAST road games, leading the Pirates to a 7-2 mark in those contests, the most conference road wins in program history. His top-three road efforts included a 34-point outburst in a win at Georgetown on Feb. 5, a 29-point effort in a comeback win at then-No. 5 Butler on Jan. 15 and a 28-point, five-assist game at Marquette on Feb. 29.
Although his non-conference season was cut short due to injury, Powell performed in some of the biggest games of the early year. He scored 37 points against then-No. 3 Michigan State, which helped cement his status as one of the nation's best players. Then he set the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament record for most points scored with 74, including 32 against then-No. 11 Oregon. He averaged 25.8 points in the eight non-conference games he was able to finish without leaving due to injury.
Powell left a huge imprint on Seton Hall's record book. He became just the fifth Pirate to ever reach 2,000 points and finished third in program history with 2,252 points. He is the program's all-time leader in three-pointers made with 348, and he also is fifth in field goals made (736), 12th in free throws made (432), 17th in assists (303) and 13th in steals (166). His 84 wins as a Pirate are tied for sixth-most in Seton Hall history.
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2020 NABC COACHES' DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM
Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Luka Garza, Iowa
Markus Howard, Marquette
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Obi Toppin, Dayton
2020 NABC COACHES' DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM
Devon Dotson, Kansas
Malachi Flynn, San Diego State
Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
Myles Powell, Seton Hall
Cassius Winston, Michigan State
2020 NABC COACHES' DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA THIRD TEAM
Jared Butler, Baylor
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke
Tre Jones, Duke
Jordan Nwora, Louisville
Jalen Smith, Maryland
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