SUNO's Green named to NAIA men's basketball All-America Team
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Posted By: Eddie Francis on March 24, 2010 New Orleans, LA – Southern University at New Orleans’ (SUNO) Lionel Green was selected as a Third Team All-American by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The NAIA announced the members of the Division I men’s basketball team on Tuesday. Green, a 6'5" senior guard from New Orleans, finished the season ranked 20th in the NAIA in scoring with an average of 18.37 points per game and 21st in assists per game with 4.519. He also ranked 32nd in total assists with 122, 36th in total scoring with 496 and 49th in three-point field percentage with 40. An all-conference selection, he had four doubles on the season in games against Loyola, Tougaloo, Philander Smith and Belhaven. Green led a SUNO Knights squad, which had a 2008-2009 record of 3-25, to 13-15 in the 2009-2010 season. He graduated from George Washington Carver High School, where he was a member of the state championship team. Green is SUNO’s first men’s basketball All-American since 2005. He is also the first All-American to have played for longtime head basketball coach, Dale Valdery. Valdery will be entering his third year at SUNO in the 2010-2011 season. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Eddie Francis
Founder & Principal, Edify Ventures, LLC Loyola Univ, New Orleans class of 1995 Member Since October 2008 |
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