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Canaan Adds Associated Press All-America To Preseason Honors
10/29/2012 2:41:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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Murray State's Isaiah Canaan added to his college basketball preseason honors Monday when he was named to the Associated Press preseason All-America team.
Canaan, a senior from Biloxi, Miss., was in the company of other AP selections including Indiana's Cody Zeller who was one vote shy of being a unanimous selection. Doug McDermott of Creighton, Deshaun Thomas of Ohio State, C.J. McCollum of Lehigh and sophomore Trey Burke of Michigan rounded out the AP team.
Canaan is coming off a junior season that including being named All-America seven times over as the 24th leading scorer in the nation
(19.0 points per game), sixth in made three-point baskets per game (2.97) and 13th in three-point percentage (.456).
In addition to being an AP Preseason All-America, Canaan has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Player of the Year and was first on the CBSSports.com list of the top-50 point guards. The Sporting News also named him to their preseason All-America list.
The Associated Press team is selected by a panel of 65 national media members.
Canaan and the Racers open the season Monday with an exhibition game against Freed-Hardeman. Tip time at the CFSB Center is set for 7 p.m.
AP Preseason All-America team
Cody Zeller, Indiana, 7-0, sophomore, 64 votes (15.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 62.3 fg pct)
Doug McDermott, Creighton, 6-8, junior, 62 (22.9 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 60.1 fg pct, 48.6 3-pt fg pct)
Isaiah Canaan, Murray State, 6-1, senior, 43 (19.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.6 apg, 45.6 3-pt fg pct)
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State, 6-7, junior, 26 (15.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 52.0 fg pct)
C.J. McCollum, Lehigh, 6-3, senior, 16 (21.9 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 81.1 ft pct, 2.6 steals)
Trey Burke, Michigan, 6-0, sophomore, 16 (14.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.6 apg)
Others receiving votes (alphabetical): Kenny Boynton (Florida), Lorenzo Brown (North Carolina State), Aaron Craft (Ohio State), Jamaal Franklin (San Diego State), Solomon Hill (Arizona), Pierre Jackson (Baylor), C.J. Leslie (North Carolina State), James Michael McAdoo (North Carolina), Tony Mitchell (North Texas), Mike Moser (UNLV), Shabazz Muhammad (UCLA), Nerlens Noel (Kentucky), Otto Porter (Georgetown), Phil Pressey (Missouri), Peyton Siva (Louisville;), Michael Snaer (Florida State), Jeff Withey (Kansas)
Murray State's Isaiah Canaan added to his college basketball preseason honors Monday when he was named to the Associated Press preseason All-America team.
Canaan, a senior from Biloxi, Miss., was in the company of other AP selections including Indiana's Cody Zeller who was one vote shy of being a unanimous selection. Doug McDermott of Creighton, Deshaun Thomas of Ohio State, C.J. McCollum of Lehigh and sophomore Trey Burke of Michigan rounded out the AP team.
Canaan is coming off a junior season that including being named All-America seven times over as the 24th leading scorer in the nation
(19.0 points per game), sixth in made three-point baskets per game (2.97) and 13th in three-point percentage (.456).
In addition to being an AP Preseason All-America, Canaan has been named the Ohio Valley Conference Preseason Player of the Year and was first on the CBSSports.com list of the top-50 point guards. The Sporting News also named him to their preseason All-America list.
The Associated Press team is selected by a panel of 65 national media members.
Canaan and the Racers open the season Monday with an exhibition game against Freed-Hardeman. Tip time at the CFSB Center is set for 7 p.m.
AP Preseason All-America team
Cody Zeller, Indiana, 7-0, sophomore, 64 votes (15.6 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 62.3 fg pct)
Doug McDermott, Creighton, 6-8, junior, 62 (22.9 ppg, 8.2 rpg, 60.1 fg pct, 48.6 3-pt fg pct)
Isaiah Canaan, Murray State, 6-1, senior, 43 (19.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.6 apg, 45.6 3-pt fg pct)
Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State, 6-7, junior, 26 (15.9 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 52.0 fg pct)
C.J. McCollum, Lehigh, 6-3, senior, 16 (21.9 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 3.5 apg, 81.1 ft pct, 2.6 steals)
Trey Burke, Michigan, 6-0, sophomore, 16 (14.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 4.6 apg)
Others receiving votes (alphabetical): Kenny Boynton (Florida), Lorenzo Brown (North Carolina State), Aaron Craft (Ohio State), Jamaal Franklin (San Diego State), Solomon Hill (Arizona), Pierre Jackson (Baylor), C.J. Leslie (North Carolina State), James Michael McAdoo (North Carolina), Tony Mitchell (North Texas), Mike Moser (UNLV), Shabazz Muhammad (UCLA), Nerlens Noel (Kentucky), Otto Porter (Georgetown), Phil Pressey (Missouri), Peyton Siva (Louisville;), Michael Snaer (Florida State), Jeff Withey (Kansas)
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