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James Named Co-Preseason Player of the Year by Media
10/21/2016 11:02:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Murray State junior Ke'Shunan James was selected as the OVC's Co-Preseason Player of the Year, as voted on by select members of the league's media and announced Friday by the league office. As a team, the Racers were picked to finish sixth in the conference in the poll.
James, who was an All-OVC First Team member a season ago, was fourth in the league in scoring average with 17.7 points per game in 2015-16. James ranked seventh in the conference with two steals per game, 11th in assists (3.4) and 12th in rebounding (6.4) last year for the Racers and also had five double-doubles. James was named co-player along with Eastern Kentucky's Jalen O'Bannon.
MSU received a total of 99 points in the preseason team poll, two points behind Southeast Missouri. Belmont was picked to finish first by the media and received 10 of the 14 first-place votes.
2016-17 Media OVC Preseason Women's Predicted Order of Finish
1. Belmont (10 first-place votes) - 164 points
2. UT Martin (4) - 151
3. Eastern Kentucky - 136
4. SIUE - 124
5. Southeast Missouri - 101
6. Murray State - 99
7. Austin Peay - 73
8. Tennessee State - 71
9. Jacksonville State - 56
10. Tennessee Tech - 49
11. Morehead State - 48
12. Eastern Illinois – 20
Pollsters for the 2016-17 OVC Media Poll included: Catlin Bogard, OVC Ball; Mike Bradd, Eastern Illinois Radio; Neal Bradley, Murray State Radio; David Loos, Austin Peay Radio; Edward Marlowe, Paducah Sun; Mike Organ, The Tennessean; Brian Rives, Austin Peay Radio; Justin Rust, Journal Gazette/Times-Courier; Harry Schroeder, ValleyHoopsInsider.com; Greg Stotelmyer, Eastern Kentucky Radio; Rich Tiner, Belmont Radio.
