Benedict’s Goode SIAC’s Best For 2nd Straight Year

ATLANTA (SIAC) — Benedict College junior center Marcus Goode was named the SIAC Men’s Basketball Player of the Year for the second year in a row. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference 2012 SIAC Men’s Basketball All-Conference Teams is voted on by the SIAC Basketball Coaches Association. The men’s team is led by Goode. A native of Chapin, SC, he led the SIAC in scoring, rebounding, and blocked shots during the regular season, averaging 18.7 points, 11.2 rebounds, which currently ranks sixth in Division II, and 2.3 blocks per game. The 6-foot-10, 260-pound junior center was also sixth with a .530 field goal percentage on his way to being named the conference’s top player for the second time in as many seasons. Men’s newcomer of the year is Miles College guard Eric Lipkin. Lipkin led all newcomers in scoring with 14.7 points per game which ranked sixth in the SIAC and was the league’s second-leading assist man at 4.3 per game. The 6-foot-1 senior from Birmingham, AL was the third-leading free throw shooter in the SIAC at 83.3 percent, ranked fifth with 1.9 steals per game, and was second with 61 three-pointers made (2.4 per game). Paine College guard Kedric Taylor was named freshman of the year for the men. Taylor, a 6-foot native of Orlando, FL, led all SIAC freshmen with 10.6 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game while shooting 53.2 percent from the field, which also led all freshmen. He was also one of seven players in all of Division II to record a triple-double this season. Men’s Coach of the Year is Leon Douglas of Tuskegee University. Douglas led the Golden Tigers to a share of the regular season title with a 16-8 record in the SIAC, 16-10 overall. 2012 SIAC Men’s Basketball All-Conference Team & Superlatives Name Height Class Pos. School Marcus Goode 6-10 Junior C Benedict College Royce Hamilton 6-6 Senior G/F Clark Atlanta University Terrance Bowman 6-4 Junior G Claflin University Teshawn Byron 6-6 Senior G LeMoyne-Owen College Calvin Stoudemire 6-7 Senior F LeMoyne-Owen College Eric Lipkin 6-1 Senior G Miles College Andrae Nelson 6-6 Junior C Morehouse College Ladarius Rhone 6-5 Junior F Stillman College Joshua Eichelberger 6-5 Senior F Tuskegee University Calvin Thomas 6-0 Junior G Tuskegee University Player of the Year: Marcus Goode, Benedict College Newcomer of the Year: Eric Lipkin, Miles College Freshman of the Year: Kedric Taylor, Paine College Coach of the Year: Leon Douglas, Tuskegee University