Larry Austin, Shawn Roundtree earn All-MAC honors
Larry Austin Jr. (left) and Shawn Roundtree Jr. (right) get back on defense in 80-68 loss against Toledo on March 2 at McGuirk Arena.
The Mid-American Conference has announced its All-Conference honors, and two members of the Central Michigan men's basketball team were named.
Senior guard Larry Austin Jr. earned the most individual hardware with a spot on the All-MAC Second Team and All-MAC Defensive Team.
Austin ranks fifth in the MAC at 17 points per game in his lone season as a Chippewa. The Springfield, Illinois native is also the league leader in assists (5.8 assists per game) and steals (2.2 per game). Austin's 68 total steals broke a program record for takeaways in a single-season.
Following Austin is senior guard Shawn Roundtree Jr. on the All-MAC Third Team in his second season with CMU. The Edwardsville, Illinois guard ranks eighth in the MAC at 16.4 points per game. He is also fourth in free throw percentage (81.1 percent) and 3-point field goal percentage (40.4 percent) in the conference.
The All-MAC First Team was given to Buffalo's C.J. Massinburg and Nick Perkins, Bowling Green's Justin Turner, Kent State's Jaylin Walker and Toledo's Jaelan Sanford.
Here are all of the honorees in the 2018-19 All-MAC teams:
All-MAC First Team
Justin Turner, Bowling Green
C.J. Massinburg, Buffalo
Nick Perkins, Buffalo
Jaylin Walker, Kent State
Jaelan Sanford, Toledo
All-MAC Second Team
Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green
Jeremy Harris, Buffalo
Larry Austin Jr., Central Michigan
James Thompson IV, Eastern Michigan
Eugene German, Northern Illinois
All-MAC Third Team
Tayler Persons, Ball State
Shawn Roundtree Jr., Central Michigan
Nike Sibande, Miami
Jason Carter, Ohio
Seth Dugan, Western Michigan
All-MAC Honorable Mention
Daniel Utomi, Akron
Paul Jackson, Eastern Michigan
Elijah Minnie, Eastern Michigan
Nate Navigato, Toledo
Marreon Jackson, Toledo
All-Freshman Team
Anthony Roberts, Kent State
Mekhi Lairy, Miami
Ben Vander Plas, Ohio
Jason Preston, Ohio
AJ Edu, Toledo
All-Defensive Team
Dontay Caruthers, Buffalo
Davonta Jordan, Buffalo
Larry Austin Jr., Central Michigan
James Thompson IV, Eastern Michigan
Darrian Ringo, Miami
All MAC programs will start the postseason tonight, March 11, in the first round of the MAC Tournament. No. 5-seeded CMU (21-10, 10-8 MAC) hosts No. 12 Western Michigan (8-23, 2-16) tonight at 7 p.m. in McGuirk Arena.
The remainder of the MAC men's basketball tournament will be played March 14-16 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The winner of CMU-WMU takes on No. 4 Kent State (22-9, 11-7) in the quarterfinals.
