ST. LOUIS -- Indiana State junior Lucas Eitel and sophomore Justin Gant have been named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team as announced today by the league office. Voting for the 2013 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team was conducted by a postseason vote of league sports information directors.

Eitel carries a 3.5 GPA in Education and is on the MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team for the second consecutive season. He was named the MVC Scholar-Athlete Of The Week on November 28, following his 25-point performance against High Point. He made eight 3-pointers in a row (at Ball State and High Point) to tie the school record held by Jay Tunnell and set in 2009. Through the MVC Tournament, Eitel has hit 39-of-97 attempts from 3-point range (40.2 percent), which is the 10th best mark in the MVC.

He became the first player in the history of the Sycamore basketball program to record a perfect 7-of-7 showing from 3-point range as he led the team with a career-high 25 points against High Point. He hit a 3-pointer in the final minute to held ISU to an overtime victory over Miami at the Diamond Head Classic. Eitel scored 15 points on the strength of five 3-pointers made at Southern Illinois.

Justin Gant carries a 3.49 GPA in Criminology and led the team with 11 points and eight rebounds at No. 13 UCLA, including a 3-pointer at the 17:11 mark of the first half which were the first points scored at New Pauley Pavilion. He scored 14 points, hitting 6-of-8 shots from the field, including a 3-pointer and two blocked shots against Winthrop. Gant scored 12 points and 11 rebounds for his first career double-double against Ole Miss and recorded his second double-double with a career-high 18 points and 11 rebounds, hitting 8-of-13 shots from the field in the MVC opener against Illinois State.

Gant came right back with another 18 point outing to lead the Sycamores to a road victory over Northern Iowa and then tallied 13 points and a season-high three blocks against Bradley. He posted seven points with six rebounds in the 51-50 victory over Evansville in MVC Tournament, including a free throw with 2.5 seconds left which secured the victory.

Gant was named the State Farm Scholar-Athlete Of The Month for December while Eitel was named the State Farm Scholar-Athlete Of The Month for November.

Colt Ryan of Evansville was named the league's Scholar-Athlete Of The Year. He was joined on the first team by Drake's Jordan Clarke, Bradley's Walt Lemon, Jr., Wichita State's Ehimen Orukpe, Missouri State's Nathan Scheer and Creighton's Ethan Wragge. On the second team were Eitel, Gant, Bradley's Jake Eastman, Illinois State's John Ekey, Missouri State's Christian Kirk and UNI's Austin Pehl and Chip Rank.

The criteria for the Missouri Valley Conference's Scholar-Athlete Team voting parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Capital One Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.20 cumulative grade-point average (4.0 scale). Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen were not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution. He must have played in 75 percent of his team's games, or played in the MVC Championship this past week.