KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Indiana State's
Tyreke Key picked up another postseason honor today (March 21) when he was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District Second Team. The NABC All-District Teams are selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division I, these student-athletes represent the finest basketball players across America.
Key was earlier named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team as well as an All-MVC Second Team selection and picked as the MVC's Most Improved Player. Key became just the fourth-ever Sycamore to lead the MVC in overall scoring averaging 17.3 points per game and tallying 518 points. He joined Larry Bird,
John Sherman-Williams and David Moss as the only four in the history of the program to lead the Valley in scoring. His 44.3 percent mark from 3-point range ranked fourth in the league and his 34.2 minutes played was tops in the conference.
In MVC only games, Key averaged 17.5 points per game which was third-best while his 79.6 percent mark from the free throw line was 10th. He played 34.6 minutes per game which was third-most in the league. He scored a career-high 32 points in the road overtime victory over Valparaiso and hit four 3-pointers in the dominating home win on February 20 against Illinois State. Key recorded 26 double digit scoring games this year and went over the 20-point mark 10 times and the 30-point standard once.
Key was joined on the NABC All-District Second Team by Milik Yarbrough (Illinois State), Darrell Brown (Bradley), Armon Fletcher (Southern Illinois) and Brady Ellingson (Drake). Marques Townes (Loyola), Nick McGlynn (Drake), Cameron Krutwig (Loyola), Tulio Da Silva (Missouri State) and Phil Fayne (Illinois State) were each named to the First Team.