KANSAS CITY, Mo.  -- The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2019-20 NABC Division I All-District teams and coaches, as selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division I. Indiana State senior Jordan Barnes and junior Tyreke Key represent the Sycamores on the all-district second team list.

Key earlier this season was an All-MVC First Team selection  and third in league-wide voting for the Larry Bird MVC Player of the Year Award. He also was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team. Key averaged 15.6 points per game which ranked third-best in the league and his 1.9 3-pointers per game ranks ninth-best. Key ranked fourth-best in the league with an 84.6 percent mark from the free throw line while his 121 made free throws are third-most.
 
He made 32 consecutive free throws from November 17 through December 3 to set a new school record in the MVC era and tie for the 14th-longest in MVC history. He joined the 1,000 point club in 73 career games which is the fourth-fastest to the mark in school history. Key led the team with 21 points as he hit 12-of-14 free throws in the season opener at Dayton and also paced the team with 20 points and four 3-pointers at No. 4 Louisville. He set new career highs with 18 free throws made on 22 free throw attempts to lead the team with 31 points in the home win over Tennessee State.
 
Key went 10-of-11 from the free throw line, including a perfect 6-of-6 in the final two minutes to score 27 points and pull down nine rebounds in the road win over Missouri State. He went on to  hit 7-of-11 shots from the field and scored 18 points in the home win over Loyola Chicago. Key  tallied 20 points and went 9-of-15 from the field, with a pair of 3-pointers in the road win over Southern Illinois.

Jordan Barnes was also named to the All-MVC Third Team – his second such career honor by the league office. Barnes ranked 15^th in the league with an average of 12.6 points per game. He dished out 111 assists this season which was fourth-best in the league. His 82.7 percent mark from the free throw line ranked sixth-best in the league. Barnes tallied 48 steals this year which is second-best in the league. He hit 39.8 percent of his 3-pointers over the course of the season which is seventh-best in the league.
 
Barnes is the first player in Sycamore Basketball history to reach the Top 10 in career scoring, 3-pointers made, assists and steals ... He currently ranks second at ISU with 272 career 3-pointers made ... Owns 1,558 career points -- and became the 39th member of the Indiana State Basketball Club in just 77 games played. He ranks eighth-best in school history for points scored. Barnes tied a career-high with 29 points and seven 3-pointers made in the win over Loyola Marymount at the Junkanoo Jam. He then recorded four more treys in the win over Air Force en route to being named to the Junkanoo Jam All-Tournament Team. He posted 21 points as he hit a trio of 3-pointers with five rebounds and five assists at Valparaiso. Barnes then led the team with 18 points as he hit 7-of-10 from the field with a 3-pointer at Loyola.
 

District 16

First Team

AJ Green, UNI

Cameron Krutwig, Loyola Chicago

.Javon Freeman-Liberty, Valparaiso

Austin Phyfe, UNI

Darrell Brown, Bradley

Second Team

Liam Robbins, Drake

Tyreke Key, Indiana State

Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois

Roman Penn, Drake

Jordan Barnes, Indiana State

Coach of the Year: Ben Jacobson, UNI