MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Morehead State men's basketball graduate students
Riley Minix and
Jordan Lathon were honored on the All-Ohio Valley Conference Teams, with Minix being bestowed Player of the Year.
Both earned First-Team All-Conference as well as spots on the All-Newcomer Team. This marks the third straight season MSU has had two players earn First-Team All-OVC.
Minix, the native of Vero Beach, Fla., is the seventh overall Eagle to be named OVC Player of the Year and second in as many seasons after teammate
Mark Freeman last season.
Minix made an immediate impact for the Eagles after transferring from Southeastern (Fla.). He led the OVC with 18 double-doubles (which ranks sixth nationally), including one in each of his last nine games to end the regular season as MSU finished the year with a 14-4 record to earn a share of its second-straight and 11
th overall OVC Championship. Minix ranked second in the OVC in scoring (20.5 points/game), rebounding (9.9/game) and field goal percentage (55.0%), fourth in free throw percentage (83.7%), eighth in blocks (1.06/game) and ninth in steals (1.26/game).
Nationally, his scoring average ranks 25
th nationally while his rebounding average is 19
th. In conference games he was even better, leading the OVC in scoring (22.9/game), rebounding (10.6/game) and field goal percentage (59.9%). He scored in double figures in all but one game during the season, including tallying a season-best 34 points at Southeast Missouri (one of three games he had 30 or more in a game). Minix had a season-best 19 rebounds in a victory over Tennessee Tech.
Minix is just the 10th player in program history to eclipse 600 points in a single season.
Lathon, a transfer from Milwaukee who sat out last season, also made a huge impact on the Eagles' success this season. He ranks second on the team with 15.9 points per game (which ranks in the OVC's top 10). Lathon has drilled 56 three-pointers, which ranks second on the team.
In OVC games, Lathon upped his point production to 17.3 per game.
He has posted 20 double-figure scoring games, 11 of which have been 20+ point efforts. He scored a career-high 31 points versus Tennessee State at home and nearly helped the Eagles upset Big 10 foe Indiana on the road with 30 points.
