Basketball Season
Comes to Close
Wednesday morning the MidWest Athletic Conference All-Conference
nominations came out and three Saints made the list. Edwin Torres, Marlon Robinson,
and Martavious Williams were selected to the team. The MWAC coaches voted Martavious
Williams to the 2nd Team All Conference while Edwin Torres and Marlon Robinson
received Honorable Mention.
Friday morning the All Region 24 selections were announced and Shawnee had two
players that made the cut. Edwin Torres and Martavious Williams were two of twelve
selected to the team.
Edwin led the conference in assist and steals and is one of the most exciting
players in the conference.
Edwin averaged 10.6ppg 2.1rpg 7.4apg and 3.3spg. He averaged 11.1ppg 8.0apg and
3.68spg in conference play. Edwin's highlights include one triple double and four
games over 20 points. He finished in the top 10 in the nation in assist &
steals with season highs of 23 points 16 assist and 11 steals.
Marlon led the MWAC in dunks & blocks this season with 75 blocks and nearly
20 dunks this season. He averaged 7.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 1.6 spg, & 2.7 bpg. He
had a season high with 9 blocks and 4 dunks in one game.
Williams averaged 17.6ppg 7.4rpg 2.1apg 2.6spg and 18.5ppg 8.4rpg in conference
play. Martavious highlights included 8 double doubles, 13 games scored over 20
points, with season highs of 32 points (twice), 14 rebounds, 10 assist and 9 steals.
He finished in the top three in scoring and rebounding in the MWAC.
The men's basketball team concludes their season with a tough loss vs. John Wood
Community College in the first round of the Region 24 tourney. The Saints finish
the season with a record of 14-17. "On behalf of all the players and coaches
we want to thank the students, faculty, staff, and the community for all of your
support," Coach John Sparks said. "I'm sure our attendance significantly
increased again this season thank in part to senior citizen night, kid night,
homecoming and other events. We will look to continue these events and add some
additional ones next season."
The Lady Saints season also ended this week with a 48 - 44 loss to Parkland College.
It was a hard fought defensive struggle and was not decided until the last four
seconds of the game. "I wanted to say thank you for all the support this
year," Coach Mike Ulen said. "The young ladies played their hearts out
and worked very hard for the team and the college."
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