Posted: Mar 01, 2024

Pilots Men's Basketball has Six Named in RRAC Postseason Awards

Waco, Texas— The RRAC released the All Conference Awards prior to the start of the tournament and the Pilots found many names among those selected. In total the Pilots took home six designations.

Calvin Carpenter was the lone Pilot named to the RRAC first team. He repeats as an All-Conference selection having been named to the second team in the 2022-2023 season but has since improved his game to make the jump to the first team. Carpenter is 123-271 from the field this season with 30 made three-pointers and 74 made free throws. He has been a strong hand the Pilot offense while not only putting up baskets but hanf off 35 assists and taking 24 steals.

Paul King and Tyler Washington act as the two Pilots to collect RRAC Second team recognition. King averages 11.1 points per game for the Pilots having gone 86-104 from the field with 27 made three-pointers. Tyler Washington had a strong run for the Pilots putting up five back-to-back twenty-plus point games. He is 85-176 from the field with 24 three-point baskets and 40-51 made free throws. Off the boards he has a total of 120 rebounds while acting defensively with 18 steals and 6 blocks.

Damon Davis and Melvion Flanagan were both named to the RRAC Honorable Mention list having helped the Pilots at the net. Davis finished the regular season 99-188 from the field with 15 buckets beyond the arc and a 75% free throw average with 63 made free throws. Flanagan has shown flare for the Pilots hitting 95 field goals, 51 of which have been three-pointers. He is a solid 84-108 from the free throw line and has handed off 45 assists.

The final Pilot named is Keldyn Schubert who was nominated as the Pilot Champions of Character Representative.

The Pilots will both be opening the Quarter Finals on Friday March 1^st. Tip-off is set for the Men at 3:00pm from Rapides Coliseum in Alexandria, Louisiana.

The Full List of RRAC Awards are as follows:

2023-24 RRAC Men's Basketball All-Conference Team

WACO, Texas -- Following are the members of the 2023-24 Red River Athletic Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference Team and postseason award-winners as voted by the conference's coaches.

Player of the Year:	Kashie Natt, LSU Alexandria (La.)
Defensive Player of the Year:	Cory Wells, Xavier University (La.)
Newcomer of the Year:	Najee Jones, Texas College
Co-Freshman of the Year:	Isaiah Howard, LSU Alexandria (La.)
	Richard Lemboye, Paul Quinn College (Texas)
Coach of the Year:	Dimario Jackson, LSU Alexandria (La.)

First Team

Name	School	Ht.	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown
Jadarrian Allen	LSU Alexandria	6-2	Sr.	G	Brookhaven, Miss.
C.J. Carpenter	LSU Shreveport	6-3	Sr.	G	Natchitoches, La.
Auston Chatman	Huston-Tillotson	6-7	Sr.	G/F	Houston, Texas
Najee Jones	Texas College	6-3	Jr.	G	Baton Rouge, La.
T.J. Jones	Xavier	5-8	Gr.	G	Opelousas, La.
Tommie Law	Our Lady of the Lake	6-3	Jr.	G	Mobile, Ala.
Kashie Natt*	LSU Alexandria	6-3	Jr.	G/F	Rayville, La.
Anthony Scott	Southwest	5-9	Jr.	G	Waco, Texas
Cory Wells	Xavier	6-7	Sr.	G/F	Murphy, Texas
Norris Williams	Paul Quinn	6-2	So.	G	New Orleans, La.

*Indicates player is a repeat first-team selection.

Second Team

Name	School	Ht.	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown
Jude Akabeuze	Louisiana Christian	6-8	Sr.	C	Anambra State, Nigeria
Jalon Clark	North American	6-7	Sr.	G	Houston, Texas
Qyrique Dabon	Texas College	6-7	Sr.	F	New Orleans, La.
Paul King	LSU Shreveport	5-11	Sr.	G	Monroe, La.
Jason Perry	LSU Alexandria	6-2	Jr.	G	Alexandria, La.
Rahkiem Petterson	Southwest	6-3	Jr.	G	Midland, Texas
James Phillip Russell	Jarvis Christian	6-4	Sr.	G	Quincy, Fla.
Tyler Washington	LSU Shreveport	6-8	Sr.	F	Delhi, La.
Lance Williams	Xavier	6-1	Jr.	G	Baton Rouge, La.
Levelle Zeigler	Texas A&M-Texarkana	6-2	Sr.	G	Oakland, Calif.

Honorable Mention

Name	School	Ht.	Yr.	Pos.	Hometown
Damon Davis	LSU Shreveport	6-2	Sr.	G	Atlanta, Ga.
J'Quan Ewing	Xavier	6-9	Jr.	F/C	Clarksville, Tenn.
Melvion Flanagan	LSU Shreveport	5-10	Sr.	G	Alexandria, La.
Isaiah Howard	LSU Alexandria	6-2	Fr.	G	Seattle, Wash.
Richard Lemboye	Paul Quinn	6-4	Fr.	F	Mansfield, Texas
Jeremy Lindsay	Xavier	5-11	Sr.	G	Covington, La.
Elliot McQuillan	LSU Alexandria	6-3	Fr.	G	Port Allen, La.
Kaleb Parks	Texas College	6-6	Sr.	F	Center, Texas
Lonzo Rand	Our Lady of the Lake	6-3	Jr.	G	Tampa, Fla.
Gary Smith	Louisiana Christian	6-2	Jr.	G	Prairieville, La.
Damione Thomas	North American	6-10	Sr.	F	Houston, Texas

All-Champions of Character Team
Name	School	Name	School
Charles Hallmon	Huston-Tillotson	Paul Minjoth	Our Lady of the Lake
Anthony Whorton	Jarvis Christian	John Harrison	Paul Quinn
Sam Wren	Louisiana Christian	Caleb Wilson	Southwest
Grant Kemp	LSU Alexandria	Chauncey Williams	Texas A&M-Texarkana
Keldyn Schubert	LSU Shreveport	Elochukwu Nwodo	Texas College
Jamarric Hammond	North American.	Justice Kelly	Xavier

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