Clark Named to Preseason Team
10/19/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 19, 2005
PLANO, Texas - Stephen F. Austin Lumberjack point guard Marcus Clark has been named first-team preseason All-Southland Conference, league officials announced Wednesday. Clark was the only Lumberjack player named to either the first- or second-team squads.
The senior point guard was named to the second-team All-SLC squad following last season, when he averaged 13 points per game. Clark shot 41 percent from the field last year and connected on 87 percent of his free throws, which was good enough for second in the conference. He also dished out 3.9 assists per game. Clark will begin the 2005-06 season with the chance to set a new school record for career assists. He currently has 317 and needs 67 more to take over the top spot.
As a team, the Lumberjacks were predicted to finish eighth in a poll of league head coaches and tied for seventh in a poll of SLC sports information directors, also released on Wednesday. SFA is coming off a 2004-05 campaign that saw the Lumberjacks go 12-15 overall and 6-10 in Southland play. Defending conference co-champion Northwestern State, which returns all five starters from last year, was chosen to finish first in both polls.
The Lumberjacks will open play on Nov. 19 when they travel to Tulsa, Okla. to take on the University of Tulsa. The game is set for a 2 p.m. tip.
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2005-06 Preseason All-Southland Conference TeamsFirst-Team All-Southland Conference Name School Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown Alan Daniels Lamar F Sr. 6-6 Tulsa, Okla. Ricky Woods Southeastern La. F Sr. 6-6 New Orleans, La. Steven Thomas Texas-Arlington F Sr. 6-5 Fort Worth, Texas Jermaine Wallace Northwestern St. G Sr. 6-3 Heflin, La. Marcus Clark Stephen F. Austin G Sr. 5-10 Marshall, Texas
Second-Team All-Southland Conference Name School Pos. Cl. Ht. Hometown Chris Jordan Sam Houston G Sr. 6-4 Hitchcock, Texas Jermaine Spencer Northwestern St. F Jr. 6-7 New Iberia, La. Andre Owens UT-San Antonio G Sr. 6-3 Irving, Texas Thomas Fairley Lamar F Sr. 6-9 Long Beach, Miss. Clifton Lee Northwestern St. F Sr. 6-7 Boyce, La.
Coaches Poll Pts SID Poll Pts 1. Northwestern State (10) 100 1. Northwestern State (10) 120 2. Lamar (1) 85 2. Lamar (1) 95 3. Southeastern Louisiana 72 3. Southeastern Louisiana 87 4. Sam Houston State 70 4. Sam Houston State 85 5. Texas-Arlington 62 5. Texas-San Antonio 77 6. Texas-San Antonio 55 6. Texas-Arlington 66 7. McNeese State 47 7. McNeese State 50 8. Stephen F. Austin 42 Stephen F. Austin 50 9. Texas State 34 9. Texas State 49 10. Louisiana-Monroe 24 10. Louisiana-Monroe 34 11. Nicholls State 14 11. Nicholls State 13
* First-place votes in parentheses.
