Bogues and Harris Collect NABC All-District First Team Honors
3/21/2019 1:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Pair gives SFA two All-District First Team in same season for first time in program history
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After each of them took home some Southland Conference hardware by getting named to the league's Second Team, SFA men's basketball senior Shannon Bogues and junior Kevon Harris each added another award to their respective trophy cases.
In an announcement made Thursday afternoon by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), Bogues and Harris earned spots on the 2018-19 NABC All-District 23 First Team. SFA is one of only 13 programs from around the nation who placed multiple players on an All-District First Team this season.
Thursday's announcement marks the first time in program history in which two SFA players earned NABC All-District First Team honors in the same season. Additionally, it's the third time that two Lumberjacks were named NABC All-District performers in the same campaign. Thomas Walkup (First Team) and Clide Geffard (Second Team) latched on to All-District citations in 2016 while Jacob Parker (First Team) and Desmond Haymon (Second Team) did so in 2014.
Bogues became the first Lumberjack in twenty years to lead the Southland Conference in scoring, averaging a league-best 17.9 points per game. The Killeen, Texas, product scored at least 10 points in 31 consecutive outings dating back to the 2017-18 season which stands as the longest stretch of double-digit scoring outings in SFA's NCAA-era history. His selection to the NABC All-District 23 First Team makes him only the second SFA player to ever earn multiple All-District awards from the NABC (Walkup is the other).
Not only did Bogues top the conference charts in scoring, he ranked as the Southland's leader in total points (536) and minutes played per game (36:06). Among the SFA ranks, Bogues led the way in assists per game (3.6), free throw percentage (78.6-percent), three-pointers per game (2.20), field goal attempts (424) and field goals made (178).
Throughout the year, Bogues provided the SFA faithful with a number of great memories including his game-winner at the buzzer to knock off Big 12 adversary Baylor and his 1,000th SFA point in a Southland Conference showdown at Central Arkansas on February 27. For his career, Bogues finished with 1,075 points which ranks as the 27th-most on SFA's all-time scoring charts. This season, his 424 field goal attempts tied SFA's NCAA-era record for most shots in a single season.
Harris emerged as one of the 'Jacks' best players through his first year as an upperclassman. The junior out of Ellenwood, Ga., ranked second on the team in scoring, putting in points at a clip of 17.8 per game. In Southland Conference action, however, Harris took his game to another level and was the only player in the 13-team league who averaged north of 20 points per game in league tilts.
He led the league in Southland Conference scoring by averaging 20.2 points per game. In 10 of his 18 Southland games, Harris amassed 20 or more points and all three of the junior's outings of 30 or more points came against Southland Conference foes.
An efficient scorer from all areas of the floor, Harris put up a shooting split of .420/.369/.786 in 2018-19. In conference-only games, the junior shot .537/.405/.750. For the year, Harris also led the 'Jacks in rebounding at a clip of 6.5 per game and as the season went along Harris climbed his way up a number of the 'Jacks' all-time statistical charts.
Against Incarnate Word on January 19, he became the 31st player in program history to reach 1,000 points in his career and by the time the 2018-19 season was in the books Harris had risen to 15th on SFA's all-time scoring charts with 1,292 career points.
As Harris heads into his senior year in 2019-20, he currently ranks among the top ten all-time in a number of SFA's NCAA-era statistical charts including three-pointers made (sixth, 129), free throws made (fourth, 323), free throws attempted (eighth, 456) and field goals made (eighth, 420). Harris also needs just four more rebounds to reach 500 in his collegiate career.
The 'Jacks missed the cut for the Southland Conference Tournament for the first time since the 2004-05 season. On the year, SFA went 14-16 and 7-11 in Southland Conference play.
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