Bogues, Southland 3x3 Team Head to Las Vegas for 2019 USA Basketball Men’s 3x3 National Championship
4/29/2019 4:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Southland team is one of 12 teams that will participate in 12th-annual event
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - After representing SFA and the Southland Conference in the 3X3U National Championship last April, Shannon Bogues is set to compete in his second three-on-three basketball event when he and the rest of the Southland Conference 3X3U squad head to Las Vegas, Nev., for the 2019 USA Basketball Men's 3x3 National Championship on May 3-4.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held for the first time outdoors at the Downtown Las Vegas Events Center, located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas. The USA 3x3 Nationals will tip-off with preliminary games from 3:00 p.m.-12:30 a.m. CT on Friday, May 3. The preliminary round will continue from 11:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. CT on May 4, and, after teams are seeded based on preliminary records, the knockout round will begin Saturday at 7:40 p.m. CT. The men's championship game, which will be streamed live online at usab.com/live, is set to tip at 12:20 a.m. CT.
Bogues and the Southland squad start their run in the UCA 3x3 Nationals at 4:40 p.m. Friday afternoon by taking on Attack. Later that night at 8:40 p.m., the Southland team tangles with 3BALL Harlem before finishing the three-game day with a matchup again the WAC Men at 10:00 p.m.
Saturday morning at 11:40 a.m., the Southland team challenges Roots Academy in the final pool play game for each team.
In addition to the allure of a national championship, the event also will serve as the 2019 USA Basketball Men's 3x3 National Team trials, as all eligible athletes will be in consideration for selection to the 2019 USA Men's 3x3 World Cup and 2019 USA Men's 2019 U.S. Pan American Games 3x3 Basketball teams. All games will be played in adherence to 3x3 rules which specify the first team to reach 21 points will win the game and the each team must win by two points. One and two-point shots will be used for the scoring format with the two-point shots serving as any shots hit beyond the traditional three-point field goal line.
Bogues joins Cameron Delaney (Sam Houston State), Moses Greenwood (Southeastern Louisiana) and Jaren Lewis (Abilene Christian) on the four-man 3X3U Southland Conference squad. While representing the league in the 3X3U National Championship at the Mall of American in Bloomington, Minn., on April 5-7, Bogues and the Southland squad were one of the last eight teams standing who were vying for $100,000.
Once pool play was completed, the Southland squad drew a first-round matchup with the ACC team and upset them to move on to the quarterfinal round. In the Southland team's quarterfinal matchup, it dropped a 22-14 decision to the West Coast Conference (WCC) squad who advanced to the 3X3U National Championship title bout.
Through the Southland team's five games in the 3X3U National Championship, Bogues averaged 5.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 0.4 steals and 0.4 assists. The product of Killeen, Texas, put up shooting splits of .395/.273/1.000 over the course of the Southland's five-game run.
Held annually since 2012, this year marks the eighth edition of the USA Basketball 3x3 National Championships, and the first time the nationals will be held outside of Colorado Springs, Colorado.
An NABC All-Region 23 First Team Choice as well as an All-Southland Conference Second Team selection, Bogues ended his Lumberjack career earlier this month as one of the most prolific scorers in program history. 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.
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.
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