KANSAS CITY, Mo. (3/21/2019) -- Freshman
Antoine Davis took home another postseason honor as the University of Detroit Mercy guard was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I All-District Team.
Davis - who earlier this week was named a finalist for the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Wayman Tisdale Award for the National Freshman of the Year along with Duke's RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson and North Carolina's Coby White - was tabbed to the District 12 Second Team.
Davis ended the year as the Horizon League-leading scorer at 26.1 points per game, currently third in the nation. He was also top 10 in Division I in 3-pointers per game (4.40-second), total 3-pointers (132-third), field goals (263-seventh) and total points (784-seventh).Â
The Horizon League Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Horizon League scored 784 points on the season, a Titan and Horizon League freshman record and just one point off the school record for points in a season.Â
He also nailed 132, 3-pointers on the year, eclipsing the NCAA freshman record of 122 by Stephen Curry at Davidson in 2006-07 and the fifth most in the HL history.Â
He was also eighth in the Horizon League in assists at 3.6 per game and his 107 assists on the season was the most by a Titan since the 2012-13 campaign.Â
He set a Titan freshman record with 48 points in a game - one off the school record - and had 23 games with 20 or more points, nine 30-point performances and two 40-point outings. His 48 points against Wright State - where he tied a school recording connecting on 10 triples - was also the fifth most in league play and the sixth most against anyone in HL history.Â
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.com.