Three Purdue Basketball Players Named to NABC All-District Teams
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced three Purdue basketball players were named to the All-District 7 first and second teams.
The Boilermakers were the only team in the district to be represented by multiple players. Jaden Ivey was named first-team All-District, while Zach Edey and Trevion Williams were both named to the second team.
Ivey is averaging 17.4 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game heading into the NCAA Tournament. He also because the program's eighth underclassman since 1950 to be named first-team All-Big Ten.
The sophomore guard needs just 25 points and one blocked shot to become the eighth underclassman in the nation with 600 points, 150 rebounds, 100 assists 30 steals and 20 blocked shots in a season since 1992-93.
Edey, a second-team All-Big Ten selection, enters the NCAA Tournament averaging 14.6 points, 7.8 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 blocks per game in just 19.2 minutes per contest.
The sophomore center was one of five Big Ten players to reach those marks in conference play.
Williams, who was a third-team All-Big Ten selection and the conference's Sixth Man of the Year, is averaging 11.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.0 steals in just 19.8 minutes per game. He is also shooting 54.3% from the field.
NABC All-District Teams (District 7)
First Team
- Kofi Cockburn – Illinois
- Johnny Davis – Wisconsin
- Jaden Ivey – Purdue
- E.J. Liddell – Ohio State
- Keegan Murray – Iowa
Second Team
- Hunter Dickinson – Michigan
- Zach Edey – Purdue
- Ron Harper Jr. – Rutgers
- Trayce Jackson-Davis – Indiana
- Trevion Williams – Purdue
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D.J. Fezler is a staff writer for BoilermakersCountry.com. Hailing from The Region, he is from Cedar Lake in Northwest Indiana and has spent the last two years covering Purdue football and basketball.