Zhuric Phelps earns first-team NABC All-District honors

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From SMUMustangs.com:

Zhuric Phelps Named NABC All-District First Team
SMU (20-12) Visits Indiana State (28-6) In The First Round Of The NIT On Wednesday

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (SMU/NABC) – Junior guard Zhuric Phelps was named NABC All-District 24 First Team on Tuesday.

Phelps is averaging team bests of 14.7 points (13th AAC) and 1.9 steals (5th AAC) while also recording 4.0 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. He is hitting 75.0% on free throws (20th AAC) and has 14 blocked shots. He has scored in double figures in 28 of 32 games this season, including 14 straight to finish the conference season.

The All-American Athletic Conference Second-Team selection has also earned two AAC Weekly Honor Roll spots this season (Nov. 27, Feb. 12) and six weekly honors in his career. Earlier this season, Phelps was on the Fort Myers Tip-Off All-Tournament Team where the Mustangs defeated West Virginia in the semifinal before falling to Wisconsin in the championship.

Phelps became the 44th Mustang to score 1,000 points at SMU in the win at Tulane on Feb. 15. He now has 1,116 points to rank 33rd all-time on the Hilltop. He is also seventh in career steals (155). In the overtime win over ECU on March 6, he hit the game-tying 3-pointer with 5.4 seconds left in regulation and finished 10-for-10 at the free-throw line to become the 18th Mustang to go perfect with at least 10 attempts.

The Mustangs (20-12) visit No. 1 Indiana State (28-6) in the first round of the NIT on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET/6 p.m. CT.


NABC District 24 Honors
First Team
Johnell Davis - Florida Atlantic
Jason Edwards - North Texas
David Jones – Memphis
Zhuric Phelps – SMU
Chris Youngblood - South Florida

Second Team
Kevin Cross – Tulane
RJ Felton - East Carolina
Vladislav Goldin - Florida Atlantic
Yaxel Lendeborg – UAB
Lu'Cye Patterson – Charlotte

Coach of the Year: Amir Abdur-Rahim - South Florida