Bamba Fall named to C-USA's All-Defensive team
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:22 pmSMU – BAMBA FALL NAMED TO CONFERENCE USA ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
IRVING, Texas (SMU) – SMU sophomore center Bamba Fall was named to Conference USA All-Defensive team, as voted by the league’s head coaches and select media. Fall is the fourth Mustang to earn Conference USA honors. Senior forward/center Donatas Rackauskas and junior guard Jon Killen were named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team and senior forward Ike Ofoegbu was named All-Conference USA third-team.
Fall led Conference USA with 2.58 blocks per game. He was also averaging a league-best 2.80 blocks per conference game before being sidelined with a broken finger for the last six games. As a team, the Mustangs averaged 4.6 blocked shots with Fall in the lineup compared with one block per outing since his injury. He is also averaging 7.2 points and 4.8 rebounds while shooting 54.5 percent from the field.
Fall has 62 blocks in 24 games this season, setting the SMU record for blocks by a sophomore. Jon Koncak held the previous mark, getting 54 in 30 games in 1982-83. His 62 this season are the fifth-most in a season at SMU. Reggie Franklin is fourth with 70 as a senior in 1978-79. The record is Jon Koncak’s 97 as a junior in 1983-84. Fall had 53 blocks in 18 games in 2005-06 to break the previous freshman record of 43 by Ira Terrell in 1972-73. His 115 career blocks are fifth at SMU. Franklin is fourth with 129 career swats. Koncak holds the all-time mark with 278 returns.
The No. 11 seed SMU Mustangs (14-16, 3-13 Conference USA) face the No. 6 seed Southern Miss Golden Eagles (19-10, 9-7 C-USA) in the first round of the Conference USA Championships on Wednesday, March 7. Tip time at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., is 2:30 p.m. If the Mustangs advance, they will face No. 3 seed Houston Cougars in a quarterfinal on Thursday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m.
2006-07 CONFERENCE USA ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Bamba Fall, SMU, C, 7-1, 210, So., St. Louis, Senegal
Antonio Anderson, Memphis, G, 6-6, 200, So., Lynn, Mass.
Paul Delaney III, UAB, G, 6-2, 200, Jr., Decatur, Ga.
Joey Dorsey, Memphis, F, 6-9, 260, Jr., Baltimore, Md.
Oliver Lafayette, Houston, G, 6-2, 180, Sr., Baton Rouge, La.
IRVING, Texas (SMU) – SMU sophomore center Bamba Fall was named to Conference USA All-Defensive team, as voted by the league’s head coaches and select media. Fall is the fourth Mustang to earn Conference USA honors. Senior forward/center Donatas Rackauskas and junior guard Jon Killen were named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team and senior forward Ike Ofoegbu was named All-Conference USA third-team.
Fall led Conference USA with 2.58 blocks per game. He was also averaging a league-best 2.80 blocks per conference game before being sidelined with a broken finger for the last six games. As a team, the Mustangs averaged 4.6 blocked shots with Fall in the lineup compared with one block per outing since his injury. He is also averaging 7.2 points and 4.8 rebounds while shooting 54.5 percent from the field.
Fall has 62 blocks in 24 games this season, setting the SMU record for blocks by a sophomore. Jon Koncak held the previous mark, getting 54 in 30 games in 1982-83. His 62 this season are the fifth-most in a season at SMU. Reggie Franklin is fourth with 70 as a senior in 1978-79. The record is Jon Koncak’s 97 as a junior in 1983-84. Fall had 53 blocks in 18 games in 2005-06 to break the previous freshman record of 43 by Ira Terrell in 1972-73. His 115 career blocks are fifth at SMU. Franklin is fourth with 129 career swats. Koncak holds the all-time mark with 278 returns.
The No. 11 seed SMU Mustangs (14-16, 3-13 Conference USA) face the No. 6 seed Southern Miss Golden Eagles (19-10, 9-7 C-USA) in the first round of the Conference USA Championships on Wednesday, March 7. Tip time at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tenn., is 2:30 p.m. If the Mustangs advance, they will face No. 3 seed Houston Cougars in a quarterfinal on Thursday, March 8, at 2:30 p.m.
2006-07 CONFERENCE USA ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAM
Bamba Fall, SMU, C, 7-1, 210, So., St. Louis, Senegal
Antonio Anderson, Memphis, G, 6-6, 200, So., Lynn, Mass.
Paul Delaney III, UAB, G, 6-2, 200, Jr., Decatur, Ga.
Joey Dorsey, Memphis, F, 6-9, 260, Jr., Baltimore, Md.
Oliver Lafayette, Houston, G, 6-2, 180, Sr., Baton Rouge, La.