Tayler Persons, Trey Moses Earn All-MAC Honors

MUNCIE, Ind. -- Junior point guard Tayler Persons and junior center Trey Moses of the Ball State men's basketball team earned All-Mid-American Conference honors Monday, as selected by the league's 12 head coaches.

Persons was named to the All-MAC Second Team for the second consecutive season, while Moses claimed a spot on the third team.

Persons leads the Cardinals this year with 14.9 points and 4.3 assists per game. The Kokomo, Indiana, product scored double figures in 25 games and reached 20 points in six contests. He hit game-winning 3-pointers in the final seconds to defeat Notre Dame, Valparaiso and Bowling Green. The Irish were ranked No. 8 in the USA Today coaches poll at the time, marking just the third win over a top-10 team in program history and the first since 2001.

Persons is on the verge of becoming the first player in Ball State annals to record 1,000 points and 300 assists over a two-year period, needing just 12 points and one assist to reach those marks. Counting his freshman season at Northern Kentucky when he was the Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year, Persons owns 1,380 career points.

Moses is averaging career highs of 11.3 points and 8.4 rebounds per game this year and raised those numbers to 14.1 points and 9.3 rebounds in conference play. The Louisville, Kentucky, product ranks third in the league in rebounding and has 10 double-doubles. His eight double-doubles in MAC play were the third-most of any player in the conference.

Moses scored 20 points in a game four times, all in league play, including a career-best 23 points Feb. 20 against Northern Illinois. He ranks third in the league with a .578 field goal percentage. For his career, Moses ranks fourth in school history in field goal percentage (.549), seventh in blocked shots (99) and 10th in rebounds (683).

Ball State (19-12, 10-8 MAC) is the No. 4 seed in this week's MAC Tournament. The Cardinals claimed a first-round bye and will play Thursday in the quarterfinals at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. BSU will face the winner of Monday night's first round game between No. 5 seed Kent State and No. 12 seed Northern Illinois.

2017-18 All-MAC First Team
Tre'Shaun Fletcher, Toledo
Thomas Wilder, Western Michigan
James Thompson IV, Eastern Michigan
C.J. Massinburg, Buffalo
Nick Perkins, Buffalo

2017-18 All-MAC Second Team
Eugene German, Northern Illinois
Jeremy Harris, Buffalo
Tayler Persons, Ball State
Jaelan Sanford, Toledo
Demajeo Wiggins, Bowling Green

2017-18 All-MAC Third Team
Wes Clark, Buffalo
Elijah Minnie, Eastern Michigan
Trey Moses, Ball State
Darrian Ringo, Miami
Jaylin Walker, Kent State

2017-18 All-MAC Honorable Mention
Jordan Dartis, Ohio
Daniel Utomi, Akron
Justin Turner, Bowling Green
Nike Sibande, Miami
Paul Jackson, Eastern Michigan

2017-18 MAC All-Defensive Team
Tim Bond, Eastern Michigan
Davonta Jordan, Buffalo
Bryce Moore, Western Michigan
Darrian Ringo, Miami
James Thompson IV, Eastern Michigan

2017-18 MAC All-Freshman Team
Dalonte Brown, Miami
Marreon Jackson, Toledo
Teyvion Kirk, Ohio
Nike Sibande, Miami
Justin Turner, Bowling Green

Players Mentioned

Trey Moses

Tayler Persons

Related Videos