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Jihad Named First Team All-District by the NABC
March 19, 2024 | Men's Basketball
NABC Press Release
Junior forward Basheer Jihad has been named First Team All-District by the NABC, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday.
The Detroit native joins Akron's Ali Ali and Enrique Freeman, Bowling Green's Marcus Hill and Toledo's Ra'Heim Moss on the District 14 First Team in a vote of the area's head coaches.
Jihad averaged 18.6 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in a breakout junior season, with those numbers ranking fourth and fifth in the Mid-American Conference, respectively. The junior's 1.1 blocks per game ranks seventh in the league.
Jihad leads the league in free throws and made (167) this season and ranks No. 28 in that category in NCAA Division I as of Tuesday.
The third-year Cardinal finished the year accumulating 559 points which is the 17th-most in a season in Ball State men's basketball history and 7th-most by a junior.
Jihad tallied nine double-doubles and 11 20-point games in his breakout season while shooting 46.0 percent from the floor, 37.0 percent on 3-pointers and 74.4 percent at the free throw line. The big man led Ball State in scoring in 17 games and in rebounding in 17 games in the face of consistent double teams after the first month of the season.
The full District 14 First and Second Teams are listed below, while honorees in every district can be found at the link above.
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District 14
First Team
Ali Ali - Akron
Enrique Freeman - Akron
Marcus Hill - Bowling Green
Basheer Jihad - Ball State
Ra'Heim Moss - Toledo
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Second Team
Rashaun Agee - Bowling Green
David Coit - Northern Illinois
Jaylin Hunter - Ohio
Dante Maddox Jr. - Toledo
Anthony Pritchard - Central Michigan
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Coach of the Year: Tony Barbee - Central Michigan
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Junior forward Basheer Jihad has been named First Team All-District by the NABC, the National Association of Basketball Coaches announced Tuesday.
The Detroit native joins Akron's Ali Ali and Enrique Freeman, Bowling Green's Marcus Hill and Toledo's Ra'Heim Moss on the District 14 First Team in a vote of the area's head coaches.
Jihad averaged 18.6 points and 8.0 rebounds per game in a breakout junior season, with those numbers ranking fourth and fifth in the Mid-American Conference, respectively. The junior's 1.1 blocks per game ranks seventh in the league.
Jihad leads the league in free throws and made (167) this season and ranks No. 28 in that category in NCAA Division I as of Tuesday.
The third-year Cardinal finished the year accumulating 559 points which is the 17th-most in a season in Ball State men's basketball history and 7th-most by a junior.
Jihad tallied nine double-doubles and 11 20-point games in his breakout season while shooting 46.0 percent from the floor, 37.0 percent on 3-pointers and 74.4 percent at the free throw line. The big man led Ball State in scoring in 17 games and in rebounding in 17 games in the face of consistent double teams after the first month of the season.
The full District 14 First and Second Teams are listed below, while honorees in every district can be found at the link above.
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District 14
First Team
Ali Ali - Akron
Enrique Freeman - Akron
Marcus Hill - Bowling Green
Basheer Jihad - Ball State
Ra'Heim Moss - Toledo
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Second Team
Rashaun Agee - Bowling Green
David Coit - Northern Illinois
Jaylin Hunter - Ohio
Dante Maddox Jr. - Toledo
Anthony Pritchard - Central Michigan
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Coach of the Year: Tony Barbee - Central Michigan
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