Javon McCrea Named Finalist For Lou Henson Award
3/28/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
BUFFALO, NY - Senior Javon McCrea has been named a finalist for the Lou Henson award, which is given to the nation's top mid-major player. McCrea is one of 30 players named a finalist, including one of just three players from the Mid-American Conference.
McCrea was named the MAC Player of the Year and an All-MAC First Team selection for the third straight year. McCrea averaged 18.5 points and 9.9 rebounds per game this season. He was named the MAC East Player of the Week three times this year and he went over the 30-point mark three times, including a career-high 34 points in a senior day victory over Bowling Green.
McCrea became UB's all-time leading scorer earlier in the year and he finished his career with 2,004 points. McCrea also finished with 988 rebounds.
The list of finalists also comprise the 2013-14 Lou Henson All-America team.
Previous recipients of the award include Matthew Dellavedova (Saint Mary's 2013), Kyle O'Quinn (Norfolk State 2012), Matt Howard (Butler 2011) and Keith Benson (Oakland 2010).
The award is named in honor of Lou Henson who retired after a spectacular coaching career that lasted 41 years.
When he left the game in 2005 he was sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State. He is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four.
The winner of the 2014 Henson award will be announced at the CollegeInsider.com Awards Banquet on April 4 in Dallas, site of the Division I Men's Basketball Championship.
2014 LOU HENSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Ike Azotam, Quinnipiac
Travis Bader, Oakland
George Beamon, Manhattan
Taylor Braun, North Dakota State
Alec Brown, Green Bay
David Brown, Western Michigan
Julius Brown, Toledo
Glenn Cosey, Eastern Kentucky
Torrey Craig, USC Upstate
Langston Hall, Mercer
Tyler Haws, BYU
Troy Huff, North Dakota
R.J. Hunter, Georgia State
Jeremy Ingram, North Carolina Central
Kareem Jamar, Montna
J.J. Mann, Belmont
Z. Mason, Chattanooga
Javon McCrea, Buffalo
Aaric Murray, Texas Southern
Jake Odum, Indiana State
Jacob Parker, Stephen F. Austin
Elfrid Payton, Louisiana Lafayette
Devon Saddler, Delaware
Wesley Saunders, Harvard
Justin Sears, Yale
Kiefer Sykes, Green Bay
Jameel Warney, Stony Brook
Jalan West, Northwestern State
Alan Williams, UC Santa Barbara
Pendarvis Williams, Nofolk State
