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Men’s Basketball Places Three on All-NEAC Team
March 10, 2009
Sophomore Diamond Booker was named to the All-NEAC second team after averaging a double-double.
The Keuka men’s basketball team, which finished the 2008-09 season with an 11-11 record, had three members selected to the All-North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) Teams. Just 15 players in all are selected by the NEAC coaches to make up three teams.
Keuka sophomore center Diamond Booker (Bronx, N.Y./Frederick Douglas Acad.) led the way for Keuka being named to the All-NEAC second team. Booker finished the year averaging a double-double of 10.5 points and 11.2 rebounds. He finished with eight double-doubles in all while leading the team in field goal percentage (.57), rebounds (247), and blocks (44).
Named to the third team were junior guards Peter Durr (Barneveld, N.Y./Utica Notre Dame) and Alex Coleman (Elmira, N.Y./Southside). Durr finished third on the team in scoring at 12.5 points a contest. He also was second on the team in 3-pointers (40), field goals (102), assists (67), and steals (21). Coleman was second on the team in scoring at 13.4 points a game while leading the team in passing (78 assists). The point guard also led the Storm in steals (23) and made field goals (107) while adding 30 made 3-pointers and 72 rebounds (3.4).
SUNYIT’s sophomore forward David Golembiowski was named the conference MVP. Joining Golembiowski on the first team were teammates Diloo Brown and Ajani Edwards, Adam Fusco from Penn State-Berks, and Darrell Bullock from Wells College. SUNYIT’s David Grimmer was named the Coach of the Year after leading SUNYIT to 22-6 record and the institution’s first ever NCAA birth.
