West Freeman and Pilgrim Earn Preseason Honors
Maurice D. Williams
10/10/07

 

Raleigh, NC -  The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced its preseason basketball preseason honors at the 2007 Basketball Press Luncheon held as the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Raleigh, NC earlier this week. The preseason teams were chosen by the league’s head coaches and sports information directors.

Roy Bright of Delaware State was named the 2007-08 Preseason MEAC Player of the Year.   Hampton University’s Rashad West, Matthew Pilgrim and Michael Freeman were all selected to the preseason All-MEAC team as well.

West, a 6-1 senior guard from Raleigh, NC, was selected as a member of the preseason first team. He led the MEAC in scoring last season, averaging 17.8 points per game while scoring 551 total points.

Pilgrim and Freeman were selected to the preseason second team.

Last season, Pilgrim, a 6-8 forward from Cincinnati, Ohio, averaged 11 points per game ranking third on the team in scoring and second in rebounding (11.0 ppg../5.3 rpg.).. Freeman, a 6-8 forward from Alexandria, VA, led the team in rebounding and was second on the tem in scoring with 14.2 points per game and the 6.5 rebounds a game. Freeman led NCAA Division I in field goal percentage last season, connecting on 67.9 percent of his shots.

The complete list of players selected to the 2007-08 All-MEAC Preseason Men’s Basketball Team is listed below:

MEAC Preseason Player of the Year: Roy Bright, Delaware State University

First-Team

Name                           School       Pos       Ht.    Wt.       Cl.       Hometown

Roy Bright                     DSU             F         6-6    225       Sr.       Durham, NC

Steven Rush                 NCAT           G        5-11   170       Sr.       Greensboro, NC

Tywain McKee              CSU             G         6-2    182       Sr.       Philadelphia, Pa.

Rashad West                HAM             G         6-1    175       Sr.       Raleigh, NC

Tony Murphy                 NSU             G         6-4    220       Sr.       Paterson, NJ

Second-Team

Name                           School       Pos       Ht.    Wt.       Cl.      Hometown

Michael Freeman          HAM             F         6-8    220       So.      Alexandria, Va.

Eugene Myatt               HOW             F         6-5    195       Jr.       Philadelphia, Pa.

Matt Pilgrim                 HAM             F         6-8    225       So.      Cincinnati, Ohio

Ed Tyson                      UMES          G         6-2    200        Jr.       Baltimore, Md.

Jason Wills                   NCAT            F         6-6    208       Sr.       Upper Marlboro, Md.