ROCK HILL, S.C. --- Tusculum University guard Trenton Gibson has been named to the 2021 Pilot Flying J South Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball All-Tournament Team.
SAC Tournament Champion Carson-Newman placed three on the All-Tournament squad including most valuable player EJ Bush along with teammates Luke Brenegan and Ren Dyer. Kenny Dye and Jamari Smith of Queens University of Charlotte were also honored, joining Gibson and Lenoir-Rhyne's Darius Simmons.
Gibson, a junior from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, averaged 19.5 points and 10 rebounds per game in his two SAC Tournament outings. He went 14-of-27 from the floor in the tournament including 5-of-8 from three-point territory. He also went 6-of-7 at the free throw line while dishing out 7.0 assists per contest.
In Tusculum's 93-70 SAC Quarterfinal win over Catawba, Gibson nearly posted his second career triple-double as he accounted for 23 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. He followed that effort with 16 points, nine boards and five assists in a 60-59 last-second loss to Carson-Newman in the semifinal round.
Last week, Gibson was named the SAC Player of the Year as he is the lone player in the conference that is ranked in the league's top-five in scoring (18.8 ppg – 4th), rebounding (8.2 rpg – 3rd) and assists (5.1 apg – 3rd). The two-time All-SAC honoree led the Pioneers to a third place finish in the regular season standings as Tusculum advanced to the SAC semifinal round for a second straight year.
Tusculum (13-5) will be making its third NCAA Division II Tournament appearance this weekend as the Pioneers are the No. 6 seed in the Southeast Regional and will have a rematch with No. 3 seed Carson-Newman on Saturday at 6 p.m. from Tex Turner Arena in Harrogate, Tennessee.
