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Nana named All-CAA, Taylor on rookie team
The UD players were recognized during the CAA men's basketball awards banquet held Thursday night in advance of the conference championship tournament, which opens today at the Richmond Coliseum. Nana, who becomes the sixth Delaware player to earn first team all- conference honors in consecutive seasons and the first since Mike Pegues in the America East Conference from 1998-2000, was joined on the first team by CAA Player of the Year Jose Juan Barea of Northeastern University, Nick George of Virginia Commonwealth University, Jai Lewis of George Mason University and Loren Stokes of Hofstra University.
Taylor is the ninth Hen in school history to earn conference all-rookie honors and the first since Mike Slattery was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team in 2001-02. CAA Rookie of the Year Juwann James of James Madison University, Calvin Baker of the College of William & Mary, Rashad Chase of Georgia State University and Tim Crossin of Towson University joined Taylor on the team. Taylor leads the CAA with 2.32 steals per game, is sixth with 3.86 assists per game and is 10th with a 1.64 assist-to-turnover ratio. He leads the Hens with 108 assists and 65 steals, and is averaging 6.8 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. |