Lorenza Ross Selected to Participate in Reese's Division II All-Star Game on Friday in Evansville
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Lincoln Memorial University senior guard Lorenza Ross (Savannah, Ga.) has been selected to participate in the 2015 Reese's Division II College All-Star game in Evansville, Ind. on Friday in conjunction with the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, it was announced by the National Association of Basketball (NABC). The Division II All-Star game will be held at the Ford Center at 7 p.m.
The Reese's Division II All-Star game rosters are composed of two seniors from each of the nation's eight regions as well as four at-large selections, as chosen by the NABC. Ross joins Montevallo's Troran Brown in representing the Southeast region.
It marks the second straight season in which a member of the Lincoln Memorial men's basketball team has been selected to compete in the Division II All-Star game, as Vincent Bailey earned an invitation to the 2014 game.
Ross, the South Atlantic Conference Player of the Year, Daktronics All-Southeast Region first team selection and NABC All-Southeast Region first team pick, helped the Railsplitters set the SAC single-season record for wins and winning percentage with a 30-3 overall mark. Lincoln Memorial became the first program in league history to win three straight outright SAC regular season titles, appeared in its third straight SAC tournament championship and made a fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament's round of 32.
The Savannah, Ga. native finished averaging 12.2 points, 5.3 assists and 2.8 rebounds per game, shooting 49.4 percent from the field and 46.9 percent from three-point territory. He registered double figures in 25 of his 32 appearances, including a season-high 20 points in a blowout of North Greenville in the opening round of the NCAA tournament. He broke the program's single-game record for assists when he handed out 14 in a win over Anderson, and he finished with 11 assists in two other games.
Ross dished out 176 assists this season, which is the eighth-most in the school's single-season history. Ross completes his tenure in the Blue and Gray ranked fourth all-time with 441 career assists. He has finished with the 20th-most career points in program history with 1,143. While finishing with the second-most games played in school history (122), Ross was a part of three SAC regular season championship, one tournament title, and four NCAA tournament appearances. The Railsplitters were ranked nationally for every week of his career, extending the fourth-longest streak of consecutive weeks ranked to 73.
The Railsplitters finished with a 109-18 record during Ross's career, which is the winningest four-year stretch in SAC history.
The Reese's Division II All-Star game will be played at 7 p.m. on Friday in Evansville, Ind.
2015 Reese's NABC Division II All-Stars – East
No. Name HT. Pos Hometown College/University Region
0 Lorenza Ross 6-3 G Savannah, GA Lincoln Memorial Southeast
4 Cameron Knox 5-11 G Baltimore, MD Bowie State Atlantic
5 Adam Blazek 6-1 G Erie, PA Gannon Atlantic
10 Brennen Hughes 6-6 F/C Moberly, MO Central Missouri Central
12 Tylon Smith 6-2 G Manchester, CT Southern Conn. East
22 Zach Monaghan 6-2 G Palatine, IL Minnesota State Mankato Central
24 Chris Santo 6-5 F Cherry Hill, NJ Saint Anselm East
33 Garret Kerr 6-4 F Avalon, NJ Sciences East
44 Joe Lawson 6-7 F/C Indianapolis, IN Indianapolis Midwest
50 Assam Marei 6-9 F Cairo, Egypt Minnesota State Mankato Central
Head Coach: Matt Margenthaler, Minnesota State University, Mankato
2015 Reese's NABC Division III All-Stars – West
No. Name HT. Pos Hometown College/University Region
1 Terrence Drisdom 6-5 G Corona, CA Cal Poly Pomona West
2 Aaron Harrison 6-6 G Atlanta, GA Lynn South
10 Mitch McCarron 6-3 G Brisbane, Australia Metropolitan State South Central
11 Pablo Coro 6-3 G Osorno, Chile BYU-Hawaii West
12 Dedric Ware 6-2 G Gainesville, GA Shorter South
15 Zygimantas Riauka 6-9 F Downers Grove, IL UW Parkside Midwest
21 Drew Lehman 6-0 G Toledo, OH Ferris State Midwest
22 Trey Casey 6-3 G Cincinnati, OH Christian Brothers South
25 Troran Brown 6-2 G Phoenix, AZ Montevallo Southeast
44 Alex Herrera 6-10 C Ignacio, CO Fort Lewis South Central
Head Coach: Lonnie Porter, Regis University