KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) today (March 24) announced rosters for the 2016 Reese’s Division II College All-Star game, which will be played as part of the 2016 NCAA® Division II Men’s Elite Eight®. Reese’s brand is the official candy partner of the NCAA. Hillsdale senior Kyle Cooper will represent the East squad as the 2015-16 GLIAC Player of the Week will compete in the prestigious All-Star Game.
The Reese’s Division II College All-Star game will be played on Friday, March 25, at 7:00 p.m. (CDT) at Dr. Pepper Arena in Frisco, Texas. The teams are composed of two senior student-athletes from each of the eight regions in Division II and four as at-large selections. All players have earned NABC All-District honors.
The game will feature a pair of outstanding former coaches with Larry Gipson, who coached Northeastern State (OK) University to the 2003 NCAA Division II championship, guiding the East team and former Houston Baptist, Baylor and Pittsburg State coach Gene Iba heading the West team.
Here are the rosters for the 2016 Reese’s Division II College All-Star game:
2016 Reese’s NABC Division II All-Stars – East
No. Name HT. Pos Hometown College/University Region
1 Rodnerius Lewis 6-4 G Memphis, Tenn. Stillman Southeast
3 Andy Mazurczak 6-2 G Norridge,Ill. UW-Parkside Midwest
5 Keenan Palmore 6-2 G Stone Mountain, Ga. Lenoir-Rhyne Southeast
11 Desmond Williams 6-5 G Torrington, Conn. Southern Connecticut East
15 Rodney Sanders 6-4 G/F Elizabeth, N.J. Southern New Hampshire East
21 Peter Alexis 7-0 F Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Philadelphia East
23 Brandon Norfleet 6-5 G Virginia Beach, Va. Indiana University (Pa.) Atlantic
24 Kyle Cooper 6-7 F Northville, Mich. Hillsdale Midwest
31 Eric Seifert 6-4 G Reynoldsburg, Ohio Wheeling Jesuit Atlantic
55 Isaac Sevlie 6-9 F/C Red Wing, Minn. MSU Moorhead Central
Head Coach: Larry Gipson (Northeastern State)
2016 Reese’s NABC Division III All-Stars – West
No. Name HT. Pos Hometown College/University Region
3 Kameron Bundy 6-2 G Nixa, Mo. Drury Midwest
5 Joey Miller 6-3 G San Marcos, Texas Dallas Baptist South Central
12 Greg Gardner 6-5 G Indianapolis, Ind. UAH South
15 Dylan Travis 6-3 G Omaha, Neb. Florida Southern South
23 Ryan Stephan 6-10 C Lakewood, Col. Colorado Mesa South Central
24 Terrell Harris 6-3 G Indiantown, Fla. Georgia College Southeast
25 Alex Welsh 6-7 F Westminster, Colo. UC Colorado Springs South Central
32 Mark Ogden, Jr. 6-9 F Spring Valley, Calif. Dixie State West
40 Jordan Faison 6-7 F Lake Forest, Calif. Cal Poly Pomona West
55 Teavaunn Prince 6-3 G Toronto, Ontario Missouri Southern State Central
Head Coach: Gene Iba (Pittsburg State)
Reese’s Division II All-Star Game Coaches
One of only three head coaches to win national championships at two different levels, Larry Gipson began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant to famed coach Nolan Richardson at the University of Tulsa. He won his first national title at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, leading the Golden Norseman to the 1989 national junior college championship. In 1999, Gipson was named head coach at the University of Toledo where his teams had a 68-73 record in five seasons before he moved on to Northeastern State (OK) University. In 17 seasons, Gipson led the RiverHawks to five NCAA tournament appearances and with a 32-3 record in 2002-03, NSU won the NCAA Division II national championship. When he retired following the 2013014 season, he had a 280-201 record at Northeastern State and an overall head coaching record of 565-361. A three-time national coach of the year, Gipson was a Division II representative for many years on the board of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and served as NABC president in 2012-13.
The nephew of legendary Oklahoma A&M coach Henry Iba, Gene Iba played basketball at the University of Tulsa for his father, Clarence Iba. After coaching high school basketball in St. Louis, Iba moved to college coaching as an assistant under hall of fame coach Don Haskins at UTEP for five seasons. His first head coaching position was at Houston Baptist University. The Trans American Athletic Conference coach of the year in 1981, he guided the Huskies to the 1984 NCAA tournament. Iba left HBU after eight seasons to become the head coach at Baylor. In seven seasons as the Bears’ head coach, he had a 98-106 record with postseason tournament berths in 1987 and 1988. He was named head coach at Pittsburg State (KS) in 1995 and led the Gorillas to three NCAA Division II tournaments in his first four seasons, including a berth in the 1997 Sweet Sixteen. In 15 seasons, he had a 261-172 record, retiring from coaching in 2010. Iba’s overall won-lost record as a head coach is 487-374.
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, Missouri, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Forrest “Phog” Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men’s basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today’s student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.org.
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About the NCAA
The NCAA is a diverse association of more than 1,100 member colleges and universities that prioritize academics, well-being and fairness to create greater opportunities for nearly half a million student-athletes each year. The NCAA provides a pathway to higher education and beyond for student-athletes pursuing academic goals and competing in NCAA sports. More than 54,000 student-athletes experience the pinnacle of intercollegiate athletics by competing in NCAA championships each year. Visit ncaa.org and ncaa.com for more details about the Association and the corporate partnerships that support the NCAA and its student-athletes. The NCAA is proud to have AT&T, Capital One and Coca-Cola as official corporate champions and the following elite companies as official corporate partners: Allstate, Amazon Echo, Bing (Microsoft), Buffalo Wild Wings, Buick, Enterprise, Infiniti, LG, Lowe’s, Nabisco, Northwestern Mutual, Reese’s, Unilever and UPS.
