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Jack Rother was named the Mustangs' MVP when the team held its post-season awards banquet.
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Mustang head coach Jim Sykes has announced his first four recruits for next season, including a pair of first-team all-staters.
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Morningside’s men’s basketball team enjoyed one of its greatest seasons in school history during the 2007-08 campaign.
The Mustangs broke 10 school records and tied another on their way to a 29-4 finish. Morningside was ranked No. 1 in the nation in the NAIA Division II ranks for much of the season, won the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) championship outright with a 16-2 league record, and reached the second round of the NAIA Division II National Tournament.
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 Jack Rother, a 6-3 senior guard from Wolbach, Neb., has been named to the second-team of the 2008 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball All-America Team.
Rother was the Mustangs’ leading scorer this season with an average of 13.5 points per game and had the team’s top individual scoring performance of the season with 25 points in an 83-76 victory against Johnson & Wales University on Nov. 15. He averaged 15.6 points per game over the Mustangs’ final 16 contests of the season.
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Brady Helmink, Lee Kubik, and Jack Rother have been named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes in the sport of men’s basketball.
Rother, a 6-3 senior guard from Wolbach, Neb., was also named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Third-Team.
Student-athletes must be of at least junior status and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in order to be eligible for Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athlete honors. ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans must be of at least sophomore status and have a minimum GPA of 3.20.
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Morningside saw one of its most successful men’s basketball seasons in school history end in the second round of the NAIA Division II National Tournament when the second-ranked Mustangs were upset 90-81 in overtime by Grace College on Friday night at Point Lookout, Mo.
The Mustangs finished with a 29-4 record for their most victories in school history.
Senior Jack Rother closed out his career by leading the Mustangs with 17 points, a career-high 11 rebounds, four assists, and two steals. He led all performers with his 11 rebounds and two blocked shots.
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 Jack Rother, a 6-3 senior guard from Wolbach, Neb., and Thomas Pargett, a 6-3 senior forward from Syracuse, Neb., were each named to the All-Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Men’s Basketball First-Team as selected by the league’s head coaches.
Rother was also named the GPAC Defensive Player of the Year and the Mustangs’ Jim Sykes was named the Hauff Mid-America Sports/GPAC Coach of the Year.
Sykes guided the Mustangs to this year’s GPAC regular season championship with a league record of 16-2. Morningside, which was ranked No. 1 in the nation for much of the regular season, will take a 28-3 record and a No. 2 ranking into the NAIA Division II National Tournament slated for March 12-18 at Point Lookout, Mo.
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 Morningside had its six-week stay atop the NAIA Division II men’s basketball national rankings end when the Mustangs were ranked No. 2 in the final regular season poll released on Feb. 27.
The Mustangs, who finished the regular season with a 27-2 record, suffered their second loss of the season last week when they lost 93-90 in overtime against Northwestern College last Wednesday. Morningside rebounded with an 85-82 double overtime win against Dordt College last Saturday to wrap up sole possession of the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) championship.
The Mustangs qualified for the upcoming NAIA Division II National Tournament by winning the GPAC regular season title. Morningside will host Dana College in the quarterfinals of the GPAC’s post-season tournament on Thursday at 4 p.m.
Morningside is one of four teams from the GPAC ranked in the NAIA Top 25. Northwestern is ranked seventh, Dakota Wesleyan University is 16th, and Dordt is 23rd.
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