Kendrick Perry first team all Horizon League, Eargle first team all defensive

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Kendrick Perry named first team.  Damian Eargle first team all defense

Broekhoff from Valpo is player of the year, Norad from Butler named defensive player of year for second straight year.

Bryce Drew named Coach of the Year.

Can't argue with the Valpo guys winning.

Imagine there will be a printed release soon

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I normally do not agree with selecting a first-year coach ...but he has been with the club as an assistant.

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Indianapolis, Ind -- Youngstown State sophomore Kendrick Perry (Ocoee, Fla) was named to the All-Horizon League First Team in a vote by the league's head coaches, sports information directors and selected media, the league announced on Monday.

Sophomore Damian Eargle (Youngstown, Ohio) was voted to the Horizon League All-Defensive Team by the head coaches.

Perry is just the second player from Youngstown State to earn first-team accolades and the first since Quin Humphrey in 2006-07 and 2005-06. He is also the first sophomore in school history to be named first-team all-league.

The Horizon League Player of the Week for Feb. 6, Perry is just the fifth player in Horizon League history to lead the league in scoring (16.8 ppg) and steals (2.4 spg) during conference play and he led the league in all-games scoring with 16.8 points per game.

He also led the league with a 2.0 assist-to-turnover ratio and ranked second in steals (2.4), tied for third in assists (3.9) and tied for 10th with 1.8 3-pointers made per game.

Over the last nine games of the season, Perry averaged 22.8 points 2.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 2.9 steals per game while shooting at a 57.6 percent clip from the field. He also connected on 44.9 percent of his 3-point attempts and shot 79.7 percent from the free-throw line.

Also during that span, Perry scored at least 20 points seven times, including a career-high 30 points against Milwaukee on Jan. 31.

Eargle, who was named the Horizon League Player of the Week on Jan. 2, set the Horizon League all games and conference-games only single-season blocks record with 113 and 65, respectively. He also set the Horizon League career blocks record in conference play with 122.

This season, Eargle, who ranks third nationally with 3.9 blocks per game, collected at least one block in the first 28 games, posted multiple blocks in 24 of 29 games and swatted at least three blocks in 23 games.

Eargle, a 2010-11 Horizon League All-Newcomer Team selection, also averaged 10.4 points per game and ranked third in the league with 7.4 rebounds per game.

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By Joe Scalzo

scalzo@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

This time, Kendrick Perry said he was the one getting the assist.

Perry, Youngstown State’s dynamic sophomore guard, was named to the All-Horizon League’s first team Monday, becoming the first Penguin sophomore to earn that honor.

“It means a lot, it really does,” Perry said. “Going into the season, coach [Jerry Slocum] said it was going to be a special season for me.

“I just want to credit all my teammates and all my coaches. Throughout the year, they kept me level-headed. They kept me low when I had success and kept me high when I had failures.”

Perry was one of two Penguins to earn all-conference honors; junior forward Damian Eargle was named to the all-defensive team.

“It means a lot, especially on the defensive end,” said Eargle, a Warren Harding High graduate. “I really worked a lot on defense in the offseason and it paid off.”

Perry led the league in scoring (16.8 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.0) and was second in steals (2.4) and tied for third in assists (3.9). Over his last nine games, Perry averaged 22.8 points 2.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 2.9 steals per game while shooting 57.6 percent from the field.

He’s just the second Penguin to earn first team all-Horizon honors, joining Quin Humphrey (2005-06 and 2006-07).

Eargle set the Horizon League record for blocks in a season (113), ranking third nationally with 4.0 per game. He was also third in the conference in rebounding (7.4) and averaged 10.4 points per game.


“Happy for those guys and again, I think it reflects the team in terms of the fact that we’ve had a solid year,” said YSU coach Jerry Slocum, who led the Penguins (15-13, 10-7) to their best Horizon League record since joining in 2001-02. “The other thing that [makes me] happy as a basketball coach is that that’s a sophomore and a junior.

“Both those guys have had really solid years. I think KP over the last month has improved almost in front of your eyes every day. I’m very, very happy for those guys.”

Eargle made the Horizon League’s all-newcomer team last season but was shut out of the all-defensive team, despite leading the league in blocks.

“I was kind of mad, actually, last year,” Eargle said, chuckling. “I was like, ‘I didn’t get on the team?’ I felt like [I deserved it], so I guess I put the work in and I got it.”

Butler senior guard Ronald Nored was named the league’s defensive player of the year, an honor Eargle plans to chase next season.

“That’s one of my main goals,” he said. “I think I will, if I keep it up.

“It’s not a cocky thing, it’s just confidence that I put time in on defense.”

Of course, the Penguins still have work to do this season. YSU will play host to Green Bay tonight in the first round of the conference tournament.

The Penguins are 2-10 all-time in the tournament but 1-1 in home games.

“We know that it’s one-and-done,” said Perry. “Every game, every possession, we have to play like it’s our last possession.

“Because it could be.”