Penguin Basketball News
Kendrick Perry Named Top Ten Mid-Major Point Guard to Watch in 2013-14
by YSU
Friday, Jun 7, 2013 9:42 am
Perry, a two-time All-Horizon League First-Team selection, was selected National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District First Team and Named All-Horizon League First-Team in 2012-13.
Named to the 2013 Bob Cousy Award Watch List, Perry was named the 2013 YSU/Vindicator Male Athlete of the Year.
He ranked second in the Horizon League with 17.3 points per game and tied for the league lead with 1.9 steals per game. He also ranked fifth in the Horizon League with a .845 free-throw percentage, sixth with 4.1 assists per game and 10th with 5.5 rebounds per game.
Perry led the Penguins to an 18-16 overall record last season, the most wins for the program since 2000-01, and Youngstown State first Division I postseason berth in the CIT. The Penguins defeated Oakland, 99-87, in the first round of the CIT before falling to Canisius, 84-82, in the second round.
The Penguins also recorded the program's first win over a BCS opponent, a 68-59 win over Georgia. Perry scored a team-high 23 points with six rebounds, five assists and four steals against the Bulldogs.
He ranks 17th in school history with 1,309 career points, third all-time with 170 career steals (school record is 182), fifth with 365 career assists, eighth with 139 career 3-pointers made and tied for 9th with 314 career free throws made.
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