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LBSU point guard receives national recognition

Junior point guard Casper Ware (22) was named to the 2011 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America team, as announced by CollegeInsider.com on Friday.

Long Beach State junior point guard Casper Ware added to his extraordinary list of achievements this season, except this time, he was honored as one of the best defensive basketball players in the country.

Ware became one of 21 NCAA Division I basketball players to be selected to the 2011 Lefty Driesell Defensive All-America team on Friday, as announced by CollegeInsider.com.

The team — consisted of the top defensive players in the country — was named after coaching legend Lefty Dreisell, who is the only person to ever win 100 games at four different Division I schools.

The 2011 Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year will be announced at the CollegeInsider.com awards banquet on April 1 in Houston — site of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship.

Defensively, Ware anchored an LBSU attack that held its opponents to 60 or fewer points in seven of its 16 conference games.

The Cerritos, Calif. native led the 49ers in scoring (17.2), assists (4.4) and steals (1.6) per game, and was second on the team in 3-pointers made (75) in 34 games this season. In each of the four categories, he ranked among the top-5 in the Big West this season.

The junior also guided the ‘Niners to the 2010-2011 Big West Conference regular season championship and a slot in the National Invitational Tournament before falling to Washington State in the first round.

Ware, who was named Big West Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year this season, was the first player in program history to win both awards in the same year.

But the LBSU floor general’s accomplishments this year don’t stop there. He became one of 20 finalists for the Bob Cousy award, which recognizes the nation’s best point guard.

If that wasn’t enough, he earned a spot in National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 9 Team, as well as a place on the U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District IX Team.

2011 Left Dreisell All-America Team

Casper Ware, Long Beach State

Dogus Balbay, Texas

Keith Benson, Oakland

Kent Bazemore, Old Dominion

Norris Cole, Cleveland State

Aaron Craft, Ohio State

Kenneth Faried, Morehead State

John Flowers, West Virginia

Tu Holloway, Xavier

JuJuan Johnson, Purdue

DeAndre Liggins, Kentucky

Sam Muldrow, South Carolina

Ronald Nored, Butler

Damien Saunders, Duquesne

Chris Singleton, Florida State

Nolan Smith Duke

Demontez Stitt, Clemson

Iman Sumpert, GA Tech

Jeffery Taylor, Vanderbilt

Malcolm Thomas San Diego State

Brad Wanamaker, Pittsburgh

 


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