ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell junior guard
Matt Morgan has been named to the 2017-18 Lou Henson All-America team. He was recognized as one of the nation's top 40 Division I mid-major players and joins Harvard's Seth Towns as the lone representatives from the Ivy League.
Morgan was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection after leading the conference in scoring for the third straight season. The 6-3 guard from Concord, N.C. had a stellar junior season, making a name for himself on the national stage while racing up Cornell's all-time scoring charts. A four-time Ivy League Player of the Week, Morgan closed the season with an active streak of 51 consecutive games scoring in double figures, the fourth-longest active streak in Division I. The nation's 11th-leading scorer averaged 22.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists in guiding Cornell to its first-ever bid to the Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament. Earlier this season, Morgan became the first Big Red player to post 12 consecutive 20-point games (previous Cornell record was six). He scored 30 or more points four times, and his seven career games of at least 30 points ranks second all-time at Cornell. Morgan jumped into the top 20 in Ivy League scoring all-time and enters his senior season with 1,646 points - good for No. 3 all-time at Cornell and among the top 20 in Ivy history.
Lou Henson coached college basketball for 41 years, leaving the game ranked sixth all-time in career Division I wins with 779. He is the winningest coach at both Illinois and New Mexico State and is one of only 12 coaches in the history of the game to take two schools to the Final Four. The 2017-18 Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award will be announced on April 2 in San Antonio, site of the men's NCAA Basketball Championship.
2017-18 LOU HENSON ALL-AMERICA TEAM
Trae Bell-Haynes 6-2 Sr. Vermont
Bogdan Bliznyuk 6-6 Sr. Eastern Washington
Desonta Bradford 6-4 Sr. ETSU
Keith Braxton 6-4 So. Saint Francis PA
Tookie Brown 5-11 Jr. Georgia Southern
Joe Chealey 6-4 Sr. Charleston
Chris Clemons 5-9 Jr. Campbell
Clayton Custer 6-1 Jr. Loyola Chicago
Mike Daum 6-9 Jr. South Dakota State
Tre-Shaun Fletcher 6-7 Sr. Toledo
Blake Francis 6-0 So. Wagner
Jerrick Harding 6-1 So. Weber State
Brandon Goodwin 6-2 Sr. FGCU
Max Heidegger 6-2 So. UC Santa Barbara
Kevin Hervey 6-9 Sr. UT Arlington
Jordan Howard 5-11 Sr. Central Arkansas
John Konchar 6-5 Jr. Fort Wayne
Nathan Knight 6-10 So. William & Mary
Jock Landale 6-11 Sr. Saint Mary's
Zach Lofton 6-4 Sr. New Mexico State
Jairus Lyles 6-2 Sr. UMBC
Fletcher Magee 6-4 Jr.. Wofford
CJ Massinburg 6-3 Jr. Buffalo
Garrison Mathews 6-5 Jr. Lipscomb
Drew McDonald 6-7 Jr. Northern Kentucky
Matt Mooney 6-3 Jr. South Dakota
Matt Morgan 6-2 Jr. Cornell
Kendrick Nunn 6-3 Sr. Oakland
Vasa Pusica 6-5 Jr. Northeastern
Grant Riller 6-3 So. Charleston
Junior Robinson 5-5 Sr. Mount St. Mary's
Devin Sibley 6-2 Sr. Furman
D'Marcus Simonds 6-3 So. Georgia State
Andre Spight 6-3 Sr. Northern Colorado
Jonathan Stark 6-0 Sr. Murray State
Zach Thomas 6-7 Sr. Bucknell
James Thompson IV 6-10 Jr. Eastern Michigan
Seth Towns 6-7 So. Harvard
Reed Timmer 6-1 Sr. Drake
Bryce Washington 6-6 Sr. Louisiana
