PHOENIX – Three American Athletic Conference student-athletes will represent their respective institutions at the Reese’s College All-Star Game, held on Friday, March 31, at University of Phoenix Stadium. Cincinnati’s Troy Caupain will suit up for the East All-Stars, while the SMU duo of Sterling Brown and Ben Moore will be on the West All-Star team.
The game will be televised by CBS Sports Network at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Caupain, named a second team All-American Athletic Conference selection by the league’s coaches earlier this month, averaged 10.5 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.4 steals in 2016-17. He was named first team NABC All-District 25 earlier this month.
Caupain completed his senior campaign ranked sixth in the nation with a 3.36-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and was listed among The American leaders in assists (sixth at 4.4), steals (13th at 1.2), minutes played (22nd at 32.3) and points (27th at 10.5).
The senior finished his UC career as the school’s all-time assist leader (515), ranked second in career wins (102), third in career minutes (3,980), tied for third in games played (137) and tied for 22nd in career points (1,317).
Brown and Moore composed the winningest senior class in SMU history, with Brown recording 109 career victories to Moore’s 108. The pair was each voted Second Team All-American Athletic Conference.
Moore averaged 11.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocks, while shooting 56.0 percent from the field. In conference play, Moore averaged 12.3 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists. Moore started all 32 games, recording double-digit points in 23 games and eight double-doubles this season.
In his senior year, Brown averaged 13.4 points and 6.5 rebounds to go along with 3.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Brown paced The American, shooting 44.9 percent from three-point range, hitting 61 threes on the year. In conference play, he averaged 14.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.6 steals. The Maywood, Illinois, native scored in double figures 24 times in the regular season, including eight games with 15 or more points. He has six double-doubles (T-9th AAC) this season.
East All-Stars
Evan Bradds, F, 6-7, 205, Belmont (Jamestown, Ohio)
Troy Caupain, G, 6-4, 210, Cincinnati (Midlothian, Va.)
Tyler Cavanaugh, F, 6-9, 243, George Washington (Syracuse, N.Y.)
J.J. Frazier, G, 5-10, 155, Georgia (Glenville, Va.)
Jack Gibbs, G, 6-0, 195, Davidson (Westerville, Ohio)
Tim Kempton, C, 6-10, 245, Lehigh (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
Moses Kingsley, F, 6-10, 230, Arkansas (Ebuja, Nigeria)
London Perrantes, G. 6-2, 197, Virginia (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Reggie Upshaw, F, 6-8, 228, Middle Tennessee (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
Steve Vasturia, G, 6-6, 212, Notre Dame (Medford, N.J.)
Head Coach: Josh Pastner, Georgia Tech
West All-Stars
Nathan Adrian, F, 6-9, 235, West Virginia (Morgantown, W.Va.)
Bryce Alford, G, 6-3, 185, UCLA (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Sterling Brown, G, 6-6, 230, SMU (Maywood, Ill.)
Deonte Burton, G, 6-5, 250, Iowa State (Milwaukee, Wis.)
Josh Hawkinson, C, 6-10, 230, Washington State (Shoreline, Wash.)
Paris Lee, G, 6-0, 185, Illinois State (Maywood, Ill.)
Ben Moore, F, 6-8, 220, SMU (Bolingbrook, Ill.)
Luke Nelson, G, 6-3, 190, UC Irvine (Worthy, England)
DeWayne Russell, G, 5-11, 155, Grand Canyon (Peoria, Ariz.)
Rashawn Thomas, F, 6-8, 230, Texas A&M CC (Oklahoma City, Okla.)
Derek Willis, F, 6-9, 228, Kentucky (Mt. Washington, Ky.)
Head Coach: Tad Boyle, Colorado