AMERICUS Ga, -- The Peach Belt Conference today named two Georgia Southwestern guards as Third Team All-Conference selections. Freshman Jarrett Adderton and Senior Donte Tatum were the Hurricanes that received the honor. Both players led the Hurricanes in scoring this season and made key plays this season for the Hurricanes.
Donte Tatum, a senior out of Raleigh, N.C., averaged 14.4 points per game and 1.3 steals per game. Donte Tatum carried the load for much of the first half of the season leading the team in scoring in four of the first six games. Tatum in his two years at GSW averaged 16.2 points per game and shot just under 50% from the field.
Jarrett Adderton had a stellar freshman season coming on strong in the second half of the Hurricane's season. Jarrett averaged 14.1 points per game and shot 36.6% from three, Jarrett started the season at a slow pace but everything seemed to click for Adderton in a matchup with Johnson C. Smith on December, 5th. Adderton scored a season-high 33 points and made nine three-point field goals in the contest. Adderton continued his high level play from that point on leading to All-Conference honors for the freshman guard from Thomaston, Ga.
Jarrett Adderton and Donte Tatum become one of the few teammates in school history to receive All-Conference honors in the same season. Jarrett Adderton becomes just the second freshman to receive an All-Conference honor in the basketball program's history.
The All-Conference team is listed below, as selected by the league's head coaches. Coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players. Due to a tie in the voting, six players were named second-team All-Conference with four players on the third team.
First-Team All-Conference |
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Frank Champion | North Georgia | |
Tyshaun Crawford | Augusta | |
Jaizec Lottie | Flagler | |
Hunter Preston | Columbus State | |
Jordan Thomas | Georgia College | |
Second-Team All-Conference |
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Troy Cracknell | Augusta | |
Langston Gaither | Columbus State | |
Tehree Horn | USC Aiken | |
Jalen Shaw | Clayton State | |
Wesley Simpson | Georgia College | |
David Strother | USC Aiken | |
Third-Team All-Conference |
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Jarrett Adderton | Georgia Southwestern | |
Jalen Barr | Flagler | |
Jared Sherfield | Lander | |
Donte Tatum | Georgia Southwestern |