BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Four Saint Louis Billikens earned All-Conference honors in advance of this week's 2020 A-10 Men's Basketball Championship, the league announced today.
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Junior guard
Jordan Goodwin was named first-team All-Conference and earned a spot on the league's All-Defensive team. Junior forward
Hasahn French claimed second-team All-Conference honors and repeated on the A-10 All-Defensive team. Junior swingman
Javonte Perkins was a third-team All-Conference choice and was voted the A-10 Sixth Man of the Year. Finally, freshman guard
Yuri Collins was named to the A-10 All-Rookie team.
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This is the first postseason All-Conference honor for Goodwin. He leads SLU with 15.5 ppg and is one of the top rebounding guards in the country with 10.4 rpg. Goodwin's 64 steals rank 22nd in the NCAA, and he continues to climb the all-time steals list at SLU, needing just 11 more to surpass Anthony Bonner for the school's career steals record.
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French improved to second-team All-Conference after receiving third-team accolades a year ago. He leads the A-10 and is 21st nationally with 10.4 rpg. French is SLU's all-time leader in blocked shots for a season and blocked shots for a career. He is one of two active players in NCAA Division I (and the only junior) with 200+ career blocked shots, 170+ career assists and 85+ career steals.
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Perkins earned third-team All-Conference honors in his first season as a Billiken, and he is the first Billiken to be named Sixth Man of the Year since Cody Ellis in 2012-13. Perkins led the Billikens and was fourth in the A-10 with 18.2 ppg during league play, a school record for scoring average in A-10 games only. The two-time A-10 Player of the Week scored 20 or more points nine times.
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Collins ranked third in the A-10 and in the top 35 in the NCAA with 171 assists (5.5 per game), a school record for a freshman. He ranks third in school history in assists in a season. Collins enters the A-10 Championship leading all NCAA freshmen in assists.
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Saint Louis is the No. 4 seed for the A-10 Championship at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. The Billikens open play on Friday, March 13, against either No. 13 Saint Joseph's, No. 12 George Mason or No. 5 St. Bonaventure. The game will be televised on NBCSN.
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