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2016 All-CCIW Men's Basketball Teams

Feb. 22, 2016 - The North Central College men's basketball team has had three players honored with selections to the 2016 All-College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Teams, as voted upon by the CCIW's eight head coaches.

Sophomore forward Alex Sorenson is a unanimous selection to the All-CCIW First Team, while freshman forward Connor Raridon has been named to the Second Team and senior guard Jayme Moten is on the Third Team. Raridon was also voted the CCIW's Freshman of the Year.
 

Sorenson is the Cardinals' leader in scoring (15.4 points per game) and rebounding (7.8 rebounds per game) this season and has already set a North Central single-season record with 55 blocked shots. In conference play, he was the CCIW leader in both blocked shots (2.36 per game) and three-point field goal percentage (.500) while ranking second in rebounds (7.9 per game). He has led North Central in scoring in 11 games this season and posted eight double-doubles in points and rebounds.

Raridon, North Central's first CCIW Freshman of the Year since the award's institution in 2013, averages 12.9 points, 6.9 rebounds and a team-high 4.1 assists per game this season, and his 103 assists tie him for the fourth-highest single-season total in the Cardinals' history. He led the CCIW in assists (4.6 per game) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.50 to 1) in conference games, and he established the Cardinals' highest single-game totals for points and rebounds with a 31-point, 15-rebound effort in a 96-89 overtime win at Illinois Wesleyan University Jan. 16.

Moten averages 10.8 points per game this season and his 67 made three-pointers are the fifth-highest single season total in the College's history. He set the current North Central single-season record of 82 made three-pointers a year ago. He established a new CCIW benchmark by becoming the first player in the conference's history to lead the conference with a perfect free-throw percentage, connecting on all 33 of his attempts from the line in conference play. He also made a CCIW-best 40 three-pointers in North Central's 14 conference games.

Augustana College's Hunter Hill was voted the CCIW's Fred Young Most Outstanding Player after sharing the award last season. Augustana head coach Grey Giovanine was selected as the CCIW's Coach of the Year.

The Cardinals (19-6) are the No. 2 seed in this year's CCIW Tournament and will play No. 3 seed and host Elmhurst College (20-5) on Friday at Augustana's Carver Center in Rock Island, with tipoff scheduled for 5:00 p.m. More information can be found on the CCIW's tournament webpage at cciw.org.