INDIANAPOLIS - A pair of IUPUI basketball student-athletes collected postseason honors on Monday (Mar. 2) as the Horizon League announced its end of season awards, as voted on by the coaches, media and sports information personnel. Junior guard
Marcus Burk was named All-League Second Team while
Elyjah Goss was voted to the league's All-Defensive Team.
Burk finished the regular season ranked second in the league and No. 14 nationally in scoring (21.3 ppg) while leading the league in three-point percentage (38.2%) and third in threes made (2.87/game). He ranks second in the league with 18 20-point games and had four games of 30-or-better. In league play, he upped his scoring output to 23.3 points per game and scored in double-digits in all 18 Horizon League contests. Three of his four 30-point outings came in league play, including a career-high 39 points at Oakland on Jan. 25. The Indianapolis-native has piled up 1,437 career points in his three collegiate seasons between Campbell and IUPUI and has connected on 247 career treys, ranking No. 32 in the country.
Goss earned his spot on the five-man All-Defensive Team after closing the regular season ranked No. 2 in the country with a school record 362 rebounds. He led the league and ranks No. 5 nationally by grabbing 11.7 rebounds per game, including a league-best 7.8 rebounds per game off the defensive glass. He owns a league-high 12 double-doubles and grabbed double-digit rebounds in all but one Horizon League contest this season. The Bolingbrook, Ill.-native shattered every IUPUI rebounding record this season, setting new single-season and single-game (21) marks while climbing to No. 6 on the program's all-time list with 664 caroms. In addition, he's moved to No. 9 on the program's all-time list with 68 blocked shots.
IUPUI will open the Horizon League Tournament on the road at No. 4 UIC on Tuesday night (Mar. 3) at 8:00 p.m. Eastern. With a win, the Jaguars would advance to the quarterfinals round at No. 3 Green Bay on Thursday night (Mar. 5) at 8:00 p.m..
A full rundown of this year's Horizon League award winners is below.
2019-20 Horizon League Men's Basketball Award Winners
Player of the Year: Loudon Love, Wright State
Coach of the Year: Dennis Gates, Cleveland State & Scott Nagy, Wright State
Freshman of the Year: Amari Davis, Green Bay
Defensive Player of the Year: Jalen Tate, Northern Kentucky
Sixth Player of the Year: Devin Morgan, Youngstown State
All-League First Team (alphabetical by school)
Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy
JayQuan McCloud, Green Bay
Xavier Hill-Mais, Oakland
Loudon Love, Wright State
Darius Quisenberry, Youngstown State
All-League Second Team (alphabetical by school)
Marcus Burk, IUPUI
Te'Jon Lucas, Milwaukee
Tyler Sharpe, Northern Kentucky
Tarkus Ferguson, UIC
Bill Wampler, Wright State
All-League Third Team (alphabetical by school)
Amari Davis, Green Bay
Jalen Tate, Northern Kentucky
Dantez Walton, Northern Kentucky
Cole Gentry, Wright State
Algevon Eichelberger, Cleveland State
All-Freshman Team (alphabetical by school)
Amari Davis, Green Bay
C.J. Wilbourn, Milwaukee
Blake Lampman, Oakland
Grant Basile, Wright State
Tanner Holden, Wright State
All-Defensive Team (alphabetical by school)
Chris Brandon, Detroit Mercy
Elyjah Goss, IUPUI
Jalen Tate, Northern Kentucky
Marcus Ottey, UIC
Garrett Covington, Youngstown State