(02-27-09) SOUTH EASTON, Mass. - Junior forward Cassius Chaney was named to the Northeast-10 Conference Men's Basketball All-Conference Second Team as voted by the league's 15 head coaches. This is his third career all-conference award as he earned All-East Coast Conference honors as both a freshman and sophomore.
Le Moyne College junior Laurence Ekperigin was named the Northeast-10 Conference Player of the Year.
This season, Chaney ranked second in the conference in scoring (18.8 ppg) and ninth in rebounding (7.4 rpg). He led the Chargers in scoring in 18 of 27 games this season, including a stretch of 12 straight games from early January through the middle of February. Chaney, who also collected Northeast-10 Player of the Week honors earlier this season, also recorded five double-doubles on the year.
New Haven finished the season with an 8-19 overall record, including a 6-16 mark in its first season in the Northeast-10 Conference.
First Team
Darren Duncan, Merrimack
Laurence Ekperigin, Le Moyne
Lew Finnegan, Bentley
A.J. Rudowitz, Stonehill
Jason Westrol, Bentley
Second Team
Kyle Caiola, UMass Lowell
Cassius Chaney, New Haven
Victor Colon, UMass Lowell
Darin Mency, Merrimack
Isiah Wallace, American Int'l
Third Team
Thomas Baudinet, Saint Anselm
Troy Bowen, Southern New Hampshire
Jermaine Clark, Saint Rose
Matt Hall, Stonehill
Patrick Shea, Assumption
All Rookie Team
Kyle Caiola, UMass Lowell
Christopher Johnson, Le Moyne
Wayne Mack, Merrimack
Tyler Schilling, Saint Michael's
Isiah Wallace, American International
