SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA - The Great American Conference announced their annual awards on Wednesday evening at the banquet ahead of the conference tournament which begins on Thursday afternoon. For the Rangers the first game will be Friday afternoon with tip-off scheduled for 2:15 PM.
On Wednesday evening two individuals for the Rangers were honored for special seasons so far through the regular season. Brian Free earned First Team All-Conference for the GAC, and Camron McDowell earned Second Team All-Conference for the Great American Conference.
Free earned GAC first team after averaging 14.4 points per game which was good for 15th in the conference, along with 1.9 assists per game which was 23rd in the conference. Free led the conference in three pointers made with 88 on the season averaging 3.1 per game while shooting 45.4% from deep for third in the conference.
McDowell earned second team all conference after averaging 16.4 points per game which was eighth in the conference for the season and was 19th in the league in assists. McDowell was 13th in the conference in 3PT% at 39.8% and 19th in made threes on the season. McDowell finished with a career high at Northwestern with a 41 point performance against Southeastern Oklahoma State.
Northwestern will play in the quarterfinals game on Friday afternoon with tip-off scheduled for 2:15 PM against Southwestern Oklahoma State.
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