USA Today Names Ty-Shon Alexander Third Team All-American

OMAHA, Neb. -- Creighton guard Ty-Shon Alexander has been named a Third Team All-American by USA Today. Alexander is the second member of the Bluejay backcourt to earn All-America honors this season, as Marcus Zegarowski has been recognized as an All-American by NBC Sports (Second Team), Stadium (Third Team) and the Associated Press (Honorable Mention) this month.

Alexander led Creighton and ranked third in the BIG EAST with 16.9 points per game while also adding 5.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and a team-high 1.3 steals per game. The junior from Charlotte, N.C., was second in the BIG EAST in free throw percentage (.860), fourth in three-pointers per game (2.61), fifth in minutes per game (34.7), sixth in three-point percentage (.399) and eighth in steals per contest (1.3).

He is one of two players in Creighton history with 80 or more three-pointers in consecutive seasons and one of 10 men in the Bluejay record book with multiple seasons of 500 points or more. The award is one of several for Alexander this month, who was also named First Team All-BIG EAST and First Team All-District by the USBWA and NABC.

Creighton finished the season 24-7 and earned a share of its first BIG EAST regular-season title on March 7 in win vs. No. 8 Seton Hall.

First Team
Obi Toppin, Dayton
Payton Pritchard, Oregon
Markus Howard, Marquette
Udoka Azubuike, Kansas
Luka Garza, Iowa

Second Team
G Devon Dotson, Kansas
G Cassius Winston, Michigan State
G Malachi Flynn, San Diego State
F Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga
G Tre Jones, Duke

Third Team
G Jared Butler, Baylor
G Myles Powell, Seton Hall
G Ty-Shon Alexander, Creighton
F Jordan Nwora, Louisville
F Jalen Smith, Maryland

USA Today Names Ty-Shon Alexander Third Team All-American

Players Mentioned

Ty-Shon Alexander

Marcus Zegarowski

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