AIKEN, S.C. −
D.J. Ferguson (Orlando, Fla./Bishop Moore HS) was named to the All-Peach Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Third Team which was released Friday night at the basketball tournament banquet at the Convocation Center.
Ferguson, a 6-foot-1 junior guard, averaged 11.3 points and a nation’s-best 9.4 assists per game while helping lead Flagler to an 11-16 overall record and a 6-12 mark in conference play in the school’s inaugural season in the league. He shot 72% (103-143) from the free throw line and averaged 3.9 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game. Ferguson also boasted a Peach Belt-best 2.25 assist-turnover ratio. He is also No. 8 in the conference in steals per game.
In conference games alone, Ferguson averaged 12.6 points and 8.6 assists per game. He shot 75% (84-112) from the free throw line.
Ferguson scored a season-high 22 points vs. UNC Pembroke on Feb. 6 and dished out a season-high 15 assists vs. P.R.-Mayaguez on Nov. 19.
Earlier in the season, he became the school’s all-time leader in assists and ended the season with 646. His 254 assists this year fell just seven shy of tying the PBC’s single-season record.
2010 Peach Belt Conference
Men’s Basketball All-Conference Team
First Team
Fred Brathwaite, Augusta State
Ben Madgen, Augusta State
Freddy Little, Montevallo
Graham Martin, GCSU
Alex Smith, Augusta State
Second Team
Simel Boyd, Francis Marion
Byron Faison, USC Aiken
Michael Moynihan, North Georgia
Robert Murry, Clayton State
Chris Rawls, Georgia Southwestern
Third Team
Daniel Dixon, Augusta State
D.J. Ferguson, Flagler
Ty Rowland, GCSU
Patrick Shokpeka, Armstrong Atlantic State
Chris Telesford, Columbus State
Player of the Year: Ben Madgen, Augusta State
Defensive Player of the Year: Daniel Dixon, Augusta State
Freshman of the Year: Shahmel Brackett, UNC Pembroke
Coach of the Year: Dip Metress, Augusta State