For the second-straight season, University of Southern Indiana senior guard Alex Stein was named preseason honorable mention All-American in Street & Smith’s Basketball Magazine. Stein became the 10th USI player to receive preseason honors since 2001 last fall and was the first to receive the honor two consecutive seasons since Stan Gouard in 1994 and 1995.
Stein, who was honorable mention All-American last spring by Division II Bulletin, averaged a team-high 17.5 points in 2017-18, in addition to posting 3.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists in 31 games this season. He set a USI career-record with 397 free throws made in three season and a USI single-season record 93.5 free throw percentage (130-139). The senior guard also set a new Screaming Eagles’ mark of 54 consecutive free throws made.
The 93.5 free throw percentage ranked fourth nationally in the NCAA Division II.
Stein became the 20th USI player all-time to reach 1,000 career points and moved up to fifth with 1,487 career points in his three seasons. He has recorded double-digit scoring 80 times during his career, eclipsing 20-or-more points 20 times and 30-or-more points three times. The first-team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference guard posted a season-high 31 points this season versus Lake Superior State University that included a USI record-tying 14-of-14 from the free throw line.
In addition to being a 2017-18 honorable mention All-American, Stein was named NABC All-Midwest, All-GLVC, and CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 last year.
Nice honor. But what’s the deal with what I read in the USI paper the Shield, that indicated that Coach Watson doesn’t have a signed contract? Or hasn’t been offered one? Or? Rather confusing. So, Jon Mark, can you clear this up?
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