Max Landis Named AP All-America Honorable Mention
3/30/2016 1:24:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Summit League Player of the Year and First Team All-League honoree started all 33 games he played in this season and averaged 19.3 points, 2.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 37.2 minutes. Landis shot 45% (196-433) from the field, 46% (125-274) on three-point field goals and 81% (121-149) at the free throw line, adding 30 steals, while the team leader in points (638, 2nd-best all-time), scoring average, field goals, field goal attempts, three-pointers (new season-record), three-point attempts, three-point percentage, free throws, free throw attempts, free throw percentage, assists (121) and minutes (1228).
Landis scored a school-record 44 points (11-15 3FGs) at South Dakota (Feb. 4), adding a 37-point (9-12 3FGs) game at Omaha (Jan. 16), along with career-highs of six rebounds, eight assists, three steals, 11 three-pointers and 44 minutes. He had 31 double-figure scoring games, including the 40-point game and three 30-point games among 13 20-point games, and had 16 games this season with at least four three-pointers. Landis ranks 2nd in Division I three-pointers and three-pointers per game, and 7th nationally in three-point percentage, earned four Summit League Player of the Week awards this season and was the league's February Athlete of the Month.
Landis will compete in the 28th Annual State Farm College 3-Point Championships at the Berry Center in Cypress, Texas tomorrow night (Thursday), March 31 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN. He was selected to the 2015-16 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I All-District 12 First Team earlier this week.
2015-16 Associated Press All-America Teams
First Team
Denzel Valentine, Michigan State
Buddy Hield, Oklahoma
Tyler Ulis, Kentucky
Brice Johnson, North Carolina
Malcolm Brogdon, Virginia
Second Team
Jakob Poeltl, Utah
Ben Simmons, LSU
Perry Ellis, Kansas
Kris Dunn, Providence
Georges Niang, Iowa State
Third Team
Grayson Allen, Duke
Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell, Indiana
Jarrod Uthoff, Iowa
Kay Felder, Oakland
Jamal Murray, Kentucky
Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order)
Ryan Anderson, Arizona; Anthony "Cat" Barber, N.C. State; DeAndre' Bembry, Saint Joseph's; Ben Bentil, Providence; Trevon Bluiett, Xavier; Joel Bolomboy, Weber State; Evan Bradds, Belmont; Dillon Brooks, Oregon; Cane Broome, Sacred Heart; John Brown, High Point; Antonio Campbell, Ohio; Kyle Collinsworth, BYU; Stephen Croone, Furman; James Daniel III, Howard; Juan'ya Green, Hofstra; Derrick Griffin, Texas Southern; Alex Hamilton, Louisiana Tech; A.J. Hammons, Purdue; Marvelle Harris, Fresno State; Josh Hart, Villanova; Danuel House, Texas A&M; Brandon Ingram, Duke; Stefan Jankovic, Hawaii; Tim Kempton, Lehigh; Max Landis, IPFW; Shawn Long, Louisiana-Lafayette; Dallas Moore, North Florida; Nic Moore, SMU; Gary Payton II, Oregon State; Alec Peters, Valparaiso; Justin Robinson, Monmouth (N.J.); Domantas Sabonis, Gonzaga; Justin Sears, Yale; Pascal Siakam, New Mexico State; Melo Trimble, Maryland; Fred VanVleet, Wichita State; Thomas Walkup, Stephen F. Austin; Jameel Warney, Stony Brook; Isaiah Whitehead, Seton Hall; Greg Wiltjer, Gonzaga.
