LSU's Tari Eason named honorable mention All-American

BATON ROUGE – LSU sophomore forward Tari Eason was named an honorable mention All-America by the Associated Press on Tuesday.

Eason, who was named first-team All-SEC and the league’s Sixth Man of the Year, will be part of the LSU squad that takes part in its third straight NCAA Tournament Friday at 6:20 p.m. in Milwaukee as the No. 6 seed against Iowa State (11).

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The game will be broadcast on the affiliates of the LSU Sports Radio Network and televised on TBS.

Eason, who had four 20 points-10 rebound games in SEC play, averaged 17.33 points in the 18 regular season SEC games and for the entire season to date averaged 16.9 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game. He is sixth in the league ins coring and ninth in rebounds.

The native of Los Angeles had 20 games of 20 points or more with eight of those in SEC play.

The transfer from Cincinnati shot 52 percent from the field, fourth in the Southeastern Conference with 27 treys. He is also at 79.6 percent (144-of-181) from the free throw line.

AP All-America Team

Ochai Agbaji – Kanas

Kofi Cockburn – Illinois

Johnny Davis – Wisconsin

Keegan Murray – Iowa

Oscar Tshiebwe -- Kentucky

Second Team

Chet Holmgren – Gonzaga

Jaden Ivey – Purdue

Bennedict Mathurin – Arizona

Jabari Smith – Auburn

Drew Timme – Gonzaga

Third Team

James Akinjo – Baylor

Paolo Banchero – Duke

Collin Gillespie – Villanova

Walker Kessler – Auburn

E. J. Liddell – Ohio State

JD Notae – Arkansas

Honorable Mention

Max Abmas – Oral Roberts

Armando Bacot -- North Carolina

Tari Eason --- LSU

Zach Edey -- Purdue

Ron Harper Jr., -- Rutgers

Johnny Juzang -- UCLA

David Roddy – Colorado State

Alondes Williams – Wake Forest

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