ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — (St. Bonaventure) With the program’s first home postseason contest since 1995 just two days away, St. Bonaventure sophomore Andrew Nicholson (Mississauga, Ontario/Father Michael Goetz Secondary) was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference second team on Sunday afternoon, in voting conducted by the conference head coaches.
Nicholson lived up to his preseason All-Conference second team billing and is the first Bonnie since 2006 to be named to an A-10 All-Conference team. The 6-foot-9 forward’s stellar second season has come on the heels of being named the A-10 Rookie of the Year in 2009.
Nicholson is one two players in the A-10 that ranks in the top 10 in scoring (8th) and rebounding (10th), leading his team in both categories at 16.2 points and 7.1 boards, respectively. His 58 percent (185-320) shooting clip from the field leads the A-10 and is bolstered by a team-high 44 dunks. Nicholson has reached double figures 22 times this season, including a team-best eight 20-point performances.
The 6-foot-9 Mississauga, Ontario product also has led the team in scoring 15 times, rebounding 12 times and both in the same game on seven occasions. Nicholson has also added five double-digit rebounding efforts and three double-doubles. Just 12 games into the season, Nicholson became the third player in program history to amass 100 career blocks, while his team-high 50 rejections are fueled by 15 multi-block performances.
A two-time A-10 Player of the week this season, Nicholson has improved his scoring by 3.7 points per game (12.5/16.2) and rebounding by a full board per contest (6.0/7.1). Five of Nicholson’s eight 20-point games came in A-10 play, including 29 and 21-point performances against the Bonnies first round opponent Duquesne.
Nicholson and the eighth-seeded Bonnies (14-15, 7-9 A-10) will host ninth-seeded Duquesne (16-14, 7-9 A-10) on Tuesday, March 9 in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Championship. Seeds 5-8 in the tournament will host first round games on Tuesday night with four teams advancing to the remainder of the tournament in Atlantic City, N.J at Boardwalk Hall.
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