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Williams earns All-Big 12 First Team honors
March 06, 2022 | Men's Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas – Texas Tech senior Bryson Williams earned unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection and Big 12 All-Newcomer Team to highlight the 2021-22 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 men's basketball awards for the Red Raiders that were announced on Sunday night after votes by the head coaches.
Kevin Obanor, Marcus Santos-Silva, Adonis Arms and Kevin McCullar were each honored with All-Big 12 honorable mention selections. Williams is the 11th All-Big 12 First Team selection in program history and the first since Jarrett Culver in 2019.
Texas Tech (23-8, 12-6 Big 12) is the No. 3 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship where it will open against Iowa State at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday in the final quarterfinal matchup of the tournament.
Ochai Agbaji was the unanimous selection in earning Kansas' 11th Big 12 Player of the Year honor while Baylor's Scott Drew collected his third-consecutive Big 12 Coach of the Year accolade. For the first time in Conference history, three players tied for Defensive Player of the Year as Baylor's Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, Oklahoma State's Moussa Cisse and West Virginia's Gabe Osabuohien shared the honor. Iowa State claimed first-year awards as Izaiah Brockington picked up Newcomer of the Year and Tyrese Hunter claimed Freshman of the Year. Kansas State's Nijel Pack was voted as Most Improved Player while BU's Jeremy Sochan was recognized with the Sixth Man Award.
The All-Big 12 First Team consisted of Agbaji, Brockington and Pack in addition to the Bears' James Akinjo and Williams. Agbaji and Williams were both unanimous selections.
Williams earned All-Big 12 First Team honors after leading the Red Raiders with 14.0 points per game during the regular season. A senior from Fresno, California, Williams is in his first and only year at Tech after playing two seasons at Fresno State and two at UTEP. He has scored 2,062 points in his career, including 435 through 31 this season where he has started every game for the Red Raiders. Williams had a season-high 33 points in a double-overtime loss at Kansas and finished the regular season with 13 points on Saturday at Oklahoma State. A model of consistency all season, Williams scored in double figures in 17 of 18 conference games this season.
McCullar earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention for the second straight season after averaging 10.0 points and 5.0 rebounds. A junior from San Antonio, McCullar led Tech with 19 points and six rebounds in the home win over Texas and also had 10 points and nine rebounds in the road victory at West Virginia. Obanor is averaging 9.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game after securing his second double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds on Saturday at Oklahoma State. He scored a season-high 23 points and had 13 rebounds in the home win over Baylor. Arms is averaging 8.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game for the Red Raiders this season, including going for 15 points and seven rebounds against Baylor. Santos-Silva earned the selection in his second season at Tech where he is averaging 4.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. He recorded a 10/10 double-double in the home win over Oklahoma State and leads Tech with 20 blocked shots.
Along with Williams, Tech had All-Big 12 First Team selections in Tony Battie, Cory Carr, Andre Emmett (3x), Ronald Ross, Jarrius Jackson (2x), Keenan Evans and Culver. For Big 12 All-Newcomer Team, Williams is the fifth in program history to get a selection. He joins Zhaire Smith, Matt Mooney, Jahmi'us Ramsey and Mac McClung to earn the distinction.
Agbaji was the league's leading scorer in overall (19.8 ppg) and conference games (19.65 ppg). He was third in all games in fi eld goal percentage (.477/208-436), second in 3-point fi eld goal percentage (.411/86-209), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.87) and seventh in free throw percentage (.767/92-120). The senior guard averaged more minutes per game (35.2) than any other Big 12 player and led the Conference with 17 20-point games. Agbaji was a four-time Big 12 Player of the Week this season.
Drew was named Coach of the Year after he guided Baylor to a second-consecutive Big 12 regular season title, sharing this year's crown with Kansas after both finished with 14-4 league records.
Kevin Obanor, Marcus Santos-Silva, Adonis Arms and Kevin McCullar were each honored with All-Big 12 honorable mention selections. Williams is the 11th All-Big 12 First Team selection in program history and the first since Jarrett Culver in 2019.
Texas Tech (23-8, 12-6 Big 12) is the No. 3 seed in the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship where it will open against Iowa State at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday in the final quarterfinal matchup of the tournament.
Ochai Agbaji was the unanimous selection in earning Kansas' 11th Big 12 Player of the Year honor while Baylor's Scott Drew collected his third-consecutive Big 12 Coach of the Year accolade. For the first time in Conference history, three players tied for Defensive Player of the Year as Baylor's Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua, Oklahoma State's Moussa Cisse and West Virginia's Gabe Osabuohien shared the honor. Iowa State claimed first-year awards as Izaiah Brockington picked up Newcomer of the Year and Tyrese Hunter claimed Freshman of the Year. Kansas State's Nijel Pack was voted as Most Improved Player while BU's Jeremy Sochan was recognized with the Sixth Man Award.
The All-Big 12 First Team consisted of Agbaji, Brockington and Pack in addition to the Bears' James Akinjo and Williams. Agbaji and Williams were both unanimous selections.
Williams earned All-Big 12 First Team honors after leading the Red Raiders with 14.0 points per game during the regular season. A senior from Fresno, California, Williams is in his first and only year at Tech after playing two seasons at Fresno State and two at UTEP. He has scored 2,062 points in his career, including 435 through 31 this season where he has started every game for the Red Raiders. Williams had a season-high 33 points in a double-overtime loss at Kansas and finished the regular season with 13 points on Saturday at Oklahoma State. A model of consistency all season, Williams scored in double figures in 17 of 18 conference games this season.
McCullar earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention for the second straight season after averaging 10.0 points and 5.0 rebounds. A junior from San Antonio, McCullar led Tech with 19 points and six rebounds in the home win over Texas and also had 10 points and nine rebounds in the road victory at West Virginia. Obanor is averaging 9.8 points and 5.0 rebounds per game after securing his second double-double of the season with 16 points and 10 rebounds on Saturday at Oklahoma State. He scored a season-high 23 points and had 13 rebounds in the home win over Baylor. Arms is averaging 8.5 points and 4.2 rebounds per game for the Red Raiders this season, including going for 15 points and seven rebounds against Baylor. Santos-Silva earned the selection in his second season at Tech where he is averaging 4.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. He recorded a 10/10 double-double in the home win over Oklahoma State and leads Tech with 20 blocked shots.
Along with Williams, Tech had All-Big 12 First Team selections in Tony Battie, Cory Carr, Andre Emmett (3x), Ronald Ross, Jarrius Jackson (2x), Keenan Evans and Culver. For Big 12 All-Newcomer Team, Williams is the fifth in program history to get a selection. He joins Zhaire Smith, Matt Mooney, Jahmi'us Ramsey and Mac McClung to earn the distinction.
Agbaji was the league's leading scorer in overall (19.8 ppg) and conference games (19.65 ppg). He was third in all games in fi eld goal percentage (.477/208-436), second in 3-point fi eld goal percentage (.411/86-209), second in 3-pointers made per game (2.87) and seventh in free throw percentage (.767/92-120). The senior guard averaged more minutes per game (35.2) than any other Big 12 player and led the Conference with 17 20-point games. Agbaji was a four-time Big 12 Player of the Week this season.
Drew was named Coach of the Year after he guided Baylor to a second-consecutive Big 12 regular season title, sharing this year's crown with Kansas after both finished with 14-4 league records.
ÂA great year and he's not done yet??@Bwillington11 has been named to the All-Big 12 First Team as well as the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team! pic.twitter.com/P0TySML9k8
— Texas Tech Basketball (@TexasTechMBB) March 7, 2022
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