Texas Tech University Athletics
Trio of Red Raiders earn All-Big 12 Honors
March 05, 2023 | Men's Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas – A trio of Red Raiders have earned All-Big 12 postseason awards with Pop Isaacs being named to All-Freshman Team and Kevin Obanor and De'Vion Harmon taking All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selections.
Obanor leads Texas Tech with 14.4 points and 6.4 rebounds this season and is now a two-time All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection after also earning the honor last season. A Houston, Texas native, Obanor has scored 2,123 points and has 1,088 rebounds in his career that started with three seasons at Oral Roberts. Since joining the Red Raider program, Obanor has started all 68 games and has scored 817 points and grabbed 404 rebounds. He helped lead the Tech program to the 2022 Sweet 16 with double-doubles in each of the three tournament games. A fifth-year senior, he had a season high 26 points earlier this year against Kansas in a game where he hit five 3-pointers and has scored in double figures in 24 games.
Harmon is in his first season at Tech after playing at Oregon last season following two at Oklahoma. He is averaging 13.6 points per game this season and leads the team with 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game. A Denton, Texas native, Harmon has scored in double figures in 24 games this season with a career-high 25 points coming in the home win over Texas. He had six assists on Saturday against Oklahoma State and now has a team-best 111 assists this season. Harmon has produced 1,349 points, 297 assists and 159 steals throughout his career.
Isaacs earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors after a regular season where he scored 11.3 points per game and led the Raiders with 59 3-pointers. He averaged 12.4 points through 12 games played in conference play after missing six due to injury. He scored a season-high 24 points in non-conference play against Nicholls and then scored 23 points with five 3-pointers in a loss at Texas. He made three or more 3-pointers in 12 games this season, including making three against Oklahoma State in the regular-season finale. A Las Vegas, Nevada native, he has also produced 63 assists and 25 steals this season. He has 15 games scoring in double figures.
Kansas' Jalen Wilson was the unanimous choice as Player of the Year while Kansas State's Jerome Tang was selected Coach of the Year in his first season to highlight the 2022-23 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 men's basketball awards, chosen by the head coaches. The Jayhawks collected two other individual awards as Dajuan Harris Jr. was voted Defensive Player of the Year while KJ Adams Jr. garnered Most Improved Player.
The Wildcats' Keyontae Johnson was the unanimous choice as Newcomer of the Year, Baylor's Keyonte George earned Freshman of the Year and Texas' Sir'Jabari Rice collected the Sixth Man Award. Wilson leads the Big 12 in both scoring (19.7 ppg), rebounding (8.4 rpg) and double-doubles (10) while he is second in minutes played (35.2). The junior forward is vying to become the seventh player, fourth Jayhawk, in Big 12 history to lead the league in both scoring and rebounding. Wilson has two 30-point performances and 17 games of 20-plus points this season. His 38 points at K-State on Jan. 17 are the most in a conference matchup this year. He is a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and Oscar Robertson Trophy. Also a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection, Wilson was joined on the first team by Baylor's Adam Flagler, also a unanimous pick, K-State's Johnson and Markquis Nowell along with Texas' Marcus Carr.
Texas Tech is set to open the Big 12 Championship against West Virginia at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Obanor leads Texas Tech with 14.4 points and 6.4 rebounds this season and is now a two-time All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection after also earning the honor last season. A Houston, Texas native, Obanor has scored 2,123 points and has 1,088 rebounds in his career that started with three seasons at Oral Roberts. Since joining the Red Raider program, Obanor has started all 68 games and has scored 817 points and grabbed 404 rebounds. He helped lead the Tech program to the 2022 Sweet 16 with double-doubles in each of the three tournament games. A fifth-year senior, he had a season high 26 points earlier this year against Kansas in a game where he hit five 3-pointers and has scored in double figures in 24 games.
Harmon is in his first season at Tech after playing at Oregon last season following two at Oklahoma. He is averaging 13.6 points per game this season and leads the team with 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game. A Denton, Texas native, Harmon has scored in double figures in 24 games this season with a career-high 25 points coming in the home win over Texas. He had six assists on Saturday against Oklahoma State and now has a team-best 111 assists this season. Harmon has produced 1,349 points, 297 assists and 159 steals throughout his career.
Isaacs earned Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors after a regular season where he scored 11.3 points per game and led the Raiders with 59 3-pointers. He averaged 12.4 points through 12 games played in conference play after missing six due to injury. He scored a season-high 24 points in non-conference play against Nicholls and then scored 23 points with five 3-pointers in a loss at Texas. He made three or more 3-pointers in 12 games this season, including making three against Oklahoma State in the regular-season finale. A Las Vegas, Nevada native, he has also produced 63 assists and 25 steals this season. He has 15 games scoring in double figures.
Kansas' Jalen Wilson was the unanimous choice as Player of the Year while Kansas State's Jerome Tang was selected Coach of the Year in his first season to highlight the 2022-23 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 men's basketball awards, chosen by the head coaches. The Jayhawks collected two other individual awards as Dajuan Harris Jr. was voted Defensive Player of the Year while KJ Adams Jr. garnered Most Improved Player.
The Wildcats' Keyontae Johnson was the unanimous choice as Newcomer of the Year, Baylor's Keyonte George earned Freshman of the Year and Texas' Sir'Jabari Rice collected the Sixth Man Award. Wilson leads the Big 12 in both scoring (19.7 ppg), rebounding (8.4 rpg) and double-doubles (10) while he is second in minutes played (35.2). The junior forward is vying to become the seventh player, fourth Jayhawk, in Big 12 history to lead the league in both scoring and rebounding. Wilson has two 30-point performances and 17 games of 20-plus points this season. His 38 points at K-State on Jan. 17 are the most in a conference matchup this year. He is a finalist for the John R. Wooden Award and Oscar Robertson Trophy. Also a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection, Wilson was joined on the first team by Baylor's Adam Flagler, also a unanimous pick, K-State's Johnson and Markquis Nowell along with Texas' Marcus Carr.
Texas Tech is set to open the Big 12 Championship against West Virginia at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.
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