KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced today the 2019-20 NABC Division I All-District teams and coaches, as selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division I. Four student-athletes from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) were honored.
Jibri Blount of North Carolina Central, Cletrell Pope of Bethune-Cookman, Kameron Langley of North Carolina A&T State and Jermaine Bishop of Norfolk State were all name to the District 15 Second Team.
Blount, the 2019-20 MEAC Player of the Year, lead the Eagles to their fourth MEAC regular-season title. He ranked second in the league in scoring (19.2 ppg) and third in rebounding (9.5 rpg), and his 52.5 field goal percentage was fifth-best in the MEAC. Blount also led the conference with 2.2 steals a contest.
Pope became the second player in MEAC history to earn back-to-back Defensive Player of the Year awards. He led the MEAC with 17 double-doubles this season, and he led the conference with nearly 12 rebounds a contest (11.9) – as well as both offensive and defensive rebounding. He was fourth in the MEAC in field goal percentage (.527) and blocked shots (1.3 bpg).
Langley and Bishop both earned First Team All-MEAC honors this season. Langley is the MEAC’s all-time career assists leader, and he led the conference in both assists (8.0 apg) and assist-turnover ratio (2.4). He had two triple-doubles on the season – against Delaware State on Jan. 27 and against North Carolina Central on Feb. 17.
Bishop was fourth in the MEAC in scoring, averaging 15.6 points a game. He was second in the conference in free throw percentage, hitting 85.5 percent of his shots at the charity stripe, and he was fifth in 3-point field goal percentage (.395) – while leading the MEAC with 3.2 made threes a game.