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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Freddy Bowe named to All-GLIAC team


All four Michigan Tech men's basketball seniors were named to All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference teams it was announced Wednesday night at the league's annual awards banquet prior to this weekend's GLIAC Final Four.

Fredrick Bowe (Freeport, Bahamas) and Robby Springborn (Fond du Lac,Wis.) were both selected to the All-GLIAC North Division Second Team. Brandon Ball (Grand Rapids, Mich/Union) and Sean Geary (Marquette,Mich.) were both picked to the GLIAC North Division All-Defensive Team.

Bowe gained the first All-GLIAC honour of his career after averaging 10.3 points and 7.8 rebounds on the year. The 6-5 forward ranks second in the league in rebounding and has the most boards (217) by a Tech player since Rod Ruth in 1987-88.

Bowe just completed his senior season at Michigan Tech.

Springborn is an all-league honoree for the second straight year. The 5-11 guard averages a team-high 12.8 points per game and has five 20 plus point games on the year.

His free throw percentage of 90.6 is tops in the league and sixth-best in the country.

Ball averaged 20 minutes off the bench for the Huskies and was a defensive presence.

The 5-11 guard had 29 steals on the year and averaged 4.6 points and 2.3 rebounds.

Geary is on the all-defensive team for the second straight year after starting 25 games on the year.

The 5-10 guard posted averages of 6.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists.

He also added 25 steals to bring his career total to 112 steals.

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