Curry, Scott Tabbed All-Conference; Robinson Named ROTY

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LATHAM, N.Y. - Penn State Harrisburg men's basketball players Nate Curry and Zegary Scott III have earned United East All-Conference recognition, while teammate Chase Robinson has been named the conference's rookie of the year. 

 

Curry was named to the United East All-Conference First Team, while Scott secured second-team all-conference honors. Robinson became just the second player in program history to garner conference rookie of the year accolades. 

 

Curry's most-recent all-conference honor is the third of his career after he was named a first teamer as a freshman and a second-team pick a year ago. The Brooklyn, N.Y. native is having a stellar senior season, averaging a team-high 15.5 points per game on 48.1 percent shooting from the field to go along with a team-best 8.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.3 steals per contest. The versatile guard recorded eight double-doubles on the year and recently became just the seventh player in the program's NCAA era to score 1,000 career points. The team captain also earned a pair of United East Player of the Week honors earlier this winter (1/23, 1/30). 

 

Scott picks up the second all-conference nod of his career after earning third-team recognition during his sophomore campaign. The Jersey City, N.J. native ranks second among active NCAA Division III players with 552 career assists and he recently became the program's eighth player to score 1,000 career points in the NCAA era. This season, the team's floor general is averaging 11.4 points per game on 45.4 percent shooting from the floor, as well as a team-high 5.2 assists, 3.8 rebounds, and 1.1 steals per outing. The team captain also leads the conference with a 2.3 assist-to-turnover ratio. 

 

Robinson joins Curry as the only players in program history to be named conference rookie of the year. The Queens Village, N.Y. native burst onto the scene during his freshman season and emerged as the team's sixth man. The shifty guard is averaging 7.7 points per game on 48.8 percent shooting from the field. He's also dishing out 2.7 assists per contest to go along with 1.8 rebounds and 1.2 steals per outing. He recently netted a career-high 24 points in victory over Penn State Abington earlier this month. 

 

Penn State Harrisburg (15-10, 12-4 United East) earned the No. 2 seed in the upcoming United East Championship Tournament. The Lions face No. 3 seed Penn State Abington in semifinal action at top-seed Lancaster Bible on Friday night, Feb. 24. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m.

 

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