Roadrunners Earn All-Region Honors

Four State Fair Community College (SFCC) Roadrunners have earned Men's Basketball Division I All-Region 16 honors, as voted by Region coaches. Sophomore guard/forward Caleb Coleman of Hammond, Indiana and freshman guard Damaria Franklin of Chicago, Illinois were named First-Team. Sophomore guard Dru Smith of Kansas City, Missouri and freshman forward L.J. Bryan of Cheltenham, Maryland earned Second-Team accolades.

Coleman led his team in scoring with 15.4 points per game. Coleman scored a season-high 32 points against North Arkansas College. He knocked down 52.5% of his field-goal attempts, which placed him third on the team. Coleman also knocked almost 72% of his free-throw attempts and he pulled down 6.7 rebounds per game. Coleman finished second on the team in blocks per game with 1.1.

Franklin finished second on the team in scoring with 13.3 points per contest. He knocked down 31.7% of his three-point attempts and pulled down four rebounds per game from the guard position. Franklin led the team in steals per game with 1.3.

Smith finished third on the team in scoring with 11.5 points per game. He scored a season-high 23 points against Highland Community College-Kansas and converted on 73% of his free-throw attempts, which placed him second on the team.

Bryan scored 7.7 points per game, which placed him fourth on the team in scoring. Bryan scored a season-high 19 points in the season opener against Missouri Valley College junior varsity. He knocked down 57.9% of his field-goal attempts, which placed him second on the team. He pulled down a team-high 7.3 rebounds per game and led the team lead in blocks per game with 1.2.

"Caleb was a returning player who led us in scoring," said Brown. "Damaria played well during Region play. He had back-to-back 33 point games against West Plains and Moberly. His future is pretty bright, we just need to get him to play more consistently. I was happy for Dru and L.J. to get some recognition as well."

David Rohrbach

SFCC Athletics