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Release from Georgia State Athletics:
The National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced Friday that Georgia State’s R.J. Hunter and Ryan Harrow have once again been selected to the NABC Division I All-District 24 teams for 2014-15, recognizing the nation’s best men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes.
It marks the second-straight season that the duo has earned first-team honors and third-straight season that Hunter has been recognized by the organization after earning All-District 10 Second-Team honors while a member of the CAA as a freshman.
The awards are selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC. A total of 250 student-athletes from 25 districts are now eligible for the NABC Coaches’ Division I All-America teams.
“It was great to see both R.J. and Ryan earn this recognition from the coaches,” head coach Ron Hunter said. “Each has had a tremendous season and has been a big part of our success. I am proud of both of them.”
Georgia State won 25 games for the second-straight season and advanced to the third round of the NCAA tournament for just the second time in school history following a come-from-behind win over No. 3-seed Baylor in Jacksonville, Fla.
Hunter repeated as Sun Belt Player of the Year and earned All-Sun Belt First-Team honors after averaging a team-high 19.7 points per game, pulling down 4.7 rebounds and dishing out 3.6 assists per contest. Hunter shot 87.8 percent from the free throw line and made 80 3-pointers.
After making the game-winning free throws to secure the Panthers a win over Georgia Southern and a Sun Belt tournament title, Hunter provided more heroics in the second round of the NCAA tournament. With No. 14-seed Georgia State trailing Baylor by 12 with 2:53 to play, Hunter led a furious comeback that included a 13-0 run, 12 of which were scored by the junior and a 30-foot 3-pointer with 2.6 seconds remaining to give the Panthers the win.
Harrow also earned All-Sun Belt First-Team honors for the second-straight year following a season in which he averaged 18.3 points and 3.6 assists per game. The senior shot 50.4 percent from the floor, among the best in the Sun Belt.
He was named to the Lou Henson Award Midseason Watch List and was among the top scorers in the country before a hamstring injury derailed his ability to play significant minutes in postseason play.
The Sports Inquirer 
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