Uriarte, McCray and Greenwood honored
March 4, 2008
Cleveland, Tenn. - Faulkner placed two on the All-Southern States Athletic Conference team, announced Tuesday night at the conference tournament banquet in Cleveland, Tenn. The Eagles were represented by senior guard Richarde McCray and senior forward Jon Uriarte. Faulkner's Arron Greenwood was selected to the conference's all-academic team.
Lee’s Brad Harris, who led the second-ranked Flames to the regular season championship, was named the SSAC player of the year. Lee head coach Tommy Brown was named the coach of the year.
Both Auburn Montgomery and Faulkner begin play in the conference tournament Wednesday afternoon. The second-seeded Senators play seventh-seeded Emmanuel at noon, followed by the third-seeded Eagles battle with sixth-seeded Southern Poly at 2:15.
If both Auburn Montgomery and Faulkner win Wednesday, the two teams would face each other for the third time this season Friday afternoon at 2:15 in the tournament semifinals. Faulkner won both regular season matchups, including last week’s 76-65 victory at AUM. The SSAC tournament championship game is scheduled for Saturday night at 6 p.m.