Alexander Earns D3hoops.com All-Region Honors

DEFIANCE, OHIO  --  Postseason accolades continue to come in for Defiance College men's basketball player Tyler Alexander (Indianapolis, Ind./Northwest) who was tabbed second-team D3hoops.com All-Great Lakes Region.

Alexander helped lead the Yellow Jackets to a 15-11 overall record and a third-straight shared or outright Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Regular-Season Championship.  DC also claimed the number one seed in this past season's HCAC Tournament with a 13-5 mark in conference play.

Alexander had a standout first season with the Purple & Gold as a transfer.  He led the team, and ranked fifth in the HCAC, in scoring average at 17.5 points per game while shooting 59.4 percent (170-of-206) from the field.  He scored in double figures in 21 games this season with nine games of 20 or more points and a season-high of 29 points.  Alexander also led the team in three other statistical categories including assists (77), free-throws made (77) and free-throw attempts (128).  In addition, he was second on the team in rebounding at 6.4 boards per game and third overall in steals with 21.

Also this season, Alexander was tabbed the HCAC Player of the Year and was a first-team All-HCAC selection.  DC has now had a player earn conference player of the year honors in back-to-back seasons.  Former basketball standout Bernard Edwards earned the award last season.

Players chosen to the D3hoops.com All-Region team are eligible for All-American selection. The men's All-American team will be announced at the end of this week, in conjunction with the Division III men's championships, and the women's will be announced in the week following the Division III women's semifinals.

This is the 15th year D3hoops.com has named an All-Region team and this year's All-America team will be the 19th annual All-Ameircan selections. The D3hoops.com All-American teams, along with those of the respective coaches' associations, are the only ones recognized in the NCAA record book.