WINONA LAKE, Ind. - Following another championship run through the Crossroads League, the Grace men's basketball team racked up a plethora of major conference awards.
Scott Moore was named the Crossroads League Coach of the Year after guiding Grace to a regular season title as well as a postseason tournament championship — doing it with a team which had zero seniors. It is the fourth league Coach of the Year award in Moore's seven-year career.
Ian Raasch and Gage Sefton were both named First Team All-League. Tyler Raasch was a Second Team honoree, and Gavin Betten was honorable mention for All-League.
Tyler Raasch was named the Newcomer of the Year in the Crossroads League as well as the Freshman of the Year.
Tyler, along with Gavin Betten and Michael Wellman, earned a spot on the All-Freshmen Team. Grace boasted three of the five All-Freshmen Team spots from the league.
The Raasch brothers were both named on the All-Defensive Team as well, giving Grace two-fifths of the All-Defensive Team.
Grace (28-3) enjoyed another net-cutting spree this year. The Lancers have been ranked in the top-two of the NAIA for the majority of the season.
Ian Raasch produced 13.8 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steals per game. He shot 60 percent from the floor, 47 percent on 3-pointers and 77 percent from the free throw line.
Sefton racked up 13.5 points, 6.2 boards and 1.7 assists. He shot 53 percent overall, 42 percent on 3s and 87 percent at the foul line.
Tyler Raasch led the league in blocks as a freshman. He finished the year with averages of 11.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.4 blocks and 1.3 assists per game, making 59 percent from the floor and 57 percent on 3s.
Betten was a walking bucket off the bench. The freshman finished third on the team in scoring (12.8 ppg), shooting 61 percent on his field goals and 38 percent on his 3-point tries.
Wellman averaged 9.3 points per game in his freshman campaign. He was second on the team in 3-pointers made, connecting on 33 percent of his attempts.
As a team, Grace averaged 90 points per game and outscored opponents by an average of 15. The Lancers rank in the top-10 of the NAIA in points, rebounding margin, blocks and field goal percentage and lead the nation in assists.
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