ST. LOUIS – In a season that saw him average 22.1 points per game while scoring 20 points or more on 18 occasions, University of Evansville junior Ryan Taylor was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team on Tuesday.
The Gary, Ind. native has been on an absolute roll in the last nine games, averaging 26.0 points while pushing his season average to a league-best 22.1. He ranks 13
th in the nation with his average. As the top scorer in the league, Taylor helped UE extend its streak to five years in a row of having the conference's leading scorer.
On Monday, Taylor was named the MVC Player of the Week for the second time this season after averaging 27.5 PPG in the final week of the regular season. He notched 30 points on the road against Indiana State before wrapping up the regular season with 25 points in a Senior Day win over Southern Illinois.
Taylor has hit 10 or more shots in 8 of the last 9 games while scoring double figures in each contest this season.
He becomes the 8
th player in UE's MVC history to earn the accolade and the first since D.J. Balentine and Egidijus Mockevicius were named to the First Team in 2016.
Joining him on the first team are Clayton Custer (Loyola), Alize Johnson (Missouri State), Reed Timmer (Drake) and Milik Yarbrough (Illinois State).
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