ST. LOUIS – Freshman #D.J. Balentine# was one of six Missouri Valley Conference players to be named to the All-Bench Team on Wednesday morning.
 
Balentine was among three freshmen to be named to the list, joining Matt Bohannon of UNI and Khristian Smith from Indiana State.  Ethan Wragge (Creighton) was named the Team Captain while Nathan Scheer (Missouri State) and Nick Wiggins (Wichita State) were also on the team.
 
The Kokomo, Ind. native averaged 8.1 points per game this season, playing in all 31 games while making one start.  He reached double figures on ten occasions, including his best game of 26 points coming at Colorado State in December.
 
Balentine is just the seventh UE player to make the All-Bench Team and the first since Tobias Brinkley did so in 2003.