By: Colonial States Athletic Conference
VILLANOVA, Pa. - The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) is proud to announce the 2022-2023 All-CSAC Men's Basketball team. The team, composed of players from all eight CSAC institutions that sponsor men's basketball, was voted upon by the coaches in the league.
The team includes first, second, and honorable mention All-CSAC honorees. Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, and Coach of the Year were awarded as well as All-Sportsmanship honorees.
Player of the Year went to Keystone College sophomore guard Jack Anderson (Davie, Fla./Western). The 2021-2022 CSAC All-Second Team and Rookie of the Year had a fantastic follow up season where he averaged 19.5 points per game, 4.1 rebounds per game, and 2.9 assists per game. Anderson also led the CSAC in 3-Point Field Goals (81) as well as 3-Point Field Goals per game (3.1) while finishing runner up in Free Throw Percentage (.833) and 9th in Field Goal Percentage (.489). This is the first CSAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year honor for Keystone College.
Co-Defensive Player of the Year went to Pierre Harden from Saint Elizabeth and Antonio Bussey from Wilson.
Harden averaged 18.3 points per game, 6.5 rebounds per game. He was 2nd in the CSAC with 31 blocks for a 1.5 blocks per game average. Harden is the only player from Saint Elizabeth to have won Defensive Player of the Year, winning it outright last season.
Bussey led the league in blocked shots with 33 total for a 1.5 blocks per game average. He also averaged 8.6 rebounds per game and finished in the Top 5 of all CSAC rebounding categories. Bussey is the first Wilson student-athlete to win CSAC Men's Basketball Defensive Player of the Year.
Rookie of the Year was awarded to Javen Flowers-Smith (Atlanta, Ga./Pembroke Pines Charter) from Keystone College. The first-year lead the CSAC in scoring at 24 points per game including the top-2 scoring outputs of the season (46 points vs. Bryn Athyn on February 11 and 44 points at Cairn on February 22nd in the CSAC Semi-Finals). Flowers-Smith trailed only teammate Jack Anderson (Davie, Fla./Western) in 3-point Field Goals per Game (2.6) and was 5th in Free Throw Percentage (.753). He was also 2nd in the CSAC in Steals with 56 total and 2.4 per game. This is the second-straight CSAC Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year honor for Keystone College, as Anderson won the award last season.
Coach of the Year was awarded to Jason O'Connell from Cairn. This is the 2nd Coach of the Year nod for O'Connell who previously was honored in the 2018-2019 season. This season, Cairn finished 17-9 and 12-2 in CSAC play earning the #1 seed in the tournament and a conference tournament appearance for the fourth straight season.
2022-2023 All-CSAC Men's Basketball
Player of the Year: Jack Anderson (Davie, Fla./Western), Keystone
Co-Defensive Player of the Year: Pierre Harden, St. Elizabeth & Antonio Bussey, Wilson
Rookie of the Year: Javen Flowers-Smith (Atlanta, Ga./Pembroke Pines Charter), Keystone
Coach of the Year: Jason O'Connell, Cairn
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