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| Hall and Bunn received both All Southern
Conference selections for season |
Allie
Woods
Sports Minor Beat |
For the first time since 1998 and the second time ever, the
Appalachian State University men’s basketball team received
two All Southern Conference selections.
This honor comes to seniors and backcourt mates Graham Bunn and
Shawn Hall on the heels of a conference title.
“I wish it was a team honor,” Hall said. “If it wasn’t
for the team, me and Graham wouldn’t have been able to get
all conference.”
Bunn came to ASU from Bowling Green State University in 2000-2001.
He spent that season practicing with the team, but was unable to
see game action because NCAA rules required him to sit out one season.
Bunn used this year to become familiar with the ASU system and his
new teammates. He entered the 2001-2002 season as the No. 2 point
guard behind Mountaineer senior Jonathan Butler.
In 2001-2002 he saw action in all 28 games for the Mountaineers,
leading them in three-point field goals and free throw percentages
and was also the team’s leading returner in assists. This season
saw Bunn continue on the same track of sharp shooting and solid
passing as well as doubled playing time.
As the team leader in minutes played (31.9 per game) and three point
percentage (41 percent) for the second straight year, Bunn put together
a season worthy of the honor he received. He also led the team in
assists with 140, which was twice as many as any ASU passer and
good for sixth on the all-time list. He ranked second in steals
and averaged 12.5 points per game, which was also good for second
place on the team.
Hall also came to ASU as a transfer student. He played two seasons
at Kankakee Community College where he established new records for
three-point field goals in a season and career.
In the 2001-2002 campaign he saw action in 26 games and earned eight
starts. He was able to establish himself as a good shooter with
a quick first step. Hall led the team in three point baskets made
and attempted, and managed to rank second on the team in scoring
despite primarily coming off the bench.
Hall played especially well at the end of the season when he lead
the team in scoring three out of the last four games and tied a
career high with 23 points in the Southern Conference Tournament
against College of Charleston.
“It was all coach from the summer,” Hall said. “He
buckled down and changed the offense for us. That loosened everything
up so we could play to our full potential. Last year we played like
robots, so to say.”
With the added freedom on the offensive end, Hall was able to use
his trademark high arching shot to put together one of the best
scoring seasons in Appalachian history.
His 573 points ranks him fifth all-time for points in a season and
the best scoring output since the 1972-1973 season for an ASU player.
The 103 three-point baskets he rained in ties him with Rufus Leach
for the most in a single season by a Mountaineer player.
After being picked to finish last in the Northern Division, these
two seniors, along with seniors Nate Carson and Josh Shehan, helped
the Mountaineers to a tie for the Northern Division championship.
“If this program goes where we want it to go you can turn around
and see where the turning point was,” head coach Houston Fancher
said. “It was these four seniors who gave it everything they
had. At the beginning of this year no one gave them a shot at doing
anything. Everyone had low expectations of us, but our seniors didn’t.
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