FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE:            March 05, 2008

CONTACT:    San Francisco State University Sports Information Office

PHONE:         415-338-1579

 

MEN’S BASKETBALL

THOMAS AND HAYES NAMED ALL-CCAA WHILE TRESELER AND HAYES EACH NAMED COTY AND FOTY

 

San Francisco, Calif.--- SF State men’s basketball duo of Alex Thomas (Jr, G, Vallejo, Calif/Dominican University) and Robert Hayes (Fr, G, San Diego, Calif/St. Augustine’s HS) were named to the 2008 All-California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Men’s Basketball Second Team.  Hayes was named the CCAA Freshman of the Year and Bill Treseler was named the CCAA Coach of the Year as voted on by the league’s coaches.

            Thomas has started in 27 of the Gators’ 28 games while averaging 11.8 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.  He has dished out a career high 106 assists while just turning the ball over 57 times this season.  The junior guard is shooting 46% from the field including 40% from the beyond the arc.  He currently is eighth on the Gators’ all-time career list in assists with 177 and is also eighth in three-point field goals made in a career with 72. 

            Hayes has started in 27 of the Gators’ 28 games while averaging a team high 12.1 points per game and recorded a team leading 48 steals.  The freshman guard has dished out 60 assists while averaging 2.7 rebounds per game.  Hayes is the first ever Gator to be named the CCAA Freshman of the Year.

            Coach Bill Treseler and his staff have guided the Gators to a 17-11 record and a place in the CCAA Basketball Championships semi-finals this Friday, March 7th at 5:30pm against UC San Diego at CSU San Bernardino.  The 17 wins are the most wins by a Gator team since the 1993-94 season, when SF State finished 21-10.  This is also the Gators’ first winning season since 2004-05 (15-12). 

            SF State finished the regular conference season with an 11-9 record and in a five-way tie for third place.  This is the highest ever finish by a Gator men’s basketball team since SF State joined the CCAA during the 1998-99 season..

            For a complete listing of the All-CCAA Team, go to http://www.goccaa.org/News/mbball/2008/3/5/mbb2008allccaa030508.asp?path=mbball.