October 3, 2008 – ATLANTA – The Morehouse basketball team has been predicted to finish third in the race for the conference title and center Kenney Boyd was voted to the preseason All-SIAC team, conference officials announced today.

SIAC basketball coaches projected the Maroon Tigers to take the third spot despite a 12-15 record, an eighth-place finish in the regular season and a first-round elimination in the 2008 conference tournament.

Boyd, a 6’-8” 280-pound senior from Meridian, MS, led Morehouse in scoring (15.9 ppg) and rebounds (10.1 rpg) last season. In the conference last season, Boyd was second in rebounding and fourth in scoring and was voted to the post-season All-SIAC team.

Morehouse lost two starters and three reserves from last year’s team, due to graduation or exhausted eligibility.

Benedict College , the defending conference champion, was projected to capture the SIAC crown again this season. Claflin, a new addition to the SIAC, was predicted to finish second, and Clark Atlanta was picked to finish fourth.

2008-09 Predicted Order of Finish ( 2007-08 Overall and SIAC Record)

1. Benedict 28-5 (20-2)
2. Claflin 24-2 (0-0)
3. Morehouse 12-15 (9-13)
4. Clark Atlanta 16-14 (13-9)
5. Tuskegee 14-17 (11-11)
6. Kentucky State 12-16 (11-12)
T-7. Albany State 13-16 (11-12)
Fort Valley State 15-14 (13-9)
8. LeMoyne-Owen 1-14 (11-8)
9. Paine 14-15 (12-10)
10. Miles 15-13 (13-9)
11. Lane 5-23 (5-17)
12. Stillman 1-27 (1-21)

2008-09 Men’s All-Conference Team
First Team
Rasuul Buulu LeMoyne-Owen 6′6 SR Memphis, TN *
Flawaan Flaggs Miles College 6′1 SR Jackson, MS *
Kenney Boyd Morehouse 6′8 SR Meridian, MS *
Scheraun King Albany State 6′4 SR Staten Island, NY *
Michael Holmes Benedict 6′5 SO Cincinnati, OH *

Second Team
Kevin Johnson Clark Atlanta 5′10 SR Bronx, NY *
Bennie Lewis Benedict 6′7 SR St. Louis, MO *
Martrez Scott Fort Valley State 6′3 JR Eatonton, GA *
Julian English Paine College 6′0 JR Atlanta, GA *
Najee Lane Clark Atlanta 6′4 SO Trenton, NJ