2010-11 MSOE Men's Basketball Recap
Senior forward Austin Meier (Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh West) earned numerous accolades during the 2010-11 season as he led the Raiders to a new school record 19 wins. Meier was selected as Capital One Academic All-America of the Year for the College Division and was featured in the NCAA Division I men's basketball Final Four program. It's the second year in a row that Meier is a member of the Academic All-America First Team. He was named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District First Team for the Midwest Region. Back in March, Meier helped the West All-Stars win the NABC Division III All-Star Game in Salem, Va. which was the site of the NCAA Division III National Championship. Meier played 18 minutes and scored eight points while grabbing three rebounds in the 92-81 victory.
Meier was selected as the Northern Athletics Conference Player of the Year for his performance during the 2010-11 campaign. This is the third straight season that Meier has been selected First Team All-NAC. Meier was picked as NAC Rookie of the Year during his freshman campaign. He is the all-time leader in NAC history in scoring, field goals, free throws made, rebounds and steals.
He also was a finalist for the prestigious Jostens Trophy which honors the most outstanding Division III basketball players. Meier was selected to the D3Hoops.com All-Midwest Region Second Team.
Meier led the Raiders in scoring (17.3 PPG), rebounding (10.7 RPG), field goals (165), field-goal percentage (.531), free throws made (108), blocks (16) and steals (86). He holds the MSOE career record for rebounds with 883.
Freshman guard John Cording (Menomonee Falls, Wis./Menomonee Falls) was named to the NAC All-Freshman Team while senior guard Bennett Deacon (Burlington, Wis./Catholic Central) was a member of the All-Sportsmanship Team for the conference. In his first season with the Raiders, Cording was third on the team in assists (50) and fourth in scoring (6.4 PPG). Deacon led the Raiders with 72 assists and 40 three-pointers made and was second at 11.6 points per game, 89 field goals and 84 free throws made. He ended up second all-time in school history with 117 three-pointers in his career.
The Raiders recorded a 12-4 conference record which put the team second in the NAC South Division. MSOE fell to Aurora 72-67 in the quarterfinals of the NAC Tournament.
