Three Bulldogs Earn All-SCAC Recognition

SEGUIN, Texas -- Three Texas Lutheran Bulldogs were named to various All-SCAC Men's Basketball Teams Saturday by the league's coaches and sports information directors.

Senior guard Xavier Phillips (Austin/Dripping Springs) earned All-SCAC Third Team, his second career All-SCAC honor. Junior Easton Allen (New Braunfels/Marion) was named All-SCAC honorable mention. Freshman Teddy Tapken (Austin/Lake Travis) picked up a spot on the SCAC All-Freshman Team.

Phillips led the Bulldogs with 12.3 points and 1.4 steals per game and was second on the team with 4.3 rebounds per game, while also averaging 2.0 assists per game. Phillips ranked fourth in the SCAC with 49 made threes this season. A starter in 20 of 24 games played this season, Phillips scored in double figures in 16 games this season.

Allen led the SCAC with 6.1 rebounds per game - ranking in a tie for ninth in the SCAC - and was third on the team with 10.2 points per game. The 6-6 forward was also one of the most lethal shooters in the conference, finishing second in the SCAC with a 46.3 percentage from beyond the arc. Allen would also finish fifth in free throw percentage making 81 percent of his attempts from the line.

Tapken averaged 8.4 points per game and finished as the SCAC's leader in field goal percentage at 63.6 percent. A starter in 22 games, Tapken finished in double figures in eight games including the last five games of the season.

The Bulldogs concluded the 2023-24 season with a 6-19 record, going 5-11 in the SCAC to claim eighth place in the conference in the regular season.

The full All-SCAC honors can be viewed here.

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