Monday, March 02, 2009

Crusader senior forward Urule Igbavboa (Oakdale, Minn./Tartan) has been selected as a Second Team All-Horizon League honoree by the league’s head coaches, sports information directors and media members after a standout 2008-2009 campaign.

Igbavboa leads the Crusaders this year in both scoring (12.1 ppg) and rebounding (5.9 rpg), and is tied for the team lead with 73 assists on the season.  The senior, who has scored in double figures 17 times on the season, increased his production in Horizon League play, averaging 13.8 points, 6.4 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game within the league.  He ranks sixth in the league in league-only games in all three categories, the only player among the league’s top-ten in all three.