<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3kfDV5_0viaJqVt00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3kfDV5_0viaJqVt00" width="1884" height="1060" ></figure>RICHMOND, Ky. – The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook picked EKU to finish third in the Atlantic Sun Conference this season and selected senior Devontae Blanton to the preseason All-ASUN Team.Blanton was one of six players chosen to the preseason all-conference team. The 6-foot-6 wing was a third team All-ASUN pick by league coaches last season after averaging 14 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 0.7 steals per game. He shot 42 percent from the field. Blanton ranked 17th in the ASUN in scoring, 17th in field goal percentage and 17th in rebounding.The Macedonia, Ohio native posted three double-doubles in 2023-24: finishing with 20 points and 11 rebounds against Prairie View A&amp;M, 23 points and 11 rebounds at Kennesaw State, and 23 points and 13 rebounds at Austin Peay. Blanton scored a season-high 24 points two times: against Bellarmine and Florida Gulf Coast.Blue Ribbon picked Lipscomb to win the ASUN in 2024-25. North Alabama was second. Austin Peay and FGCU rounded out the top five.The Colonels won the 2023-24 Atlantic Sun Conference Regular Season Championship, the program's first regular season conference title in 45 years. Head coach A.W. Hamilton was chosen as the ASUN Coach of the Year and the NABC District III Coach of the Year. He is the first coach in program history to be named conference coach of the year twice.</div></body>

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Blue Ribbon Picks Colonels 3rd In ASUN, Blanton On Preseason All-Conference Team

RICHMOND, Ky. – The Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook picked EKU to finish third in the Atlantic Sun Conference this season and selected senior Devontae Blanton to the preseason All-ASUN Team. Blanton was one of six players chosen to the preseason all-conference team. The 6-foot-6 wing was a third...