BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) has released the 2013-14 All-SWAC Teams and Alabama State’s Jamel Waters and Bobby Brown have been named to the Second Team as voted on by the league’s head coaches and basketball sports information contacts.
Waters was arguably the best point guard in the SWAC this season. He finished the regular season leading the Hornets in scoring (14.2) and was the SWAC’s sixth leading scorer. He finished sixth in the SWAC in free throw shooting at .784.
The sophomore from Birmingham was just not a scorer for ASU. He led the SWAC in assists by averaging 6.2 per game and his 179 total assists were 26 more than his nearest competitor. Waters was also ranked 12th among all NCAA Division I players in assists and his 2.85 assists-to-turnover ratio not only led the SWAC but was 21st nationally.
Waters also showed himself to be one of the top defensive guards in the conference as well. He had 54 steals this season which was the third most in the conference and his 1.9 steals per game was also third. He finished the season averaging 3.2 rebounds per game.
Brown may have been the best “sixth man” in the SWAC this season. He missed the final game of the season due to an injury, but finished the year averaging 9.5 points per game and 4.9 rebounds per game, both numbers were among the top 25 players in the conference.
He made a living this season of hitting big three point field goals late in games and he finished the regular season with 36 of those while hitting over 33 percent of them.
Brown had a solid all-around sophomore campaign for ASU finishing the season with 26 assists, 13 blocks and 15 steals. He shot 42 percent from the field and knocked down 66 percent of his free throws.
