Men's Basketball

Date: 29.01.2010

Age: 223 days

GREENVILLE, S.C. - King College has a total of nine individual Top-25 rankings in the latest NCCAA Division I Men's Basketball stat report, the organization released this week.

Among the rankings is the best free throw percentage with Craig McCargo (South Boston, Va.) at a perfect 100 percent. Brian Hewitt (Lexington, Ky.) dropped a spot to No. 2 nationally in assists with 6.1 per game and Stephen Kite (Atlanta, Ga.) fourth in three-point percentage at 50.0 percent.

Seven players combined for 13 Top-10 stat rankings in the Mid-East region.

King had a total of 13 team stats in the Top-25 for the second time in the last three reports. Last week the Tornado had 12 among the Top-25. Seven of the 13 were in the Top-10. The newest ranking was the team's three-point percentage which was 35.9 percent and landed at 19th nationally.

The Tornado was placed No. 6 in this week's NCCAA Division I Men's Basketball Coaches' Poll after landing at No. 2 in the NCCAA Burbridge Power Ratings.

King, at 12-4 on the season, travels to USC-Aiken for a 3 p.m. game Saturday. King saw an eight-game winning streak snapped Wednesday as Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) University won a 77-58 contest.

NCCAA Mid-East Individual Rankings (NCCAA Division I Rank)

• Stephen Kite (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • 3-Poing Pct. - First - 50.0 pct. (4th)
  • Free Throw Pct. - Second - 85.7 pct. (12th)
  • Field Goal Pct. - Seventh - 55.6 pct. (21st)
  • Scoring - Eighth - 14.3 PPG
• Mark Dockery (Nickelsville, Va.)
  • Steals - Third - 2.2 SPG (10th)
  • 3-Poing Pct. - Ninth - 37.5 pct.
• Brian Hewitt (Lexington, Ky.)
  • Assists - Second - 6.1 APG (2nd)
  • Steals - Third - 2.2 SPG (10th)
• Craig McCargo (South Boston, Va.)
  • Free Throw Pct. - First - 100.0 pct. (1st)
  • Assists - Fourth - 3.4 APG (23rd)
• Elisha Murray (Ft. Myers, Fla.)
  • Steals - Sixth - 1.8 SPG
• Jason Seymore (Powell, Tenn.)
  • Free Throw Pct. - Ninth - 68.4 pct.
• Clarence Smith (Nashville, Tenn.)
  • Blocks - Third - 1.1 BPG (22nd)

NCCAA Division I Team Rankings

• Steals - 2nd - 11.5 SPG
• Scoring Margin - 4th - +16.2
• Defensive 3-Point FG pct. - 4th - 30.1 pct.
• Scoring - 8th - 82.1 PPG
• Defensive FG pct. - 10th - 41.9 pct.
• Field Goal Pct. - 10th - 47.7 pct.
• Scoring Defense - 10th - 66.7 PPG
• Assists - 11th - 16.2 APG
• Rebound Margin - 13th - +4.6
• Rebounds - 19th - 37.1 RPG
• 3-Point FG pct. - 19th - 35.9 pct.
• Free Throw Pct. - 20th - 68.7 pct.
• Blocks - 20th - 2.9 BPG