Men's Basketball

Date: 05.03.2010

Age: 188 days

GREENVILLE, S.C. - King College kept climbing in the NCCAA Division I Men's Basketball stat report as the Tornado moved higher in 10 categories.

King added two more team rankings to the Top-15 to give the Tornado a total of nine. Four of the rankings are among the Top-5, including the second most steals per game at 11.6. The Tornado saw 10 of the 13 team rankings improve from the week before.

Individual NCCAA Mid-East Region rankings remained at a total of 14. Jason Seymore (Powell, Tenn.) added his 6.5 rebounds per game to rank 10th in the region.

Stephen Kite (Atlanta, Ga.) moved into 23rd nationally with his 54.1 percent in the field goal percentage category to give King eight nationally ranked individual stats. Kite's 47.8 percentage from behind the three-point line ranks third nationally and first in the region.

King will be a part of the NCCAA Mid-East Regional tournament next week. The bracket has yet to be finalized, but King has the No. 1 seed for the event. The finalized bracket will be announced when released by the NCCAA.

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

• Stephen Kite (Atlanta, Ga.)
  • Free Throw Pct. - Fourth - 78.1 pct.
  • 3-Poing Pct. - First - 47.8 pct. (3rd)
  • Field Goal Pct. - Seventh - 54.1 pct. (23rd)
• Brian Hewitt (Lexington, Ky.)
  • Assists - Second - 6.4 APG (2nd)
  • Steals - Fourth - 1.9 SPG (17th)
• Elisha Murray (Ft. Myers, Fla.)
  • Steals - Third - 1.9 SPG (16th)
  • Field Goal Pct. - Ninth - 52.9 pct.
• Mark Dockery (Nickelsville, Va.)
  • Steals - Fifth - 1.8 SPG (19th)
  • 3-Poing Pct. - Tenth - 36.6 pct.
• Craig McCargo (South Boston, Va.)
  • Assists - Fourth - 3.7 APG (17th)
  • 3-Point Pct. - Ninth - 39.4 pct.
• Jason Seymore (Powell, Tenn.)
  • Rebounds - Tenth - 6.5 RPG
  • Free Throw Pct. - Tenth - 71.9 pct.
• Clarence Smith (Nashville, Tenn.)
  • Blocks - Third - 1.2 BPG (21st)

NCCAA Division I Team Rankings

• Steals - 2nd - 11.6 SPG
• Scoring Margin - 3rd - +17.6
• Scoring - 5th - 85.5 PPG
• Assists - 5th - 17.6 APG
• Field Goal Pct. - 7th - 48.0 pct.
• Free Throw Pct. - 12th - 71.1 pct.
• Scoring Defense - 12th - 67.9 PPG
• Rebound Margin - 12th - +4.0
• Blocks - 15th - 3.0 BPG
• Defensive 3-Point FG pct. - 16th - 31.9 pct.
• Defensive FG pct. - 16th - 42.6 pct.
• 3-Point FG pct. - 17th - 35.8 pct.
• Rebounds - 19th - 37.4 RPG