NDSU's Alexander to Play in Reese’s College All-Star Game

INDIANAPOLIS – North Dakota State senior Lawrence Alexander has been selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to play in the 2015 Reese’s College All-Star Game this Friday at the Final Four in Indianapolis.

The Reese’s College All-Star Game features 20 of the finest senior college basketball players from NCAA Division I playing on the Final Four floor at Lucas Oil Stadium. Tipoff is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. (ET) / 3:30 p.m. (CT) on Friday afternoon.

Alexander joins Ben Woodside (2009) as Bison to have earned an invite to the event.

Nebraska head coach and former NDSU coach Tim Miles will coach the Reese’s East All-Stars, while Jim Crews of St. Louis University will lead the Reese’s West All-Stars.

Alexander was named The Summit League’s Player of the Year and Tournament MVP this season, as well as earning NABC first-team All-District and AP honorable mention All-America honors. He ranked fifth in the nation in minutes per game (38.5) and eighth nationally in three-point percentage (44.1%) for the season.

The Peoria, Ill., native set new NDSU career records for minutes played (4,631), games started (131) and wins (90). Alexander finished his Bison career ranked fourth in school history with 1,755 points.

REESE’S^® Division I East All-Stars (orange)

  No.       Name                                          Pos.       Ht.            Wt.                College/Hometown      

  1            Julius Brown                             G             5-10         170 Toledo/Markham, Ill.

  3            Tyler Kalinoski                         G             6-4            180 Davidson/Overland Park, Kan.

  5            Will Cummings                        G             6-2            185 Temple/Jacksonville, Fla.

  11         Darun Hilliard                           G             6-6            215 Villanova/Bethlehem, Pa.

  13         D’Angelo Harrison                 G             6-4            202 St. John’s/Missouri City, Texas

  15         Treveon Graham                    F              6-6            220 VCU/Temple Hill, Md.

  21         LaDontae Henton                  F              6-6            215 Providence/Lansing, Mich.

  23         JayVaughn Pinkston             F              6-7            235 Villanova/Brooklyn, N.Y.

  25         Jarvis Williams                         PF           6-8            215 Murray State/Macon, Ga.

  31         Kameron Woods                    PF           6-9            200 Butler/Louisville, Ky.

  33         Matt Stainbrook                     C             6-10         270 Xavier/Bay Village, Ohio

Head Coach: Tim Miles (University of Nebraska)

Assistant Coach: Ron Coleman

REESE’S^® Division I West All-Stars (white)

  No.       Name                                          Pos.       Ht.            Wt.                College/Hometown      

  2            Mikh McKinney                      G             6-1            165                 Sacramento State/Union City, Calif.

  4            Lawrence Alexander            G             6-3            190                 North Dakota State/Peoria, Ill.

  10         Corey Hawkins                        G             6-3            195                 UC Davis/Goodyear, Ariz.

  12         Ralston Turner                        G             6-5            205                 N.C. State/Muscle Shoals, Ala.

  14         Pat Connaughton                   G/F        6-5            218                 Notre Dame/Arlington, Mass.

  22         Jacob Parker                            F              6-6            210                 Stephen F. Austin/Bixby, Okla.

  24         Seth Tuttle                                PF           6-8            240                 Northern Iowa/Sheffield, Iowa

  30         Le’Bryan Nash                         F              6-7            235                 Oklahoma State/Dallas,Texas    

  34         Alan Williams                           PF           6-8            265                 UCSB/Goodyear, Ariz.

  40         Brad Waldow                           F              6-10         270                 St. Mary’s/Shingle Springs, Calif.

               

Head Coach: Jim Crews (Saint Louis University)

Assistant Coach: Chris Hollender