Tyra Buss Named WBCA All-American Honorable Mention For Second-Straight Season
3/29/2018 6:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball
COLUMBUS – Senior guard Tyra Buss has been named a Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-American honorable mention for the second-straight season, announced at the NCAA Final Four on Thursday. It marks the first time a Hoosier has won All-American accolades in back-to-back season and becomes the sixth All-American selection in program history.
She is coming off the same honors in 2016-17, the first All-American selection in school history in 31 years. Buss is averaging a team-high 20.8 points per game to go along with 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals as she shoots 42.9 percent from the floor and 34.1 percent from 3-point range.
The Mt. Carmel, Ill. native is an All-Big Ten First Team selection for the third-straight year and has scored in double figures in 35 of 36 games including 20 20-plus scoring games including four 30-point scoring games. In addition, Buss is leading the nation in minutes played (1,439) and minutes per game (40.0).
In her final season in Cream and Crimson, Buss has broken the school records for points scored, steals, assists, free throws made, free throws attempted and 3-pointers attempted. She is third amongst all-time players at Indiana (men's or women's) in scoring with 2,348 career points. In addition, Buss is a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, Academic All-Big Ten and Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American.
Buss and the Hoosiers are back in action Saturday afternoon in the championship of the Women's NIT at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall against Virginia Tech at 3 p.m. ET.
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She is coming off the same honors in 2016-17, the first All-American selection in school history in 31 years. Buss is averaging a team-high 20.8 points per game to go along with 4.8 assists and 2.1 steals as she shoots 42.9 percent from the floor and 34.1 percent from 3-point range.
The Mt. Carmel, Ill. native is an All-Big Ten First Team selection for the third-straight year and has scored in double figures in 35 of 36 games including 20 20-plus scoring games including four 30-point scoring games. In addition, Buss is leading the nation in minutes played (1,439) and minutes per game (40.0).
In her final season in Cream and Crimson, Buss has broken the school records for points scored, steals, assists, free throws made, free throws attempted and 3-pointers attempted. She is third amongst all-time players at Indiana (men's or women's) in scoring with 2,348 career points. In addition, Buss is a CoSIDA Academic All-District selection, Academic All-Big Ten and Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American.
Buss and the Hoosiers are back in action Saturday afternoon in the championship of the Women's NIT at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall against Virginia Tech at 3 p.m. ET.
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