Scottie Bordelon is a reporter for WholeHogSports.com. A graduate of the University of Arkansas, Bordelon previously covered high school sports for the Times Record in Fort Smith and the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in Springdale. He is a member of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and Football Writers Association of America, and was awarded 2022 Arkansas Sportswriter of the Year.
Monk named second team All-SEC
By:
Scottie Bordelon
Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
(
J.T. Wampler)
Arkansas' Malica Monk plays against Missouri on Monday Feb. 12, 2018 at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville.
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas senior guard Malica Monk was named second team All-SEC by the league’s coaches on Tuesday.
The Little Rock native led the Razorbacks in scoring at 15.9 points per game last season and averaged 3.4 rebounds while totaling a team-high 122 assists. Monk scored in double figures in 29 of Arkansas’ 31 games in 2017-18 and finished with 20-plus points nine times.
Monday night, Monk scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting and dished out two assists in 15 minutes in Arkansas’ 115-54 exhibition win over Southwest Baptist in Bud Walton Arena.
As a team, the Razorbacks were selected to finish 11th in the SEC in coach Mike Neighbors’ second season.
Arkansas wraps up its exhibition schedule Thursday against East Central University at 7 p.m before officially opening its season Nov. 9 against Northwestern State in Bud Walton Arena. Tipoff is set for 10:30 a.m.
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