Sooner Athletic Conference recognizes John Brown men
■ Jake Caudle earned first-team honors along with the sportsmanship award.
John Brown University men’s basketball junior Jake Caudle was named to the All-Sooner Athletic Conference first team by SAC coaches, while junior Josh Bowling picked up honorable mention honors, the conference office announced Wednesday, Feb. 28.
Caudle was additionally honored with the conference’s Sportsmanship Award.
Caudle finished the season leading the Golden Eagles in scoring (18.6 points per game) and shooting both behind the arc (42.6 percent), while hitting 50.8 percent of his shots from the field, good enough for second on the team. He paced the team in field goals (189), 3-pointers (92) and free throws made (88). The Bentonville native produced 25 double-figure scoring games with 11 of 20 points or more and four of 30 points or more, including a career-best 38 points in JBU’s win over Evangel on Nov. 11. Having just eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in his career, Caudle is just 390 points away from cracking the program’s top 10 all-time scoring list.
Caudle finished the season ranked sixth in the nation in total 3-pointers and 11th in triples per game (3.1). He also landed 13th nationally in total points (558). His 92 treys are tied for sixth all-time in a single season program history while his 558 points lands him at 12th all-time.
Bowling was the only other Golden Eagle to average double figures, scoring at a 12.1 points per game clip. He was also second on the team in field goals (127), triples (51), threepoint shooting (42.1) while pacing the team in blocks (32).
More impressively, the Detroit, Mich., native shot 88.6 percent from the free throw line, which not only led the team, but was seventh in the nation and landed him sixth all-time in single-season program history.