More Valley Honors Roll In For Drake Men’s Basketball

Two Bulldogs earn Most-Improved and All-Bench honors

A busy week of awards following a historic regular season continued Wednesday for the Drake University men's basketball team with two more postseason honors from the Missouri Valley Conference.

Junior Anthony Murphy was named to the All-Bench team while Nick McGlynn was voted on to the Most-Improved team, the league announced Wednesday, March 6.

The honor was the second Most-Improved selection for McGlynn and comes a day after he was named the MVC Defensive Player of the Year, first-team All-MVC and a member of the All-Defensive team.

The Most-Improved honor comes on the heels of a season in which McGlynn launched himself into the upper echelon of top players in the Valley by averaging 15.6 points and leading the league in rebounding with 8.5 rebounds per game. Last season, as a junior, he averaged 11.8 points and 5.7 rebounds per game.

Murphy earned a spot on the All-Bench team in his first season in the Valley in helping lead the Bulldogs to a share of the Valley title in his role. The junior came off the bench to average 6.2 points and 4.0 points per game. He closed out the season strong, averaging 8.5 points in the last four games with a pair of double-figure games.

The pair and their teammates return to action Friday, March 8, in the quarterfinals of the MVC Tournament at St. Louis' Enterprise Center.

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Players Mentioned

#35 Nick McGlynn: F; 6' 8"; Senior

#4 Anthony Murphy: G; 6' 5"; Junior

Players Mentioned

#35 Nick McGlynn
: 6' 8"; Senior
: F

#4 Anthony Murphy
: 6' 5"; Junior
: G

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More Valley Honors Roll In For Drake Men’s Basketball

Two Bulldogs earn Most-Improved and All-Bench honors

Players Mentioned

#35 Nick McGlynn

#4 Anthony Murphy

Players Mentioned

#35 Nick McGlynn

#4 Anthony Murphy