NEW YORK – Senior guards Myles Powell of Seton Hall and Markus Howard of Marquette have been named to the Associated Press All-America First Team.  Creighton’s Marcus Zegarowski and Villanova’s Saddiq Bey were named AP Honorable Mention.  The BIG EAST has two players on the AP First Team for the first time since 2009-10 when Villanova’s Scottie Reynolds and Syracuse’s Wes Johnson were named. 

Earlier this month, Powell was named BIG EAST Player of the Year by a vote of the league’s head coaches.  The senior led the Pirates to a share of the BIG EAST regular-season crown and ranked second in the league in scoring with a 21.8 average, which was 17th nationally.  In the Pirates’ nine BIG EAST road games, Powell was even more productive with a 25.8 scoring mark. 
 
Howard led the nation in scoring with a 27.8 average and ranked second in 3-pointers made with 294.  He also became the BIG EAST’s all-time leading scorer in league games with 1,587 points and in 3-pointers made with 245.  Howard set the BIG EAST single-season scoring record with a 28.7 average in league games.   

Zegarowski, a sophomore guard who was named All-BIG EAST Second Team, averaged 16.1 points, 5.1 assists and 3.8 rebounds for Creighton, which shared the regular-season title with Seton Hall and Villanova. He shot 42.4 percent from 3-point range. Zegarowski ranked third in the BIG EAST in assists and 3-point shooting.     

Bey, a sophomore forward, was a unanimous pick for the All-BIG EAST First Team.  The sophomore helped Villanova take a share of the league’s regular-season crown and averaged a team-leading 16.1 points, 4.2 rebounds and ranked first in the BIG EAST in 3-point shooting, making 48.4 percent.