KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Nicholls State University guard has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I All-District Team, landing on second team for District 22.

Gordon, who garnered Southland Conference Player of the Year and repeated as a first-team selection, averaged 21.6 points during the regular season to finish ninth in the NCAA in scoring. Gordon scored 20+ points in 18 games this season, highlighted by four 30-point efforts. 

A native of Tunica, Mississippi, Gordon earned a league-record seven player of the weeks this season including after his career-high 36 points in the Colonels' winner-take-all finale against New Orleans. In the five contests against Big 10/Big XII/Pac 12 opponents, Gordon averaged 22.6 points and made 23 3-pointers at a 44.2 percent clip.

Gordon helped the Colonels to a second straight outright Southland regular season title and their second 20-win season in the last three years. Nicholls also earned the first NIT bid in program history, taking on top-seeded SMU on Wednesday night. 

District 22
First Team
Jalen Johnson - Alabama A&M -- 16.0 ppg, 7.3 reb
Tyrone Lyons - Southern -- 13.7 ppg, 5.0 reb.
MJ Randolph - Florida A&M -- 18.8 ppg, 6.2 reb, 3.5 ast
Jayden Saddler - Southern -- 11.1 ppg, 4.2 ast, 3.1 reb
Derek St. Hilaire - New Orleans -- 20.3 ppg, 3.9 reb, 2.7 ast
 
Second Team
Cameron Christon - Grambling State -- 13.1 ppg, 3.8 reb
Joe French - Bethune Cookman -- 15.8 ppg, 75 3PT, 44.1 3PT% 2.6 reb
Ty Gordon - Nicholls -- 21.4 ppg, 101 3PT, 36.2 3PT%, 3.4 reb, 3.1 ast, 1.5 stl
Garrett Hicks - Alabama A&M -- 14.0 ppg, 3.8 reb
Jayveous McKinnis - Jackson State -- 12.2 ppg, 10.1 reb, 55.8 FG%, 2.9 blk
 
Coach of the Year: Sean Woods - Southern (17-14, 12-6 SWAC, 3rd place)