By: Brian Howard
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. | Grambling State University senior guard Cameron Christon was named to the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Preseason First Team, the conference announced on Friday morning.
In addition to Christon's preseason honor, the Tiger men's basketball team was chosen sixth in the conference's preseason predicted order of finish.
Christon, who was an All-SWAC Second Team selection last season, averaged 13.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.7 steals and 0.5 blocks in 29 games played. He averaged 28.0 minutes per game, where he shot 43 percent from the field, including 40 percent from behind the three-point arc, and 80 percent from the free-throw line.
Joining Christon on the All-SWAC Preseason First Team was Bethune-Cookman's Joe French, Southern's Tyrone Lyons, Alabama A&M's Garrett Hicks and Karl Nicholas from Texas Southern.
French was tabbed the SWAC's Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while Nicholas was chosen the conference's defensive player of the year.
Dominic Brewton and Keondre Montgomery, of Alcorn State, Jeremiah Gambrell, of Prairie View A&M, Bryson Etienne, of Southern, and John Walker III, of Texas Southern, were selected to the second team.
Grambling State received 150 points and were predicted to finish sixth in the preseason predicted order of finish. Texas Southern, with 14 first-place votes and 258 total points, was selected first.
Alcorn State (two first-place votes and 231 points, the defending regular season champions, was second, followed by Southern (three first-place votes and 215 points) and Florida A&M (164 points). Jackson State (149 points), Bethune-Cookman (132), Alabama A&M (116), Alabama State (99), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (76) and Mississippi Valley State (32) rounded out the predicted order of finish.
Grambling State opens the 2022-2023 season with back-to-back home games, starting on Nov. 7 against UNT Dallas. The Tigers conclude the short two-game homestead on Nov. 11 versus Pac-12 member Colorado at the Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center.
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