NORFOLK, Va. – Austin Trice of the Old Dominion men's basketball team was named the Conference USA Sixth Player of the Year for the 2020-21 season, as announced by league officials on Tuesday afternoon. Trice, a senior forward transfer from Kansas State, leads the Monarchs in offensive rebounds (57), while ranking second on the squad for rebounds (142) as well as blocks (15) and has scored the fourth most points (198 for a 9.0 ppg average) on the team so far this season.
Trice ranks third in the C-USA with 2.59 offensive rebounds per game, eighth with three double-doubles, ninth with 6.5 rebounds per game, 11th for total rebounds (142) and 12th in the league with 0.68 blocks per outing.
The Chicago, Illinois native has tallied four games with 10 or more rebounds and two games scoring 20 or more points. Trice has appeared in every contest for ODU this season, averaging 20.4 minutes per contest.
Trice and the Monarchs (15-7, 11-5 C-USA) earned the No. 2 seed from the league's East Division, as well as a first round bye in the upcoming 2021 Conference USA Tournament, held in Frisco, Texas on March 9-13. Old Dominion's first game will take place in the quarterfinals against the winner of North Texas (No. 3 seed from West) vs. Middle Tennessee (No. 6 seed from East) on Thursday, March 11 at 10 p.m. EST. Thursday's quarterfinal contest will be televised on Stadium.
2020-21 Conference USA Superlative Awards:
Player of the Year: Charles Bassey, WKU
Freshman of the Year: Kenneth Lofton, Jr., LA Tech
Newcomer of the Year: Travis Evee, Rice
Sixth Player of the Year: Austin Trice, Old Dominion
Defensive Player of the Year: Charles Bassey, WKU
Coach of the Year: Eric Konkol, LA Tech
Trice Named Conference USA Sixth Player of the Year
