PNC Basketball Players Earn All-Conference Honors

Purdue North Central Panther basketball players earning all-conference honors are: Adam Dobrzeniecki, Jim Tunis and Tyler Moore. Download photo here.

WESTVILLE – Purdue University North Central men’s basketball team placed two players on the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) All-Conference Team and a third earned an honorable mention.

Senior forward Jim Tunis, a North Judson native and Westville resident, and Adam Dobrzeniecki a freshman center from Dyer, earned all-conference honors. Tyler Moore, freshman forward from Knox, earned an honorable mention.

PNC men’s basketball coach Grayling Gordon said that these honors are the result of hard work on and off the court.

“These student-athletes showed up for every practice and every game and always gave their best effort. They are very easy to coach,” said Gordon. “They show the same commitment to their academics as they show to their athletics. As a coach, I am very proud of their effort in the class and on the court.”

Tunis is the only PNC Panther basketball player who returned to the team from last year’s squad and he served as a role model for a team of freshmen and first-year players. Tunis is on schedule to graduate in May.

“We have the core of a very talented team. I anticipate having another strong group of recruits join us after this season who share the same level of commitment to academics and athletics, so our future looks good,” said Gordon.

Overall, Tunis was second in the CCAC regular season with a scoring average of 19.6 points per game. Dobrzeniecki ranked fourth with a 17.4 average and Moore, 13th with 11.8 points per game average.

Tunis was fourth in the league in rebounds with an average of 8.2 per game and Dobrzeniecki was fifth with 7.7 per game.

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