ST. LOUIS – The Illinois State Redbirds put a pair of student-athletes: Phil Fayne and Milik Yarbrough on the All-Missouri Valley Conference post-season squads, announced by the conference office on Tuesday morning. Fayne was named to the All-Conference first team, while Yarbrough was named to the second team.
Fayne is the 13th Redbird in program history to earn First Team honors, while Yarbrough is the 31st to earn Second Team honors.
Fayne has played and started in each of the team's 31 games this season and is second on the team in scoring (15.8 ppg) and rebounding (6.2 rpg) while leading the team in blocked shots (36) and steals (32). He is one of just 16 student-athletes in the country this season to have at least 30 steals, 30 blocked shots, and be making over half of their shots from the offensive end. He is also climbing his way up the program's scoring list, as he currently stands 25th in program history in points, and needs just nine to move to 21st, passing four others including former teammate Paris Lee.
Yarbrough has played in all 31 games during the year with 30 starts. He leads the team in points (16.8 ppg), rebounds (7.0 rpg); and assists (97) and is looking to become the first Redbird since Tarise Bryson in 1999-00 to lead ISU in all three categories. As it stands, he is one of only seven student-athletes in the country to have scored at least 520 points, pulled down at least 215 rebounds, and given out at least 95 assists. He has scored 1,052 points over his two years at ISU, the most of any player in their first two years since Doug Collins scored 1,590 over his first two seasons in a Redbird uniform.
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