Two Garnet Men Named All-Centennial
COMPLETE 2007 ALL-CENTENNIAL TEAM (pdf)
LANCASTER, Pa -- Swarthmore College forward Ian McCormick (Seattle, WA / University Prep) and guard Matt Kurman (Rockville, Mary. / Walter Johnson) have been named to the 2007 All-Centennial Conference Men's Basketball Team, as voted on by the league's head coaches. McCormick is a second-team selection and Kurman earned honorable mention.
McCormick, a junior, led Swarthmore in scoring (14.9 points per game) and rebounding (8.6 rebounds per game), finishing seventh and third in the CC, respectively. He finished second in the Conference for blocks per game (2.08) and ninth in field goal percentage (48.1%). His nine double-doubles were the third-most in the Centennial and he has an active streak of 15 consecutive games scoring in double figures.
McCormick, an economics major, completes a strong junior season tied for the school record for blocks in a season (50- Rob Ruffin, 1998-99), collecting the fifth-most rebounds in a season (206). He is now eighth all-time at Swarthmore with 543 career rebounds and 13th with 1,021 points. McCormick is just the seventh Garnet man to collect 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career.
Kurman, also a junior, made 22 starts this season, finishing third on the team with 11.1 points per game. He led the team with 41 three-pointers, shooting 41% (41 of 100) from beyond the arc, fifth-best in the Centennial. Kurman ranked eight in the Conference in assists per game (2.72) while setting a career-high with 68 helpers.
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| Guard Matt Kurman '08 is sixth all-time at Swarthmore with 112 made three-pointers. |
Kurman, a political science major, ranks sixth in school history in made three-pointers with 112 and is 11th with 187 assists.
McCormick and Kurman are the seventh and eighth Swarthmore players to make All-Centennial, and the first since Matt Gustafson '05 was a second-team selection at the end of 2004-05.
Swarthmore finished 2006-07 with an overall record of 11-14 and 8-10 in the Centennial.