LITTLE ROCK – Little Rock junior guard Markquis Nowell has been named to the Wade Houston Tipoff Classic All-Tournament Team, announced today by Louisville. Nowell was one of 10 players named to the team, encompassing the eight teams that participated in the 10-day season-opening event.
Nowell closed out his time in the Louisville bubble averaging 16.3 points, 8.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game while adding 11 steals and shooting 19-of-20 at the free throw line (95.0%). He posted a pair of double-doubles, finishing with a season-high 25 points and 10 assists against Winthrop and nearly registering the first triple-double in program history, tallying 13 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds in the win over Duquesne.