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Asa Newell Named First-Team NABC All-District Team
March 18, 2025 | Men's Basketball
Freshman leads Bulldogs in scoring & rebounding
ATHENS, Ga. — Georgia's Asa Newell was named first-team All-South Atlantic District by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), the organization announced on Tuesday.
Newell, a 6-11, 220-pound freshman, has started all 32 games for the Bulldogs this season, recording 29 double-digit scoring outputs and seven double-doubles. He leads Georgia in scoring (15.3 ppg) and rebounding (5.8 rpg), the first freshman Bulldog to do so since Jumaine Jones in 1997-98. Newell was named to the SEC's All-Freshman team and was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week four times, equaling Anthony Edwards' mark for most FOTW certificates by a Bulldog.
Georgia opens play in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday when the Bulldogs face Gonzaga at 4:35 p.m. ET in the Midwest Regional in Wichita, Kansas. The game will be televised on TBS. The Bulldogs are 20-12 on the season. All told, Georgia played 19 games against teams also included in the NCAA bracket.
The NABC introduced a new model for its Division I district alignment this season, with schools arranged by state rather than by conference. The modernized model features 10 geographic regions that each encompass multiple states. Every Division I school in each given state belongs to that state's corresponding district.
The South Atlantic Region includes al schools in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Joining Newell on the first team were RJ Davis, North Carolina; Cooper Flagg, Duke; Chase Hunter, Clemson' Taje' Kelly, Charleston Southern; Kon Knueppel, Duke; Jordan Marsh, UNC Asheville; Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina; Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest; and Ian Schieffelin, Clemson.
Newell, a 6-11, 220-pound freshman, has started all 32 games for the Bulldogs this season, recording 29 double-digit scoring outputs and seven double-doubles. He leads Georgia in scoring (15.3 ppg) and rebounding (5.8 rpg), the first freshman Bulldog to do so since Jumaine Jones in 1997-98. Newell was named to the SEC's All-Freshman team and was tabbed SEC Freshman of the Week four times, equaling Anthony Edwards' mark for most FOTW certificates by a Bulldog.
Georgia opens play in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday when the Bulldogs face Gonzaga at 4:35 p.m. ET in the Midwest Regional in Wichita, Kansas. The game will be televised on TBS. The Bulldogs are 20-12 on the season. All told, Georgia played 19 games against teams also included in the NCAA bracket.
The NABC introduced a new model for its Division I district alignment this season, with schools arranged by state rather than by conference. The modernized model features 10 geographic regions that each encompass multiple states. Every Division I school in each given state belongs to that state's corresponding district.
The South Atlantic Region includes al schools in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina. Joining Newell on the first team were RJ Davis, North Carolina; Cooper Flagg, Duke; Chase Hunter, Clemson' Taje' Kelly, Charleston Southern; Kon Knueppel, Duke; Jordan Marsh, UNC Asheville; Collin Murray-Boyles, South Carolina; Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest; and Ian Schieffelin, Clemson.
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