Alabama sophomore point guard Kira Lewis Jr. earned preseason All-SEC first-team honors from conference coaches. The SEC announced its preseason first and second teams Monday with all 14 schools represented by at least one player. Lewis was Alabama’s lone representative while Kentucky led the way with three players chosen across both teams.
Lewis took home SEC All-Freshman honors last season, leading Alabama with 13.5 points, 2.9 assists and 31.6 minutes per game. He also topped the Tide in free-throw percentage (78.3), double-figure scoring games (24) and 20-point games (5).
“Kira’s pretty good,” Alabama basketball coach Nate Oats said last week. “Now, if you add some toughness on the defensive end to all pass, dribble and shoot, that’s ideal to have. We had some pretty tough point guards at Buffalo on the defensive end. Kira’s as skilled as any kid I’ve coached offensively. I’m just trying to get him to be better defensively. He’s coming. He’s working at it. He’s young. He just turned 18, so he’s still a young kid.”
Alabama opens its regular season against Penn at 7 p.m. CT inside of Coleman Coliseum. The game will be televised by SEC Network.
First-team All-SEC
Kira Lewis Jr. – Alabama
Kerry Blackshear – Florida
Andrew Nembhard – Florida
Anthony Edwards – Georgia
Ashton Hagans – Kentucky
Skylar Mays – LSU
Breein Tyree – Ole Miss
Reggie Perry – Mississippi State
A.J. Lawson – South Carolina
Second-team All-SEC
Isaiah Joe – Arkansas
Austin Wiley – Auburn
Tyrese Maxey – Kentucky
EJ Montgomery – Kentucky
Javonte Smart – LSU
Devontae Shuler – Ole Miss
Jeremiah Tilmon Jr. – Missouri
Jordan Bowden – Tennessee
Lamonté Turner – Tennessee
Savion Flagg – Texas A&M
Aaron Nesmith – Vanderbilt
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