March 19, 2008

STERLING, Va. – After helping guide Millsaps to its best finish in school history at 28-4 and advancing all the way to the Elite Eight in St. Louis, Mo., seniors Edrick Montgomery and Lorenzo Bailey were rewarded this week by being named to the 2007-08 All-South Region Team as released by D3hoops.com.

Montgomery was named to the All-South Region First Team, following up a Second Team selection last season, while teammate Bailey was named to the Third Team respectively. In addition to D3hoops honors, Montgomery was also named to the 2008 National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District Second Team.

A 6-foot-6, 220-pound forward from Pearl, Montgomery was a unanimous choice this season as a First Team All-SCAC selection, falling several votes shy for a second-straight season in being named the Player of the Year, while earning SCAC Tournament MVP honors.

The senior posted 11 double-doubles on the year, including back-to-back double-doubles in the NCAA Sectional at Washington University in St. Louis, to push his career total to 28 in only three seasons in a Millsaps uniform. Montgomery boasted a season-high 34 points to go along with 13 boards at then 14th-ranked Centre College and grabbed a season-best 20 rebounds in an 82-73 victory over St. Mary's (Md) in the Sweet Sixteen.

A three-time SCAC Player of the Week and two-time D3hoops.com National Team of the Week selection, Montgomery ends his stay as Millsaps' career-leader in rebounds with 761, one better than John Garber who grabbed 760 boards from 1993-97. He also finishes ranked second all-time in rebounding average (9.2 rpg), third all-time in blocks (116), fifth in points (1,383) and seventh in field goals made (552) and field goals attempted (1,043), while becoming only the seventh player to score 1,000 career points and grab 500 career boards.

Bailey, a 5-foot-10, 180-pound guard from Jackson who spent four seasons in the purple and white, ends his Millsaps career with an amazing 232 3-point field goals made, shattering the previous mark of 180 held by Brad Price from 1993-96 and connecting on close to 38 percent of his attempts. He is also the Majors' career-holder in 3s attempted with 617 and games played with 110.

One of Millsaps' talented group of seniors, Bailey portrayed the ideal student-athlete over the previous four years on and off the court, donating his time at Mission First to help underpriveleged kids while juggling a hectic day-to-day study and practice schedule.

A 2007-08 Second Team All-SCAC and 2006-07 All-SCAC Honorable Mention selection, Bailey had a niche for knocking down the key shots down the stretch and delivered huge buckets for the Majors this season, earning him the title of "Big Shot" Bailey by his peers.

Bailey helped Millsaps extend one of the more remarkable streaks in Division III this season with his dangerous shooting from beyond the arc, knocking down at least one 3-point basket in 30 of 32 games to give the Majors 432 straight-games with a 3-pointer made – the nation's third-longest active streak.

In 83 career starts, the senior finishes with 1,207 career points (11.0 ppg), 351 rebounds (3.2 rpg), 224 assists (2.0 apg), 166 steals (4th all-time in Millsaps history) and 20 blocks.