BURNSVILLE, Minn. – The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference released the 2024-25 Men's Basketball All-Conference Teams on Thursday morning and Concordia-St. Paul Head Coach
Matt Fletcher was named Coach of the Year while
Antwan Kimmons was named NSIC Player of the Year. Kimmons and
Marcus Skeete were named All-NSIC First Team while
Cade Meyer was selected to the Second Team.
This marks the most All-NSIC nods in a single season in program history, with CSP never having had more than two selections in the same year until now. The selection is Kimmons' second career All-NSIC First Team nod (2022-23) while Skeete and Meyer secured their first career selections.
Kimmons is the first Golden Bear to be named NSIC Player of the Year while Fletcher is the first in program history to take home NSIC Coach of the Year honors.
The Golden Bears finished the regular season 21-7 overall and 16-6 in NSIC play, claiming the first NSIC Regular Season Championship in program history.
Matt Fletcher (5th year)
- Named NSIC Coach of the Year for the first time in his career
- First NSIC Coach of the Year in CSP men's basketball history
- CSP's 16 NSIC wins and 21 overall regular season victories are both program records
- Led the Golden Bears to the first NSIC Regular Season Championship in program history
- Coached two All-NSIC First Team selections and one second-team selection this season
#0 Antwan Kimmons (G, 6-0, Sr., St. Paul, Minn./Tartan HS)
- Averaged 24.0 points, 6.0 assists and 6.6 rebounds in NSIC play this season
- First NSIC Player of the Year in CSP men's basketball history
- Led the NSIC in scoring and assists average, ranking in the top 10 in the nation in both categories
- Set the CSP single-season record with 691 total points so far this year
- Also set single-season school records in field goals (236) and free throws made (180)
- Had eight games with 30 or more points, including three with 40 or more
- Has scored 1,051 points and dished 232 assists in just 48 conference games in his career
- Ranks first in Golden Bear history with a career average of 22.0 points per game
- Two-time NABC National Player of the Week
- Scored 43 points, the second-most in a single game in school history, on two occasions during NSIC play
- Tied the record for most field goals made in a game in CSP history (16) against MSU Moorhead (1/3)
- Helped the Golden Bears to the first NSIC Regular Season Championship in program history
- Is one of 22 Division II players among the top-50 finalists for the Bevo Francis Award
- Named NSIC Player of the Week three times
#23 Marcus Skeete (F, 6-5, Sr., Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley HS)
- Averaged 15.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in NSIC play this season
- Had seven double-doubles this year, including four in NSIC play
- Ranks first in Golden Bear history in both games played (118) and games started (110)
- Tied the CSP single-game record with 17 rebounds against Minnesota Crookston (2/22)
- Scored 20 or more points in five games
- Ranks in the top 10 in program history in minutes, points, rebounds, and assists
- His average of 6.5 defensive rebounds this year ranks second in single-season school history
- Named NSIC Player of the Week two times
#11 Cade Meyer (F, 6-9, Sr., Monroe, Wis./Monroe HS)
- Averaged 14.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 1.09 blocks in NSIC play
- His current field goal percentage of 60.7% this year ranks second in the NSIC and fifth in a single season in school history
- Leads the team with 65 offensive rebounds this season
- Ranks seventh in the NSIC in blocks per game
- Had two double-doubles in conference play