by Mike Foster (Sports Editor)
Delbert Love has been KSU’s men’s basketball team’s most consistent performer on the hardwood since arriving in Kennesaw. He’s now shining in the classroom as well.
The junior guard was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference Academic All-Conference team Tuesday, just three days after putting up 26 points on 11 of 15 shooting for the Owls in their last game of the 2013-14 campaign.
Love, a business administration major, boats a 3.4 GPA on top of being KSU’s top-scorer this year with 391 points (12.6 points per-game), shooting just below 70 percent at the free-throw line and 42 percent from beyond the arc.
“We’re all extremely proud of Delbert,” interim head coach Jimmy Lallathin said. “He embodies everything we want in a young man at Kennesaw State. He excelled both on the court for us and in the classroom with his high GPA. It’s definitely a well deserved award for him.”
Love finished the year scoring above double figures in each eight-straight games. He eclipsed the 1,000 point mark on Feb. 2 with a 22-point performance against East Tennessee State. Love eclipsed 20 points five times in 2013-14, and scored at least 15 seven other times.
North Florida’s Demarcus Daniels, USC Upstate’s Mario Blessing, Stetson’s Hunter Miller and Merccer’s Jakob Gallon were the four others named to the five-man academic team.
Gallon was named the A-Sun men’s basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Love, who reigns from St. Edwards High School in Cleveland, Oh., was head coach Lewis Preston’s first recruit in 2011.
KSU’s men’s basketball team finished the season with an 87-77 loss to North Florida on Saturday, finishing the year at 6-25 and 3-15 in the A-Sun.
