Pasco and Reid Earn Big 12 Awards
Mar 04, 2002 | Men's Basketball
March 4, 2002
Manhattan, Kan. - The Kansas State men's basketball team received three awards from the Big 12 Conference office Tuesday. Pervis Pasco was tabbed the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week for the second time this season and also earned a spot on the All-Newcomer team. Larry Reid, meanwhile, was chosen to the All-Underrated squad. The teams were selected by a panel of sportswriters who regularly cover Big 12 basketball.
Pasco, who was selected as the league newcomer of the week on Feb. 4, becomes the Wildcats' fifth selection to the All-Newcomer team in the six-year history of the league (Larry Reid, 2001/Cortez Groves and Tony Kitt, 1999/Duane Davis, 1998). Pasco averaged 18.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in the Wildcats' two games last week. He also connected on 57.9 percent (11 of 19 FGs) of his field-goal attempts and 73.7 percent (14 of 19 FTs) from the line in those two contests The junior from Clearwater, Fla., who collected his eighth and ninth double-doubles of the season (tied for fifth in the Big 12) last week, is averaging 12.1 points per game on the season and a team-high 8.4 rebounds. He is the only Wildcat to start all 27 games this season.
The Wildcats' leader in scoring (14.4 ppg), assists (5.4 pg), free-throw shooting (81.9 percent), steals (1.5 pg) and minutes played (35.0 pg), Reid garnered his second Big 12 specialty award in as many seasons. The senior from Midwest City, Okla., was named to the All-Newcomer team last year. Reid, a honorable mention All-Big 12 performer in 2000-01, ranks eighth on the K-State career assists chart (250) and tied for 12th on the career steals list (72).
Reid is the Wildcats' first-ever selection to the Big 12 All-Underrated team. In addition, K-State has had at least two members on the league specialty teams four of the last five years. Last season, in addition to Reid, Travis Reynolds and Phineas Atchison were named to the All-Reserve team. The Wildcats had two representatives in 1999 (Groves and Kitt) and in 1998 (Davis/Manny Dies, All-Improved Team).
2002 Big 12 Men's Basketball Specialty Teams
All-Defense
Drew Gooden, Kansas
Wendell Greenleaf, Baylor
James Thomas, Texas
Hollis Price, Oklahoma
Arthur Johnson, Missouri
All-Reserve
Wayne Simien, Kansas
Jason Detrick, Oklahoma
Daryan Selvy, Oklahoma
Blair Wilson, Colorado
Brian Boddicker, Texas
All-Underrated
Stephane Pelle, Colorado
Victor Williams, Oklahoma State
Larry Reid, Kansas State
Jake Sullivan, Iowa State
Ricky Paulding, Missouri
All-Improved
Andre Emmett, Texas Tech
Tyray Pearson, Iowa State
Brandon Mouton, Texas
John Robinson, Nebraska
Aaron McGhee, Oklahoma
All-Freshmen
T.J. Ford, Texas
John Lucas, Baylor
Aaron Miles, Kansas
Lawrence Roberts, Baylor
David Harrison, Colorado
All-Newcomer
Ebi Ere, Oklahoma
Kasib Powell, Texas Tech
Quannas White, Oklahoma
Pervis Pasco, Kansas State
Ivan McFarlin, Oklahoma State
