Cavness named to all-region team

Missouri Southern men’s basketball senior Orestus “O.C.” Cavness (Atlanta, Ga./Georgia Perimeter College) has been named to the 2004-05 Daktronics All-South Central Region Men’s Basketball Team as selected by sports information directors from around the region.

Cavness, 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, was one of two from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association named to the second team. The MIAA also had two players picked for first-team accolades.

Washburn senior Travis Robbins and Pittsburg State junior Eddie Jackson were among five selected to the first team. Texas A&M-Commerce junior Jermart Miller and seniors Robert Hamilton (Texas A&M-Kingsville) and David Stephens (Tarleton State) were also first-team picks. Robbins and Miller were named co-players of the year in the region.

Cavness led the Lions in scoring (17.9 ppg), rebounding (5.3 rpg) and blocked shots (27) in 2004-05. He averaged 19 points per game in MIAA action and failed to score in double figures only three times in 30 games this year. Cavness had 12 games with 20 or more points this season and finished the year with 538 points, becoming just the second Lion since 1994-95 to score 500 points in a single season.

Cavness finished third in the MIAA in field goal percentage (.499), fourth in scoring, fifth in blocked shots and 11th in rebounding. He was a first-team All-MIAA selection and a member of the MIAA All-Tournament Team.

In his MSSU career, the former Marshall (Texas) High School standout scored in double figures 47 times in 56 games, including 16 with 20-plus points.

He was joined on the second team by Central Missouri State junior Michael Hicks. Seniors Jamaal Shell (Southwestern Oklahoma) and Justin James (Midwestern State) and junior Hakim Rasul (Abilene Christian) were also second team choices.

Missouri Southern finished the 2004-05 campaign with a 14-18 record and an appearance in the MIAA Postseason Tournament championship game. Southern ended the season by winning five of its last six.

The Daktronics All-South Central Region Team is voted on by sports information directors from the Lone Star Conference, the MIAA and Heartland Conference. The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leadere in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition.


	March 9, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cavness named to all-region team MSSU senior one of four from MIAA on South Central squad Missouri Southern men’s basketball senior Orestus “O.C.” Cavness (Atlanta, Ga./Georgia Perimeter College) has been named to the 2004-05 Daktronics All-South Central Region Men’s Basketball Team as selected by sports information directors from around the region. Cavness, 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, was one of two from the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association named to the second team. The MIAA also had two players picked for first-team accolades. Washburn senior Travis Robbins and Pittsburg State junior Eddie Jackson were among five selected to the first team. Texas A&M-Commerce junior Jermart Miller and seniors Robert Hamilton (Texas A&M-Kingsville) and David Stephens (Tarleton State) were also first-team picks. Robbins and Miller were named co-players of the year in the region. Cavness led the Lions in scoring (17.9 ppg), rebounding (5.3 rpg) and blocked shots (27) in 2004-05. He averaged 19 points per game in MIAA action and failed to score in double figures only three times in 30 games this year. Cavness had 12 games with 20 or more points this season and finished the year with 538 points, becoming just the second Lion since 1994-95 to score 500 points in a single season. Cavness finished third in the MIAA in field goal percentage (.499), fourth in scoring, fifth in blocked shots and 11th in rebounding. He was a first-team All-MIAA selection and a member of the MIAA All-Tournament Team. In his MSSU career, the former Marshall (Texas) High School standout scored in double figures 47 times in 56 games, including 16 with 20-plus points. He was joined on the second team by Central Missouri State junior Michael Hicks. Seniors Jamaal Shell (Southwestern Oklahoma) and Justin James (Midwestern State) and junior Hakim Rasul (Abilene Christian) were also second team choices. Missouri Southern finished the 2004-05 campaign with a 14-18 record and an appearance in the MIAA Postseason Tournament championship game. Southern ended the season by winning five of its last six. The Daktronics All-South Central Region Team is voted on by sports information directors from the Lone Star Conference, the MIAA and Heartland Conference. The team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leadere in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition.