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New Faces: MSUB men's basketball freshman Preston Beverly

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Career Single Game Bests

Category	Total	Date	Opponent
Points	35	1/28/17	vs. Simon Fraser
Rebounds	19	12/10/16	vs. Rocky
Assists	6	2/4/17	2 times
Steals	2	2/25/17	11 times
Blocks	7	2/2/17	at Northwest Nazarene
FG Made	12	2/4/17	at Central Washington
3-Pt FG Made	5	2/9/16	vs. Alaska Anchorage
FT Made	12	1/28/17	vs. Simon Fraser
Minutes	39	1/26/17	2 times

*Date of last occurrence if multiple

Double-Doubles

Date	Opponent	Points	Rebounds	Minutes
2/18/17	vs. Saint Martin's	23	14	30
2/4/17	at Central Washington	32	11	32
2/2/17	at Northwest Nazarene	28	11	35
1/26/17	vs. Western Washington	27	10	39
1/14/17	vs. Alaska	28	10	32
1/7/17	vs. Northwest Nazarene	18	13	26
12/10/16	vs. Rocky	25	19	36
11/19/16	vs. Cal State East Bay	25	14	34
2/27/16	vs. Concordia (Ore.)	11	11	27
2/18/16	at Saint Martin's	17	13	28
2/9/16	vs. Alaska Anchorage	25	13	31
1/30/16	at Simon Fraser	22	12	39
1/28/16	at Western Washington	14	11	26
12/12/15	vs. Northwest University	26	13	25
12/5/15	at Western Oregon	19	13	31

*15 Total; Gray: 2015-16 (Freshman, 7); Blue: 2016-17 (Sophomore, 8)

Awards

All-Great Northwest Athletic Conference	Season
GNAC Freshman of the Year	2015-16 (Freshman)
First-Team	2016-17 (Sophomore)
Honorable Mention	2015-16 (Freshman)
GNAC Player of the Week	Year
Jan. 9-15	2017 (Sophomore)
Nov. 21-27	2016 (Sophomore)
All-Tournament	Season
Oak Harbor Freight Lines Classic (SPU)	2015-16 (Freshman)
Athletic Department (Buzzies)	Season
MSUB Freshman of the Year	2015-16 (Freshman)

2016-17: First-team all-GNAC… led team in scoring with 18.8 points per game, rebounding with 8.2 boards per game, and blocks with 51…only player in the GNAC in the top-six in scoring (fifth), rebounding (sixth), and blocks (fifth)…had eight double-doubles…ranked second on the team with 68 assists…named GNAC Player of the Week for Nov. 21-27 by leading MSUB to three road wins…named GNAC Player of the Week again for Jan. 9-15 after scoring 50 points in two MSUB victories…posted career-high 35 points in home win over Simon Fraser on Jan. 28…grabbed career-high 19 rebounds against Rocky Mountain College on Dec. 10, a total that was the most in a single game in the GNAC on the year…grabbed 10 or more rebounds in eight games…had career-high seven blocks on Feb. 2 at Northwest Nazarene…had career-high six assists on Jan. 14 against Alaska…made career-high 12 field goals in 32-point effort against Central Washington on Feb. 4…had career-best 12 free throws on Jan. 28 against Simon Fraser…shot 44.8 percent from the field, 35.1 percent from 3-point range, and 76.0 percent from the foul line…matched career-high with 39 minutes played on Jan. 26 against Western Washington…scored 20 or more points in 13 games…scored in double figures in 28 of 29 games…started all 29 games…totaled 544 points...51 blocks were second-most in MSUB single-season history.

2015-16: GNAC Freshman of the Year...honorable mention all-GNAC...led the team in rebounding with 6.9 per game and ranked third in scoring with 13.0 points per game…ranked 11th in the GNAC in conference-only scoring (15.0 ppg) and third in conference-only rebounding (7.7 rpg)…earned Oak Harbor Freight Lines Classic all-tournament honors…played in all 28 games, starting 14…tied for second-most double-doubles in the GNAC with seven…reached season-high 26 points on two occasions…scored in double figures in 19 games and reached 20 points in seven games…made season-high nine field goals twice…made season-high five 3-pointers against Alaska Anchorage on Feb. 9…converted season-high nine free-throws (in nine attempts) against Western Washington on Jan. 2…reached season-high of 13 rebounds four times…had season-best four assists twice and season-high three blocks against Saint Martin’s on Jan. 23…shot 42.6 percent from the field, 36.5 percent from 3-point range, and 71.8 percent from the foul line…totaled 16 blocks on the year.

Elsinore High School: Helped the Tigers to a combined 72-20 record and was a first-team all-Sunbelt League selection as a junior…was also selected to all-tournament teams at the Nighthawk Classic, the Winter Shootout and the County Classic…a threat from the perimeter, set a school record with eight 3-pointers in one game…career-high in scoring is 38 points, and he has been a Riverside all-County selection…intends to study Criminology at MSUB.
 
Coach Stevens on Beverly: "With Preston, he's going to bring us some size and athleticism at a wing position that we really like. He's very skilled and as he gets older and improves his strength, he can be a guy who helps us over the next four years."