Following the conclusion of Saturday’s NCAA Division II National Championship game in which Northwest Missouri defeated Fairmont State 71-61, NCAA officials named Bellarmine’s Adam Eberhard to the five-member Elite 8 All Tournament Team.
Eberhard averaged 20. 5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.5 assists in the Knights’ games against Colorado School of Mines and Fairmont State.
The other four members of the All Tournament Team were Fairmont State’s Thomas Wimbush and Jason Jolly along with Northwest Missouri’s Chris-Ebou Ndow and Justin Pitts (most outstanding player).
Bellarmine lost in the national semifinals to Fairmont State after defeating Colorado School of Mines in the quarterfinals.
Eberhard finished the 2016-17 season with averages of 17.0 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.
by John Spugnardi