PORTSMOUTH, VA – Quinnipiac men's basketball guard Cameron Young has been selected to participate in the 2019 Portsmouth Invitational Tournament (PIT), which features 64 of the top collegiate seniors in the nation. The four-day, 12-game tournament will be held at the Churchland High School Sports Complex in Portsmouth, Virginia from April 17-20 in front of all NBA teams and the public.
Young was a unanimous choice to the All-MAAC First Team and MAAC Player of the Year. The California native was also an Honorable Mention AP All-American.
Young finished his Quinnipiac career with 1,350 total points in 70 games for the Bobcats – setting a new career program record by averaging 19.3 points per game. The MAAC Player of the Year posted a Quinnipiac Division I single-season program record 728 points in 2018-19, also good for the third-most points in a season across all levels. He recorded 23.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.9 assists per contest in 2018-19.
The graduate student scored a MAAC-record 55 total points, leading Quinnipiac men's basketball past Siena, 107-100, in triple overtime on Sunday, Feb. 17, at the Times Union Center. Young's 55 points are the most of any student-athlete in the NCAA so far in 2018-19, and also sets a Quinnipiac Division I program record. The graduate guard shot 15-for-24 from the floor, grabbing 10 rebounds in 53+ minutes played.
He scored 25 points in Quinnipiac's road win over Monmouth on Feb. 24, breaking his own Division I single-season scoring record (622) – which was set in 2017-18. Young now has 624 career points. Young also broke the program's Division I single-season record for 3-pointers, surpassing James Johnson's total of 84 shots from distance in 2010-11. Young made 85 3-point field goals this season.
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