Mamukelashvili, Robinson-Earl unanimous All-Big East picks

<p>NEW YORK &mdash; Seton Hall forward Sandro Mamukelashvili and Villanova forward Jeremiah Robinson-Earl were unanimous selections to the All Big East Conference basketball team.</p>
<p>The league announced the team Sunday based on a vote of the coaches. They were not allowed to vote for their own players.</p>
<p>The other four first-team members are James Bouknight of Connecticut, Marcus Zegarowski of Creighton, Julian Champagnie of St. John’s, and Collin Gillespie of Villanova, which won the regular-season title. </p>
<p>One of the six will be the conference’s player of the year. The award will be announced Wednesday along with coach of the year, freshman of the year and scholar-athlete. </p>
<p>The league’s tournament is scheduled to start Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.</p>
<p>Mamukelashvili is second in the conference in scoring, averaging 17.8 points. He was sixth in rebounding with a 7.2 average.</p>
<p>Robinson-Earl averaged 15.2 points and 8.4 rebounds, second best in the league. He shot 48.3% from the field.</p>
<p>Zegarowski, the conference’s preseason player of the year, averaged 15.4 points, seventh in the league, and 4.4 assists, fifth best.</p>
<p>Bouknight averaged 20.2 points and 5.6 rebounds. He played in 12 of UConn’s 20 games due to a mid-season elbow injury.</p>
<p>Champagnie led St. John’s with a 19.9 scoring average. He is first in free throw shooting, making 88.7%. In conference play, he is the league’s scoring champion, averaging 19.5 points.</p>
<p>Gillespie averaged 14.0 points and ranked third in the league in assists (4.6). He was injured in Wednesday’s victory over Creighton and will miss the rest of the season.</p>
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