FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 15, 2007

KINSEY DURGIN EARNS TWO POSTSEASON
MEN’S BASKETBALL AWARDS

Providence, RI—Rhode Island College senior guard Kinsey Durgin (Greenwood, ME) was named  to the All-Northeast Second Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and was awarded the same honors by D3Hoops.com.

     Durgin helped lead the Rhode Island College men’s basketball team to a 27-4 overall record and a berth in the 2007 NCAA Div. III Men’s Basketball Tournament, where the Anchormen advanced to the Elite Eight. The Anchormen established school records for the most wins in a season, won their first-ever Little East Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament and were the LEC Regular Season Champions for the second time in the past three years. Rhode Island College made its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 28 years.

     Durgin was named First Team All-Little East Conference for the second consecutive season. He was also named the Most Outstanding Player of the 2007 Little East Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament, also garnering All-Tournament Team honors. He played in 31 games, starting all of them. He averaged 14.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Durgin leaves Rhode Island College as the program’s all-time leader in games played (115). He totaled 1,290 points, 472 rebounds, 308 assists and 131 steals in his four-year career. He is 11^th all-time at RIC in career scoring and ninth in assists.

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