Lincoln Memorial's Terry Named D2CCA First Team All-American

ALBANY, N.Y. - Lincoln Memorial University senior forward Emanuel Terry earned his third All-American nod of the 2017-18 campaign on Tuesday as the South Atlantic Conference and Southeast Region Player of the Year was selected to the D2CCA All-America first team. Terry also received All-American distinctions from the Basketball Times and the NABC on Monday. (D2CCA All-America release)

Terry, who was also a member of the All-SAC first team, the D2CCA All-Southeast Region first team and the NABC All-Southeast Region first team, led Lincoln Memorial (32-2) to the second-most wins in program and conference history. The Railsplitters finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation for the third time in four years and won their sixth consecutive SAC regular-season title by running the table in conference play with a perfect 20-0 league mark. 

Lincoln Memorial also captured its fourth SAC tournament crown, hosted the Southeast Regional for the third time in four seasons, made its eighth straight appearance in the NCAA tournament and third straight trip to the regional championship game, and won at least 30 games for the fourth year in a row.

A native of Enterprise, Ala., Terry was dominant in his final season in the Blue and Gray, averaging a double-double with 16.9 points and 10.3 rebounds per game while shooting 71.1 percent, which was the second-best mark in the country. The 6-9 freak athlete also averaged 2.2 blocks per game and shot 70 percent at the charity stripe. He produced 16 double-doubles in 31 appearances to lead the SAC in that department.

Terry was sensational from start to finish. He opened his senior campaign with a 22-point, 21-rebound outing against Lees-McRae to kick off a season-opening stretch that saw the big man score at least 15 points in six straight games.

Terry, who finished second in the Ron Lenz National Player of the Year voting, really got going once the calendar flipped to 2018. He scored 27 with 14 rebounds against Coker on January 6 and later posted a 27-point, 12-rebound, 2-block stat line against Carson-Newman on January 17. He scored a career-high 31 points to go with 14 rebounds in a win over Newberry on February 3.

Only the second player in program history to be named the SAC and Southeast Region Player of the Year and first since Vincent Bailey in 2014, Terry was named to both the SAC Championship and Southeast Regional All-Tournament teams.

Terry wound up with 1,157 career points, 854 career rebounds and a program-record 228 career blocks. He finishes as the program's all-time leader in career field-goal percentage with a 70.4 percent mark and finished in the top 10 in school history in defensive rebounds, blocked shots average, rebounds, offensive rebounds, games played and defensive rebound average.

Over his four-year tenure, the Railsplitters went an unfathomable 126-14 with four SAC regular-season titles, two SAC tournament titles, four 30-win seasons, four NCAA tournament appearances, two region championships and two trips to the national semifinals. Lincoln Memorial was ranked No. 1 in the country at least once during three of Terry's four seasons in the Blue and Gray.