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It’s the first ever All-Peach Belt Conference selection for Sloan, a senior guard from Jonesboro, Ga. He becomes the eighth different Laker to earned All-Peach Belt Conference honors since Clayton State officially joined the Peach Belt in 1997. Sloan has stepped to the forefront this season for the Lakers and head coach Gordon Gibbons. The 6-foot-4, 185-pounder leads Clayton State in scoring, averaging 13 points a game, while also shooting 45 percent from the field and 81 percent from the free throw line. He is currently ranked fifth in the Peach Belt Conference in steals with 46. Sloan scored in double-figures in 21 of the Lakers’ 27 games so far this season, and scored 20 or more points on three occasions. He scored a career-high 28 points against UNC-Pembroke, along with 23 points in the season opener against Tennessee Temple and 20 points against North Georgia. Sloan eclipsed four Clayton State career records this season. He set the Laker career marks for 3-point field goals (currently at 182) and 3-point field goal attempts (484), while setting the Clayton State career mark for steals with 170 last weekend at Francis Marion. More importantly, Sloan has played in 117 career games at Clayton State, a new Laker all-time record. In addition, this season Sloan also became the sixth player in Clayton State history to break the 1,000-point mark for his career. He’s currently fifth all-time in scoring for the Lakers with 1,178 points. Clayton State (13-14, 9-11 PBC) will be seeded seventh in the upcoming Peach Belt Conference Tournament at USC-Aiken this week. The Lakers battle 10th-seeded UNC-Pembroke in the first round on Wednesday at 5 p.m. Should Clayton State win, the Lakers would then battle second-seeded Augusta in the quarterfinals on Friday at 1 p.m. |
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Ga. – March 4, 2008 –