Alves, Buensuceso Honored

Laie, HI—Brigham Young University Hawaii senior Lucas Alves has been named to the Super 16 Pre-season All-America men’s basketball team by the Division II Bulletin released this week.  Additionally, senior Virgil (J.R.) Buensuceso was given pre-season Honorable Mention All-American status by the publication.  The DII Bulletin tabbed BYU–Hawaii as its pre-season number one team in the nation last week.

Alves, from Casa Branca, Brazil, was the Daktronics NCAA II National Player of the Year last season after averaging 19.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for the Seasiders.  Buensuceso, from Eagle Rock, California, was a Cousy Award finalist last year and averaged 11.4 points and 6.0 assists per game as the Seasiders compiled a school best 27-2 record and rose to number three in the national rankings.

BYU–Hawaii also returns junior Marques Whippy (8.2 ppg, 7.4 rpg, 2.3 spg), who was named a pre-season Honorable Mention All-American by the Sporting News, and sophomore Tsung-Hsien (Jet) Chang (12.3 ppg), the Pacific West Conference Freshman of the Year last season.

BYU–Hawaii will open the season with an exhibition game against the University of Hawaii on November 5th in the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu at 7:05 pm.  The Seasiders will host the American Money Group Asia Pacific Tournament on November 13th and 14th before opening the regular season at home in the Cannon Activities Center against Oakland City on November 25th at 7:30 pm.  This season, all but two of BYU–Hawaii’s regular season home games will be carried live worldwide on BYU Television which is available on DirectTV and numerous cable outlets around the world.