INDIANAPOLIS – Gonzaga's Corey Kispert and Filip Petrusev were selected to the USBWA District IX Team.
 
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association has released its 2019-20 Men's All-District Teams, based on voting from its national membership of 900-plus. The USBWA has selected All-District teams since the 1956-57 season, its founding year.
 
Kispert is a finalist for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award. He is 11th in the West Coast Conference in points per game (13.9) and ninth in minutes played per game (32.8). He leads the team in free-throw percentage (.818) and three-point made field goals (77). He is shooting 44 percent from behind-the-arc.
 
Petrusev averages a team-high 17.7 points per game, which ranks third in the West Coast Conference. He tops the league shooting 55.9 percent from the field. The sophomore is second in the WCC grabbing 7.8 rebounds per game. He is a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award and on the national ballot for the Wooden Award Player of the Year.
 
Gonzaga faces third-seeded Saint Mary's in the 2020 West Coast Conference Championships tonight at 6. The game will be televised on ESPN from the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas.
 

DISTRICT IX CA, OR, WA, HI, AZ, AK

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Payton Pritchard, Oregon

COACH OF THE YEAR

Brian Dutcher, San Diego State

ALL-DISTRICT TEAM (10)

Malachi Flynn, San Diego State Jordan Ford, Saint Mary's Corey Kispert, Gonzaga Remy Martin, Arizona State Zeke Nnaji, Arizona Onyeka Okongwu, USC Filip Petrusev, Gonzaga Payton Pritchard, Oregon Isaiah Stewart, Washington Tres Tinkle, Oregon State