FARMINGTON, Utah-Monday, various Southern Utah and Weber State men’s basketball standouts made all-Big Sky Conference teams per an announcement from the the Farmington, Utah-based conference.

The Thunderbirds and Wildcats each had a representive on the first team.

SUU junior guard Tevian Jones and Weber State senior guard Isiah Brown each received this distinction.

Jones, an Illinois transfer out of Chandler, Ariz. made school history as he is the first Thunderbird to receive this honor in the Big Sky Conference.

Jones leads the Thunderbirds in scoring with 17.1 points per game, while also shooting 86 percent at the foul line (67-78). He also played an instrumental role in the 19-3 Thunderbirds winning the Big Sky Conference regular season title. SUU went 12-2 in conference play this season.

Brown, a Seattle native, leads the Wildcats with 18 points per game and shoots 84 percent (85-101) at the foul line. Brown’s contributions led Weber State to a third-place finish in the Big Sky as the Wildcats posted a record of 17-5 and 12-3 in conference play. Brown, who has previously played at Grand Canyon and Northwestern, was also named as the conference’s newcomer of the year.

Jones and Brown were joined on the first team by Eastern Washington redshirt junior guard Tanner Groves, Eastern Washington redshirt junior guard/forward Kim Aiken and Northern Arizona junior guard Cameron Shelton.

Two Thunderbirds and one Wildcat made the all-conference second team. SUU was represented by junior forward Maizen Fausett (13.2 points, 7 rebounds per game) and senior guard John Knight III (13.6 points per game, a team-best 31 steals). Weber State placed sophomore Spaniard guard Seikou Sisoho Jawara (12 points per game, a team-best 71 assists) on the second team.

SUU senior guard Dre Marin (12 points per game) received honorable mention distinction from the conference.

Additionally, Knight III was named the Big Sky player of the week Monday. He symmetrically scored 26 points apiece in the Thunderbirds’ two wins over Portland State last week with the Thunderbirds prevailing 68-58 and 73-54 respectively. The 26 points netted in Thursday’s win represent a career-high for the native of Jackson, Miss.

The durable senior led the Thunderbirds in minutes played with 647.

The Thunderbirds (No.1 seed) and Wildcats (No.3 seed) each have received byes into the Thursday quarterfinals for this week’s Big Sky Conference tournament at the CenturyLink Arena of Boise, Idaho.

SUU will play the winner of No. 9 Sacramento State-No. 8 Northern Colorado and the Wildcats draw the winner of No. 11 Idaho and No. 6 Montana.

Weber State freshman forward Dillon Jones was also named the Big Sky’s freshman of the year. The 6-6 forward out of Columbia, S.C., posted a team-best 5.8 rebounds per game for the Wildcats.