BATON ROUGE – LSU men’s basketball signee Malik Morgan of John Curtis High School was named the Outstanding Player Thursday on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Class 2A All-State Basketball Team.
Morgan, who signed with the Tigers in the early signing period, averaged 18.1 points per game, five assists and 4.3 rebounds to also earn District 10-2A Player of the Year honors and help the Patriots earn the No. 1 seed going into the 2012 Class 2A playoffs.
The 6-4 senior helped Curtis to its first state championship in boy’s basketball and a 30-3 season with a 57-48 victory against Riverside in the state championship game.