DeAndre Craig Jr. Selected to #HLMBB Preseason First Team
10/7/2026 1:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball
INDIANAPOLIS - Purdue Fort Wayne's DeAndre Craig Jr. was selected as a Preseason All-Horizon League First Team honoree, the league announced on Wednesday (Oct. 7).
In his first season with the Mastodons, he averaged 14.0 points per game. That mark is the second-most among returning players in the league, second to C.J. O'Hara, who joins Craig on the Preseason All-League First Team.
Craig shot 43.7 percent from the floor and 38.2 percent from 3-point range last year after transferring in from Denver. He had a season-high 24 points at Northern Kentucky on February 18. He also scored in double-figures in each of the last five games of the season. He started all 32 games for the Mastodons.
Craig and the Mastodons will host Purdue in an exhibition contest on October 22. They open the regular season at Duquesne on November 3.
Preseason All-League First Team
Marcus Hall, Green Bay
Danilo Jovanovich, Milwaukee
DeAndre Craig Jr., Purdue Fort Wayne
CJ O'Hara, Wright State
Kellen Pickett, Wright State
In his first season with the Mastodons, he averaged 14.0 points per game. That mark is the second-most among returning players in the league, second to C.J. O'Hara, who joins Craig on the Preseason All-League First Team.
Craig shot 43.7 percent from the floor and 38.2 percent from 3-point range last year after transferring in from Denver. He had a season-high 24 points at Northern Kentucky on February 18. He also scored in double-figures in each of the last five games of the season. He started all 32 games for the Mastodons.
Craig and the Mastodons will host Purdue in an exhibition contest on October 22. They open the regular season at Duquesne on November 3.
Preseason All-League First Team
Marcus Hall, Green Bay
Danilo Jovanovich, Milwaukee
DeAndre Craig Jr., Purdue Fort Wayne
CJ O'Hara, Wright State
Kellen Pickett, Wright State
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