Wofford Athletics – Eric Garcia, Fletcher Magee and Nathan Hoover were all named to Southern Conference teams, as announced by the conference on Wednesday morning. Garcia and Magee were both named to the All-Conference First Team while Hoover was named to the All-Freshman Team, both by the media and the coaches.
Wofford is the only school to have two First Team selections. It is the first time that Wofford has had two players named to the first team since Lee Skinner and Karl Cochran in 2014-15. It is just the third time two Wofford players have been named to the All-Southern Conference First Team by the coaches but is the first time two Wofford players have been chosen to the First Team by the media.
Eric Garcia’s First Team selection is the first All-Southern conference honor of his career. However, he was named to the All-Freshman team in 2013-14 and the All-Southern Conference Tournament team in 2014. Garcia is 10th in the conference in scoring and second on the Wofford team with 14.1 points per game.
The senior leads the conference in assists per game (6.7), free throw percentage (91.3%), and assist to turnover ratio (4.1). He is second in the conference in minutes played (33.4), fourth in the conference in three-point field goal percentage (45.6%) and ninth in three-point field goals made per game with 2.3 per contest. He is sixth nationally in free-throw percentage, while his assist to turnover ratio and assists per game are third and fifth in the nation, respectively.
Fletcher Magee, the 2016 Freshman of the Year, was also named to the First Team. Magee was a Third-Team selection last season. Magee leads Wofford in scoring, averaging 18.3 points per game, third best in the conference. His free throw percentage of 89.1% is second in the league behind Garcia. Magee leads the conference in three-point field goals made with 103 (3.3/game) and his three-point field goal percentage (42%) is eighth in the conference. Magee is third in the conference with 33 minutes played per game.
Nathan Hoover was named to the All-Freshman team. The freshman from Memphis, Tenn. averages 7.5 points per contest. Hoover has started in 13 games for Wofford and has made 50 three-pointers. Garcia, Magee and Hoover have combined for 225 three pointers this season, more than any three players on a SoCon team this season and more than two Southern Conference teams have total.
The Terriers return to the court Saturday, March 4 at 2:30 p.m. in the Southern Conference tournament. Wofford, the No .5 seed, squares off against the No. 4 seeded Chattanooga Mocs.
