SIU sophomore guard Kennard Davis, Jr. is entering the transfer portal, according to The Portal Report on X.
Davis earned 2nd Team All-Missouri Valley Conference honors this season, averaging 16.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game. He was second on the team in scoring and rebounding this year for a Saluki squad that finished the year 14-19 overall and 8-12 in the Missouri Valley Conference.
Davis joins Valparaiso’s Cooper Schwieger as the second All-Conference player today to enter the transfer portal.
Only five of the 16 All-Conference players, either due to graduating or entering the transfer portal, are returning next year … so far. The transfer portal doesn’t officially open until Monday, March 24th.
FIRST TEAM
Tytan Anderson — UNI (Senior)Duke Deen — Bradley (Senior)Jonathan Pierre — Belmont (Senior)Bennett Stirtz — Drake (Junior)
Samage Teel — Indiana State (Senior)Chase Walker — Illinois State (Sophomore)
SECOND TEAM
Tayshawn Comer — Evansville (Junior)
Kennard Davis — Southern Illinois (Sophomore)Darius Hannah — Bradley (Senior)Johnny Kinziger — Illinois State (Sophomore)
Cooper Schwieger — Valparaiso (Sophomore/Transfer Portal)
THIRD TEAM
Trey Campbell — UNI (Junior)
Ali Dibba — Southern Illinois (Senior)Mitch Mascari — Drake (Senior)Zek Montgomery — Bradley (Senior)Carter Whitt — Belmont (Senior)