IRVING, Texas – To promote the 2017-18 Conference USA basketball season, C-USA will announce two student-athletes named to the league’s annual preseason teams in a series of releases beginning Monday, Oct. 16. Stay tuned each day as the conference will present one male and one female student-athlete leading up to the squads’ full unveiling on Thursday, Oct. 26, which will include the final two men’s team members and the women’s C-USA Preseason Player of the Year. The league’s annual preseason polls for both men and women will be released on Friday, Oct. 27 with the 2017 C-USA Basketball Tipoff Event & Reception presented on ESPN3 coming Monday, Oct. 30  at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
 
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Daquan Bracey, Louisiana Tech, So., Baltimore, MD
Bracey saw action in all 33 games of Louisiana Tech’s 2016-17 season, starting at point guard in 27 of those games. He averaged 9.1 points per game, scoring in double figures 13 times, and averaging a team-best 5.8 assists per game, ranking 18^th in the country. The 2017 C-USA Freshman of the Year recorded a +3.51 assist/turnover ratio, best in Bulldog history and fifth best in the nation.
 
Rachael Childress, UAB, So., Moulton, AL
Childress holds the C-USA freshman record for 3-pointers made in a single season (95) and garnered the 2017 C-USA Freshman of the Year award honor. She ranks second in C-USA’s individual season 3-point field goals per game (3.2) and set a conference record in C-USA play for 3-point field goals made (64).

Men’s Basketball Preseason Team
10/16   Daquan Bracey, Louisiana Tech
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Women’s Basketball Preseason Team
10/16   Rachael Childress, UAB
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