AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Augusta State is well represented on the first-ever Peach Belt Conference men’s basketball preseason all-conference team, which was released on Tuesday afternoon by the league office.

Three Jaguars were named to the team, voted on by the league’s 11 Sports Information Directors. Senior forward Tyrekus “AJ” Bowman, junior center Garret Siler and sophomore guard/forward Ben Madgen were selected to the squad, along with Georgia College & State’s Aaron Clark and Columbus State’s Daniel Quinlan.

Bowman was the top vote-getter in the balloting and only unanimous choice. A preseason first-team All-America selection by the Sporting News, the senior from Tignall, Ga., was the 2007 Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year and an NABC All-America selection as a junior. He was also named the Georgia Player of the Year among all divisions by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club. He led the Peach Belt with 20.5 ppg last year and also had 7.5 rebounds per game.

Madgen was the 2007 Peach Belt Conference Freshman of the Year and a PBC all-conference selection. A sophomore from Williamstown, Australia, he ranked second on the Jaguars and eighth in the PBC in scoring at 15.6 ppg and is one of five returning starters for the Jaguars.

Siler was named a PBC all-conference selection as a sophomore in his first year as a starter. He led the nation and was ranked first in the league in field goal percentage and was eighth in rebounding and 16th in scoring. The junior from Augusta, Ga., was also ranked 14th in the nation in blocked shots at 2.4 per game.

Clark was named all-conference for GCSU in 2007 after averaging 16.1 ppg and 7.9 rpg. Quinlan is in his first year at Columbus State after transferring from former Peach Belt member USC Upstate.

The Jags, ranked No. 6 in the nation, take on College of Charleston in an exhibition game on Thursday, Nov. 1 in Charleston, S.C., and face Clemson in an exhibition at Littlejohn Coliseum on Tuesday, Nov. 6. ASU officially tips off its 2007-08 campaign on Friday, Nov. 16 in the Montevallo Coca-Cola Classic in Montevallo, Ala.

2007-08 Peach Belt Conference
Preseason All-Conference Team

TYREKUS “AJ” BOWMAN, AUGUSTA STATE
Aaron Clark, Georgia College & State
BEN MADGEN, AUGUSTA STATE
Daniel Quinlan, Columbus State
GARRET SILER, AUGUSTA STATE