Diener Earns First Team All-Conference USA Honor

Marquette junior point guard Travis Diener today was named First Team All- Conference USA.? Diener led the conference scoring with 18.5 ppg (19.5 ppg in conference games) and assists with 6.0 apg.?

One of the conference's best shooters, Diener finished second in the conference in free throw percentage (88.4%) and third in three-point field-goal percentage (44.4%).? The 6-1 junior averaged 2.81 three-point field goals per game during the regular season and 3.0 three-point field goals in conference games, tops in Conference USA.

Diener?s 2.53-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio was the second best in the conference.

Diener was a Second Team All-Conference USA selection last season.

All-time Marquette All-Conference USA Team Members

2004 ? Travis Diener, Marquette

2003 ? Dwyane Wade, first team; Travis Diener, second team; Robert Jackson, second team

2002 ? Dwyane Wade, first team; Cordell Henry, second team

2001 ? Brian Wardle, first team; Cordell Henry, third team

2000 ? Brian Wardle, second team

1998 ? Aaron Hutchins, second team

1997 ? Aaron Hutchins, second team; Chris Crawford, third team

1996 ? Amal McCaskill, second team; Aaron Hutchins, third team