Even though Cal State San Bernardino was eliminated from the NCAA mens basketball tournament last Friday in Anchorage, Alaska, one member of the Coyotes team will still be going to the NCAA Division II national championship event in Springfield, Mass.

Senior guard Marlon Pierce was chosen to the West team that will face off against a team of East players in the third annual NABC/NCAA Division II All-Star game on Friday at the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame.

Pierce will join nine other West players in playing on center court at the Hall of Fame where he and his teammates were part of the pre-Elite Eight dinner for the eight finalists at the 2007 tournament. CSUSB lost in the 2007 semifinals to Barton College, 80-79.

The only other CCAA conference player on the West squad will be CCAA most valuable player Devin Peal of Humboldt State. Players from the Great Lakes, North Central, South Central and West regions make up the team.

The team will be coached by CCAA coach of the year Bill Treseler of San Francisco State.
Alaska-Anchorage, the 2008 West Region champion, will represent the West in the Elite Eight at the MassMutual Center in Springfield on March 26-27 and March 29.

Pierce was an all-CCAA first team and NABC all-West Region first team selection this season. He averaged 12.2 points and 3.5 rebounds a game with 118 assists and 57 steals.

Joining Pierce on the West team are: former Mt. SAC standout Jeff Fahnbulleh (Kentucky Wesleyan), Cory Ambercrombie (Pittsburg State), David Dreas (St. Cloud State), Robert Lee (West Texas A&M), Vince Mosley (Gannon), Avery Patterson (Tarleton State), Paul Peterson (BYU-Hawaii), Atila Santos (Minnesota State, Mankato) and Peal.

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