After capping off its first winning season in nearly a decade with a 61-57 win at Louisiana-Monroe, App State enters the Sun Belt Conference Tournament as the sixth seed.
Junior guard Justin Forrest is the first Mountaineer since App State joined the Sun Belt in 2014 to be named first team all-conference. Forrest led the Mountaineers in scoring and finished second in the Sun Belt with a career-high 17.3 points per game.
With the No. 6 seed, the Mountaineers secure a first round bye. Their postseason basketball will begin when they take on Coastal Carolina at 7 p.