Lincoln - Senior guard Tai Webster earned his second honor in as many days Tuesday, as he was selected to the U.S. Basketball Writers Association All-District VI Team. The 10-member team consists of players from Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota. Webster is the first Husker player since Terran Petteway in 2014 to be a first-team USBWA All-District honoree.
Webster enters Wednesday’s Big Ten Tournament opener ranked third in the conference in scoring at 17.2 points per game while also chipping in 5.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game. He has set career highs in all four categories as a senior and is one of four players in school history to score 500 points and dish out 100 assists in a season.