Barnett and Odunayo named AMC All-Conference

ST. LOUIS, MO – The American Midwest Conference on Thursday announced the All-Conference teams for the 2024-25 Men's Basketball season. Ahian Barnett received All-Conference Honorable Mention honors while Bryant Odunayo was selected to the All-Freshman Team. Moctar Keita was named as the UHSP representative for the Champions of Character Team. Seven Eutectic players were named to the AMC Academic All-Conference list. 

Barnett was named as an Honorable Mention selection for the second straight season. He was one of eight players named to the All-AMC Honorable Mention Team. He was the team's leading scorer at 15.5 points-per-game and was their leading scorer in a particular game 11 different times this season. Barnett dropped a season-high 40 points in the penultimate contest of the season on Feb. 15 against Mission. The senior shot 44.2% from the floor, 32.3% from the perimeter and 72.2% from the foul line. The St. Louis native averaged 3.5 rebounds-per-game and 2.8 assists-per-game. He was one of two Eutectics to be named AMC Player of the Week this season, grabbing the honor early in the season for the week of Nov. 4-10.

Odunayo primarily came off the bench for Coach Danny Brown and averaged 5.2ppg this season with a season-high of 14 points which he reached three different times. He shot 40.2% from the field, 71% from the charity stripe and 23.1% from deep. The 14-point performances were three of the six times this year that the Texas native posted double digits in a game. He closed the season strong scoring a combined 21 points in the final two games of the season on 7-of-13 shooting. Odunayo is the fifth Eutectic to land a spot on the AMC All-Freshman Team in the last four years.

Odunayo is joined on the All-Freshman team by Columbia's Nate Brandt, Ryder Williams of Mission, Aaiden Ashton from William Woods and Cooper Rabjohn of Williams Baptist.

Keita was selected to represent the Eutectics on the AMC Champions of Character Team. The CoC Team recognizes one student-athletes from each institution for exemplary character and virtue, emphasizing the five core values of the NAIA Champions of Character program: respect, integrity, responsibility, sportsmanship, and servant leadership.

Seven Eutectic team members were named as 2024-25 AMC Men's Basketball Academic All-Conference honorees: Brock Davis, Landon Engelage, Christian Harwood, Moctar Keita, David Moore, Dwight Newsome, and Braylon Rios.