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BC3 men’s basketball lands 3 players on All-Region 20 list

Nicholas DelGratta, who could become the third Butler County Community College men’s basketball player since 2015 to finish a season with the highest scoring average in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Division III, and two teammates have been selected for postseason honors.

DelGratta and Ivan Zhivkov have been named to the NJCAA’s Division III all-Region 20 first team and Kadjali Biola to its honorable mention squad.

BC3 finished 11-13 after an 87-76 loss Feb. 20 to the Community College of Allegheny in the semifinal of a dual-championship tournament for the WPCC and Region 20 titles.

DelGratta, a 6-foot-7 sophomore forward from Struthers, Ohio, played in 20 games for the Pioneers and averaged 29.7 points. He also ranks in the Top 15 in five other statistical categories among players on 63 Division III programs. DelGratta scored at least 30 points in 11 games, including a season-high 47 against Bryant & Stratton, Ohio, on Feb. 16.

Zhivkov, a 6-1 freshman point guard from Ruse, Bulgaria, ranks 10th in Division III in 3-point percentage at 43.3 and 11th in free-throw percentage at 83.3. He averaged 11.2 points per game.

Biola is 11th in Division III with 71 steals. He averaged 13.3 points and 5.8 rebounds. He is a 6-3 freshman forward from New Caledonia in the South Pacific.

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