Dieners to Compete In Three-Point Championship During Final Four Weekend

Travis Diener

DePaul senior Drake Diener and his cousin Travis Diener of Marquette, both All-Conference USA selections, will give a double dose of C-USA representation in the 17th Annual Mountain Dew College Slam Dunk and Three-Point Championship. Drake led C-USA this season in three-point field goal percentage (.462) and ranked fifth in the nation. He holds the DePaul school records for both career three-point field goals (216) and season (85) set this year.

Travis is returning from a left-hand injury that forced the senior to miss the Golden Eagles final five games and cutting his stellar collegiate career short. The first team all-conference selection was a career 41.3 percent shooter from behind the arc, and also holds his school record for career three-pointers (284) and season three-pointers (90, 2004).

The competition will be held Thursday, March 31 at the Washington University Field House in St. Louis at 6:30 p.m. and will be televised by ESPN at 8 p.m. CT.

The Dieners will be competing against Duke's Daniel Ewing, John Lewis of Oklahoma State, Ronald Lucas of Texas, Washington's Tre Simmons and Vermont's T.J. Sorrentine.