DETROIT —
Matt Costello of Bay City Western has been named Michigan's Mr. Basketball.
The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan announced the award Monday.
Lansing Sexton's Denzel Valentine, who like Costello will play for Michigan State, finished second in the voting. Cadillac's John Simons was third followed by Warren De La Salle Connar Tava and Detroit Crockett's Lloyd Neely.
Costello averaged 25.1 points a game this season. The 6-foot-10 forward also averaged nearly 18 rebounds along with four assists and four blocks per game.
Valentine averaged 15 points, 11 rebounds, 8.6 assists and 4.3 steals for the defending Class B champion Big Reds, who many consider the best team in the state — regardless of class this season.
Simons has the Vikings in the Class B state quarterfinals for the second year in a row. The 6-foot-8 senior is committed to play at Central Michigan University.
This year, Simons is averaging more than 28 points a game to go with 10 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.8 blocks and 2.4 steals. He is over 1,600 career points and is a 3.8 GPA student.
Simons' older brother Ben — who plays at Drake University — finished second in the 2009 voting to Derrick Nix.
Costello is the fourth straight Mr. Basketball award winner in the state to sign with the Spartans after they went four years without adding one. Former Suttons Bay star Dwaun Anderson won it last year and originally committed to Michigan State before he transferred to Wagner. Keith Appling and Nix earned the honor the previous two years.
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Bay City Western's Matt Costello started his season with a win at TC Central. He ended it on Monday by winning Mr. Basketball. Record-Eagle file photo/Keith King
Bay City's Costello is Mr. Basketball
Cadillac's John Simons finishes third in voting
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