Orono, ME - The America East Conference announced on Thursday afternoon that Kellen Tynes and Peter Filipovity of the Maine men's basketball program earned multiple regular season awards.

Tynes, a native of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, earned his second-straight America East Defensive Player of the Year award. For the second-straight season, Tynes led all America East players in steals (68) and steals per game (2.27), solidifying himself as one of the best on-ball defenders the America East has ever had. He also registered 12 blocks on the season.

Last season, Tynes was the first Black Bear to ever earn the Defensive Player of the Year award as he led the NCAA in steals. He concludes the 2023-24 regular season ranked 14th in total steals in the NCAA.

To go along with his second-straight Defensive Player of the Year award, Tynes earned his second-straight All-Conference Third Team honors and second-straight All-Defensive Team honors. He averaged the second-most points per game on the Black Bears at 12.7 per game (17th in America East) and the second-most assists per game at 3.6 (7th in America East). He had the sixth-best assist-to-turnover ratio in the conference (1.5).

Filipovity, a native of Kaposvar, Hungary, concluded his breakout regular season be earning a spot on the America East All-Conference Second Team and a spot on the All-Academic Team. In his Senior season, he averaged a team-high 14.4 points per game, which ranked 12th in the America East, to go along with 7.7 rebounds per game, the fifth most in the America East.

Filipovity had the fourth-most double-doubles in the America East as he had nine such games. He had nine games with 20 or more points, including a season-high 27 in the regular season finale against UMass Lowell. His shooting percentage of 56.6% was the third best percentage in the America East.

Filipovity earned a spot on the All-Academic Team after putting up career-best numbers on the court and pairing it with a 3.52 GPA.

Maine begins their 2024 America East Playoff run on Saturday at #3 Bryant. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 P.M.

-UMaine-