Matt Mims, AJ Green are MVC divisional boys' basketball players of the year

CEDAR RAPIDS — Matt Mims of Cedar Rapids Xavier and A.J. Green of Cedar Falls have been named boys' basketball players of the year in their respective divisions of the Mississippi Valley Conference, it has been announced.

Mississippi Division MVP Mims, a senior guard, is averaging 21 points per game for the Saints, who are seeking a Class 3A state championship three-peat. He recently set the Xavier record for most career points and is headed to South Dakota State to play college basketball.

Valley Division MVP Green, also a senior guard, is averaging 26 points for a Cedar Falls team that has qualified for the state tourney in 4A. He is shooting 49 percent from 3-point range and 93 percent from the free-throw line.

Green will play college ball at Northern Iowa, where his father, Kyle, is an assistant coach.

Steve Bergman and his staff at Iowa City West are Mississippi Division coaches of the year. Wendell Eimers and his staff at Dubuque Senior are Valley Division coaches of the year.

Other first-team picks in the Mississippi Division include Patrick McCaffery and Seybian Sims of Iowa City West, Trey Hutcheson of Linn-Mar and Jackson Joens of Xavier. In the Valley Division, first-teamers include Kris Murray of Cedar Rapids Prairie.

All-MVC boys' basketball

* = unanimous selection

Mississippi Division First Team

Patrick McCaffery, jr., Iowa City West*

Seybian Sims, sr., Iowa City West*

Matt Mims, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier*

Trey Hutcheson, jr., Linn-Mar*

CaRondis Harris-Anderson, sr., Waterloo West*

Tyrese Nickelson, jr., Waterloo East

Jackson Joens, sr., Cedar Rapids Xavier

Player of the year: Mims

Coach of the year: Steve Bergman, Iowa City West

Mississippi Division Second Team

Kyler Bell, sr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Dante Eldridge, jr., Iowa City West

Willie Guy, jr., Cedar Rapids Jefferson

Jacob Robertson, sr., Linn-Mar

Matt Bandy, sr., Dubuque Wahlert

Peter Timmerman, sr., Dubuque Wahlert

TreyShawn LaBeaux, sr., Waterloo East

Valley Division First Team

AJ Green, sr., Cedar Falls*

Lucas Duax, sr., Dubuque Hempstead*

Carter Stevens, sr., Dubuque Senior*

Kris Murray, jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Keith Johnson, sr., Dubuque Hempstead

Noah Carter, jr., Dubuque Senior

Logan Wolf, jr., Cedar Falls

Player of the year: Green

Coach of the year: Wendell Eimers, Dubuque Senior

Valley Division Second Team

Jackson Foley, sr., Cedar Rapids Kennedy

Griff Clark, sr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Keegan Murray, jr., Cedar Rapids Prairie

Mick McCurry, jr., Cedar Rapids Washington

Keshawn Christian, soph., Iowa City High

Nick Timmerman, jr., Dubuque Senior

Sam Link, jr., Dubuque Senior