HUNTINGTON, IN-With the books officially closed on the 2008-09 basketball season, the Huntington University squad as well as sophomore guard, Tyler Shively, finished the year atop an NAIA Division II statistical category.

As a team, the Foresters led the Division in free throw shooting connecting on 647 of 800 attempts for 80.9%.  The runner-up to HU in the category was Grand View College (IA) who hit 475 of 634 attempts for 74.9%.

Shively, a sharp-shooting guard from Columbia City, Indiana (Columbia City High School), was the Division II leader in 3-point shooting percentage.  He knocked down 51 of 101 attempts for 50.5%. 

After making NAIA national headlines in November for hitting a Division II record-setting 70 consecutive free throws, Shively also finished the year second in the nation shooting 88.5% at the line. He followed Ben Falkenberg of Mt. Vernon Nazarene who hit 89.7% of his attempts.

The Foresters wrapped up the year with a 20-12 record, the program's eighth consecutive 20-win season.  During the past decade, the Huntington University men's basketball program has won five Mid-Central Conference (MCC) titles, five MCC tournament titles, and has had seven NAIA National Tournament appearances, including two Final Fours and a National Runner-Up finish in 2006. Over the 10-year span, the program also has produced 12 NAIA All-Americans and eight MCC Players of the Year.