CHICAGO (March 25, 2019) - Loyola University Chicago guard Clayton Custer (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest/Iowa State) has been selected to the 3-Point Championship roster for the 31st annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Minneapolis' Target Center on Thursday, April 4, Intersport announced today. Custer is one of eight men's college basketball players selected for the event that will air live on ESPN at 8 p.m. CT. He was invited to take part in the 3-Point Championship after being recognized as one of the nation's finest shooters from 3-point territory.
 
Custer had a remarkable career at Loyola, playing three seasons in Rogers Park after transferring from Iowa State. A year ago, he helped the Ramblers captivate the nation with an improbable run to the NCAA Final Four, earning Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year, Associated Press Honorable Mention All-America, National Jesuit Player of the Year and Lou Henson Mid-Major Player of the Year recognition as Loyola posted a school-record 32 wins. This season, he earned Third Team All-MVC accolades and was a Google Cloud Third Team Academic All-American, while helping lead the Maroon and Gold to a second straight MVC regular-season championship and National Invitation Tournament (NIT) berth. Custer, who shot 45.1 percent (60-for-133) from three-point territory last season, finished his career with 182 three-point field goals, connecting on 41 percent (182-for-444) of his triple attempts. 
 
Intersport, producers of the event, invites 24 of the nation's elite men's and women's college basketball players to compete in the State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships (eight dunkers, along with eight men's and eight women's shooters). The program showcases the dunking and sharp-shooting talents of the nation's top college basketball players during the Men's and Women's 3-Point Shooting Championships, the Reese's Puffs Battle of the Champions, the Great Clips Slam Dunk Championship and the Applebee's Team Shootout. 
 
A complete roster of participants will be released at a later date.
 
Over the last 30 years, several of the top players in college basketball have competed in the College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships including: Gary Payton, Steve Nash, Jason Terry, Kyle Korver, Bobby Hurley, Michael Finley, Allan Houston, Wesley Matthews, Yogi Ferrell, Cappie Pondexter, Katie Gearlds, Kristi Toliver, Tiffany Hayes and Ariel Atkins.
 
Tickets for the 2019 State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships are on sale now and can be purchased at CollegeSlam.com, TargetCenter.com/CollegeSlam or the Target Center box office. For special rates for groups of 10 or more, please visit CollegeSlam.com/Groups or TargetCenter.com/Groups.

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