Former University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff men's basketball player Martaveous McKnight was selected in the NBA G League Draft.

McKnight was a third-round pick by the Delaware Blue Coats.

In two seasons as a Golden Lion, McKnight scored exactly 1,300 points as a two-time first-team All-SWAC selection, earning both SWAC Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year in 2017-18, and was a time BOXTOROW All-American.

This past season, the Walls, Miss. native averaged 20.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and just under three assists per contests. McKnight had a pair of 40-point scoring games, with a career-high 41 at Colorado State and 40 vs. Cal Baptist.

McKnight capped his career by being one of four players representing the Southwestern Athletic Conference in the 3-on-3 National Championship Tournament during NCAA Final Four Weekend.

McKnight will begin camp Monday in preparation for the 2019-20 G League season which begins November 8.