MILWAUKEE - Former Milwaukee men's basketball standout Clay Tucker has been selected for the Spor Toto Basketball League All-Star Game, which will be played January 24 at Ülker Sports Arena in Istanbul.
 
Tucker is playing this season with Torku Konyaspor, which holds its home games in the Central Anatolian city of Konya. The Spor Toto Basketball League has developed into Europe's most competitive league.
 
Tucker is averaging a team-high 21.1 points per game and is coming off a 26-point effort against Trabzonspor Medical Park January 10.
 
In addition to the All-Star Game, the Sony Xperia Slam Dunk Competition and ING Three-Point Contest start at 1:30 local time. The game tips off at 4:30 (8:30 a.m. CST). The game will be streaming online at ntvspor.net/canliyayin and live tweeting will be available in English at @TurkishBBall.
 
The game format is Team Asia versus Team Europe and Tucker will be competing for Team Asia.
 
Competing in his 13^th season of professional basketball, Tucker was named Eurobasket.com All-Italian SerieA Honorable Mention in 2008 and helped his teams to the Spanish ACB Supercup Final Four in 2011 and 2013.
 
During his Milwaukee career, which spanned from 1999-2003, Tucker averaged 16.0 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 3.0 apg and 1.7 spg and helped the Panthers to their first-ever NCAA Tournament berth as a Division I program in 2003. He is the program's all-time Division I leader with 1,788 points and 194 steals and ranks second with 592 rebounds and third with 341 assists.
 
Tucker was a two-time First Team All-Horizon League pick and collected National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District 11 accolades in 2001-02. A two-time Horizon League All-Defensive Team selection, he was tabbed Most Valuable Player of the 2003 Horizon League Championship.