Courtesy of GoExplorers.com.
PHILADELPHIA – La Salle junior Tyreek Duren (Philadelphia, Pa. / Neumann-Goretti) has been named to the Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List for the second straight year, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced today. Duren is the only Philadelphia Big 5 point guard on the list.
Duren is third in the Atlantic 10 in scoring at 17.1 ppg. and has a team-high 26 assists. A second team NABC All-District and Philadelphia Big 5 selection last season, he averaged 13.2 ppg. and 4.0 apg. in leading the Explorers to 21 wins and an NIT berth.
The junior entered the year with the most assists by an Explorer after two seasons since eventual NBA guard Doug Overton. He has hit game-tying and game-winning shots this season versus Villanova and Northeastern.
This watch list of candidates will be narrowed down to a final 20 around January 1st, final 10 near February 1st, and final five by approximately March 1st. A premier Selection Committee
has been appointed by the Hall of Fame to review the final five candidates in contention for the nation’s top collegiate point guard award.
These Hall of Fame committees are made up of top college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, Sports Information Directors and Hall of Famers. The winner of the 2013 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at the Hall of Fame’s Class Announcement on Championship Monday in Atlanta as part of NCAA Final Four weekend.
Previous winners of the Bob Cousy Award have included Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph’s), Raymond Felton (North Carolina), Dee Brown (Illinois), Acie Law (Texas A & M), DJ Augustin
(Texas), Ty Lawson (North Carolina), Greivis Vasquez (Maryland), Kemba Walker (Connecticut) and last year’s recipient Kendall Marshall (North Carolina). For more information on the 2013
Bob Cousy, log onto www.CousyAward.com.
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