Mizzou basketball’s Laurence Bowers and Phil Pressey were named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list by The Los Angeles Athletic Club.  Missouri was one of just three schools with multiple midseason selections, joining Duke (Mason Plumlee and Seth Curry) and Kansas (Ben McLemore and Jeff Withey).

Pressey was also named one of the Top 20 candidates for the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award earlier on Thursday. Ranked No. 6 nationally with 7.6 assists per game, Pressey is averaging career highs in scoring (13.6), assists (7.6) and rebounds (3.5).
Bowers has scored in double figures in 13-of-14 games this year and is second on the club with four double-doubles. Over his last eight games Bowers is averaging 18.8 points and 7.3 rebounds.

Top 25 list:

Anthony Bennett 6-8 Fr.

F

UNLV Mountain West
Laurence Bowers 6-8 Sr.

F

Missouri SEC
Trey Burke 6-0 So.

G

Michigan Big Ten
Isaiah Canaan* 6-1 Sr.

G

Murray State Ohio Valley Conference
Michael Carter-Williams 6-6 So.

G

Syracuse Big East
Jack Cooley 6-9 Sr.

F

Notre Dame Big East
Seth Curry 6-2 Sr.

G

Duke ACC
Jamaal Franklin 6-5 Jr.

G

San Diego State Mountain West
Erick Green 6-3 Sr.

G

Virginia Tech ACC
Elias Harris 6-8 Sr.

F

Gonzaga WCC
Pierre Jackson 5-10 Sr.

G

Baylor Big 12
Sean Kilpatrick 6-4 Jr.

G/F

Cincinnati Big East
C.J. McCollum 6-3 Sr.

G

Lehigh Patriot League
Doug McDermott* 6-8 Jr.

F

Creighton Missouri Valley Conference
Ben McLemore 6-5 Fr.

G

Kansas Big 12
Brandon Paul 6-4 Sr.

G

Illinois Big Ten
Mason Plumlee 6-10 Sr.

F

Duke ACC
Otto Porter, Jr. 6-8 So.

F

Georgetown Big East
Phil Pressey 5-11 Jr.

G

Missouri SEC
Marcus Smart 6-4 Fr.

G

Oklahoma State Big 12
Russ Smith 6-0 Jr.

G

Louisville Big East
Deshaun Thomas 6-7 Jr.

F

Ohio State Big Ten
Jeff Withey 7-0 Sr.

C

Kansas Big 12
Nate Wolters 6-4 Sr.

G

South Dakota State The Summit League
Cody Zeller 7-0 So.

F

Indiana Big Ten