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 |