30Duck No. 1 Share Posted October 21, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2021 MEN’S BASKETBALL | @OregonMBB COMMUNICATIONS CONTACT: Will Patterson (willpatt@uoregon.edu) Guerrier Named to Karl Malone Award Watch List Online Version: https://bit.ly/2Z545Lx SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Junior Quincy Guerrier was one of 20 players nationally named to the 2022 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award watch list by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on Thursday. The Pac-12 preseason all-conference second team selection played and started in 28 games for Syracuse last season, averaging 13.7 points (.493 FG%), 8.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, earning third team All-ACC honors. Guerrier helped the Orange advance to the Sweet Sixteen with 12 points, seven rebounds and a career-high five blocks in the second round win over West Virginia. With four position player award watch lists released, Oregon is one of nine programs to be represented on at least three of the lists – joining Duke, Gonzaga, Kansas, Memphis, Michigan, Texas, UCLA and Villanova. Ducks senior Will Richardson was named to the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year watch list on Monday, while junior De’Vion Harmon made the Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year watch list on Tuesday. Previous winners include Drew Timme, Gonzaga (2021), Obi Toppin, Dayton (2020), Zion Williamson, Duke (2019), Deandre Ayton, Arizona (2018), Johnathan Motley, Baylor (2017), Georges Niang, Iowa State (2016) and Montrezl Harrell, Louisville (2015). The winner of the 2022 Karl Malone Award will be presented on a to-be-determined date, along with the other four members of the Men’s Starting Five. Additional awards being presented include the Bob Cousy Point Guard Award, Jerry West Shooting Guard Award, the Julius Erving Small Forward Award and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center Award, in addition to the Women’s Starting Five. 2022 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award Candidates* Azoulas Tubelis - Arizona Jabari Smith - Auburn David Roddy - Colorado St. Paolo Banchero - Duke Drew Timme - Gonzaga Trayce Jackson-Davis - Indiana Kenneth Lofton Jr. - Louisiana Tech Eli Scott - Loyola Marymount Darius Days - LSU Donta Scott - Maryland DeAndre Williams - Memphis Dawson Garcia - North Carolina EJ Lidell - Ohio State Quincy Guerrier - Oregon Trevion Williams - Purdue John Fulkerson - Tennessee Tre Mitchell - Texas Isaiah Mobley - USC Jayden Gardner - Virginia Keve Aluma - Virginia Tech *Players can play their way onto and off of the list at any point in the 2021-22 season* – www.GoDucks.com – Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
