WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue sophomores Zach Edey and Jaden Ivey have been selected to the Wooden Award Late-Season Top-20 Watch List, the Los Angeles Athletic Club announced on ESPNU tonight.
Purdue and Gonzaga are the only teams with two players named to the late-season list. The Big Ten leads all conferences with seven selections. The Pac-12 is next with three honorees.
The duo accounts for two of the eight underclassmen on the list.
A 6-foot, 4-inch sophomore from South Bend, Indiana, Ivey is averaging 16.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, while shooting 48.5 percent from the field and 44.2 percent from 3-point range. He is near a pace to become the third Boilermaker to average 16, 5 and 3 in a season in school history (Caleb Swanigan, E'Twaun Moore).
He was recently named the Big Ten Player of the Week and NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week after hitting what may be the shot of the year in the win over No. 16 Ohio State – a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give Purdue an 81-78 victory.
After starting slow from long distance, Ivey is 39-of-83 (.470) from 3-point range in the last 17 games. He has scored in double-figures in his last 17 games.
Edey, a 7-foot, 4-inch sophomore center from Toronto, is averaging 15.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks per game in a mere 18.4 minutes per contest. He is shooting an NCAA-best 70.8 percent from the field, which is on pace to set Purdue's new single-season record and rank ninth in a single season in NCAA history.
In the last 30 years, just one player has averaged at least 15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 blocks in under 25.0 minutes per contest – Kentucky's DeMarcus Cousins in 2009-10. Edey has reached those marks in just 18.4 minutes per contest.
The 18-3 and No. 4-ranked Boilermakers will travel to Minnesota for a Wednesday contest, beginning at 7 p.m. ET, on the Big Ten Network.
Purdue and Gonzaga are the only teams with two players named to the late-season list. The Big Ten leads all conferences with seven selections. The Pac-12 is next with three honorees.
The duo accounts for two of the eight underclassmen on the list.
A 6-foot, 4-inch sophomore from South Bend, Indiana, Ivey is averaging 16.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, while shooting 48.5 percent from the field and 44.2 percent from 3-point range. He is near a pace to become the third Boilermaker to average 16, 5 and 3 in a season in school history (Caleb Swanigan, E'Twaun Moore).
He was recently named the Big Ten Player of the Week and NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week after hitting what may be the shot of the year in the win over No. 16 Ohio State – a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to give Purdue an 81-78 victory.
After starting slow from long distance, Ivey is 39-of-83 (.470) from 3-point range in the last 17 games. He has scored in double-figures in his last 17 games.
Edey, a 7-foot, 4-inch sophomore center from Toronto, is averaging 15.0 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks per game in a mere 18.4 minutes per contest. He is shooting an NCAA-best 70.8 percent from the field, which is on pace to set Purdue's new single-season record and rank ninth in a single season in NCAA history.
In the last 30 years, just one player has averaged at least 15.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 blocks in under 25.0 minutes per contest – Kentucky's DeMarcus Cousins in 2009-10. Edey has reached those marks in just 18.4 minutes per contest.
The 18-3 and No. 4-ranked Boilermakers will travel to Minnesota for a Wednesday contest, beginning at 7 p.m. ET, on the Big Ten Network.