WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Naismith Basketball Memorial Hall of Fame has announced that Fletcher Loyer is one of 20 players named to the Julius Erving Award watch list, given to the nation’s top small forward.
Loyer is named to the watch list for the third time in his career and is joined by other Big Ten players Andrej Stojakovic (Illinois), Tucker DeVries (Indiana), Devin Royal (Ohio State), Eric Dailey Jr. (UCLA) and Chad Baker-Mazara (USC).
Loyer, a senior guard from Fort Wayne, Indiana, has averaged double-digit scoring all three years at Purdue while making 40.0 percent (197-of-492) of his attempts from 3-point range for his career. A year ago, Loyer averaged a career-high 13.8 points per game while making 75-of-169 (.444) attempts from 3-point range. Over the last two seasons combined, Loyer is third nationally in 3-point percentage (138-of-311) at 44.4 percent.
Loyer has started all 110 games during his career, helping Purdue to a 87-23 record during that span and has scored 1,291 career points while ranking 10th on Purdue’s career 3-pointers made list with 197.
Purdue wraps up its exhibition season tonight, when UIndy visits Mackey Arena. The regular-season opener is Nov. 4, when the Boilermakers host Evansville.