CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's basketball first-year guard Malik Mack – the nation's leading scorer among first-year student-athletes – has earned a spot on the Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List, CollegeInsider.com announced on Wednesday afternoon.
 
The award is given annually to the most outstanding mid-major men's college basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award honors the late Lou Henson, the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.
 
Mackhas established himself as one of the nation's top first-year student-athletes. He stands as the nation's leading scorer among first-years at 19.0 points per game. Overall, he ranks 46^th in the NCAA in scoring and ranks as the only first-year in the top 50 in points per game. His 32-point effort at UMass (Nov. 17) stands as the second-highest scoring output from a first-year in a game against another Division I institution this season in the nation.
 
Mack has averaged 19.0 points and 4.4 assists per game, ranking second in the Ivy League in points per game and first in assists per game. He has shot 44.6 percent from 3-point distance,. has scored in double figures in 10 of 11 games played this season, netted 20 or more points five times, notched 25 or more points three times, and eclipsed 30 points once. Mack gained Ivy League Rookie of the Week in each of the first four weeks of the season (Nov. 13, Nov. 20, Nov. 27, Dec. 4).
 
Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, ASUN, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, CUSA, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, MEAC, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC, Summit, Sun Belt, WAC, West Coast.
 
The recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.
 
The 2024 award will be announced in Phoenix, Arizona, site of the men's Division I Basketball Championship.

Lou Henson Award Mid-Season Watch List

Tyson Acuff, Eastern Michigan
De'Sean Allen-Eikens, CSUN
Rasheed Bello, Purdue Fort Wayne
T.J. Bickerstaff, James Madison
Jalen Blackmon, Stetson
Tommy Bruner, Denver
Terrell Burden, Kennesaw State
Clarence Davis, New Hampshire
Tucker DeVries, Drake
Terrence Edwards Jr., James Madison
Enrique Freeman, Akron
Tyon Grant-Foster, Grand Canyon
Marcus Hill, Bowling Green
Xavier Johnson, Southern Illinois
Dillon Jones, Weber State
Xaivian Lee, Princeton
Malik Mack, Harvard
Issac McBride, Oral Roberts
Duke Miles, High Point
Riley Minix, Morehead State
Ajay Mitchell, UC Santa Barbara
Jonathan Mogbo, San Francisco
Drew Pember, UNC Asheville
Elijah Pepper, UC Davis
Caden Pierce, Princeton
Xavier Rice, Monmouth
Kyle Rode, Liberty
Reyne Smith, Charleston
TreVon Spillers, Appalachian State
Isaiah Swope, Indiana State
KyKy Tandy, Jacksonville State
Jamarii Thomas, Norfolk State
Tyler Thomas, Hofstra
Trey Townsend, Oakland
Marques Warrick, NKU
Shahada Wells, McNeese
Trazarien White, UNCW
Amari Williams, Drexel
Danny Wolf, Yale
Vonterius Woolbright, Western Carolina