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Goodwin Named to Karl Malone Award Watch List
Oct 15, 2015 | Men's Basketball
Tiger senior one of just 20 named as nominee for Power Forward of the Year
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Shaq Goodwin was named by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the watch-list for the 2016 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award, announced on Thursday, October 15.
Named after Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its second year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Goodwin, the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Award recipient, ranked second in league play in field-goal shooting (61.1-percent) last season and averaged a career-high 7.1 rebounds per game. The senior pulled down a career-high 23 rebounds vs. Temple on Feb. 7, 2015 and set a new American Athletic Conference single game record with the mark.
By mid-February, the watch list for the 2016 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2016 Karl Malone Award will be presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy's from Club Nokia in Los Angeles, Calif. on Friday, April 8, 2016.
Goodwin played in 31 games in 2014-15, starting 24 times and averaged 9.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Over the last dozen games of the season he erupted, averaging 12.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, including the 23-rebound game against Temple, which is tied for the ninth-most single-game rebounds in program history. He stands 44 points shy of becoming the program's 50th 1,000-point scorer, and is 84 rebounds and 19 blocked shots away from moving into the top-10 in each category in the program career record book.
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The Tigers open their 2015-16 season on November 6 with an exhibition game against LeMoyne-Owen at 8 p.m. CT at FedExForum, and the regular season is kicked off on Saturday, November 14 against Southern Miss at 7 p.m. CT.
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Named after Hall of Famer and two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl Malone, the annual honor in its second year recognizes the top power forwards in Division I men's college basketball. A national committee comprised of top college basketball personnel determined the watch list of 20 candidates.
Goodwin, the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference Sportsmanship Award recipient, ranked second in league play in field-goal shooting (61.1-percent) last season and averaged a career-high 7.1 rebounds per game. The senior pulled down a career-high 23 rebounds vs. Temple on Feb. 7, 2015 and set a new American Athletic Conference single game record with the mark.
By mid-February, the watch list for the 2016 Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year Award will be narrowed to 10. In March, five finalists will be presented to Mr. Malone and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner of the 2016 Karl Malone Award will be presented at the ESPN College Basketball Awards presented by Wendy's from Club Nokia in Los Angeles, Calif. on Friday, April 8, 2016.
Goodwin played in 31 games in 2014-15, starting 24 times and averaged 9.6 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. Over the last dozen games of the season he erupted, averaging 12.5 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, including the 23-rebound game against Temple, which is tied for the ninth-most single-game rebounds in program history. He stands 44 points shy of becoming the program's 50th 1,000-point scorer, and is 84 rebounds and 19 blocked shots away from moving into the top-10 in each category in the program career record book.
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The Tigers open their 2015-16 season on November 6 with an exhibition game against LeMoyne-Owen at 8 p.m. CT at FedExForum, and the regular season is kicked off on Saturday, November 14 against Southern Miss at 7 p.m. CT.
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