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Mizzou Basketball standouts Laurence Bowers and Phil Pressey were named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 25 list by The Los Angeles Athletic Club this evening.
Selected by the Wooden Award National Advisory Board, the list is made up of 25 student-athletes who, based on their performances in November, December, and the beginning of January, are the frontrunners for college basketball's most prestigious honor.
Bowers has been one of college basketball's best stories this season. One year removed from ACL surgery, the Memphis, Tenn., native is averaging a career high 16.8 points and 6.9 rebounds. A 6-foot-8, 227-pound forward, Bowers has already earned his degree from Missouri and is closing in on the completion of a Master's degree in Health Education and Promotion.
Bowers has scored in double figures in 13-of-14 games this year and is second on the club with four double-doubles. Over his last eight games Bowers is averaging 18.8 points and 7.3 rebounds and he was named SEC Player of the Week after a 23-point, 10-rebound night in a win against Illinois in the annual Bud Light Braggin' Rights Game.