Tennessee senior guard Santiago Vescovi was named a top-10 candidate for the Jerry West Award, the James Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced Tuesday.
The award, in its ninth year, recognizes the best shooting guard in the nation. The list will be narrowed to five finalists in March.
Through the Vols’ first 23 games, Vescovi is averaging 11.9 points per contest and is the team’s leading scorer. He leads Tennessee in minutes per game (31.9) and 3-point field goals (48).
Vescovi is shooting 35.8 percent from beyond the 3-point attempts in Southeastern Conference play.
Vescovi is fifth in program history with 239 made 3-point attempts and is Tennessee’s 44th all-time leading scorer with 1,142 career points.
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