Gilbert, Jones Named to Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 - Iowa State University Athletics

Gilbert, Jones Named to Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 – Iowa State University Athletics

Posted by Admin February 11, 2025 Basketball

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Iowa State seniors Keshon Gilbert and Curtis Jones have been named to the John R. Wooden Award Late Midseason Top 20 Watch List. Iowa State and Rutgers are the only two schools with multiple players on the list.

Gilbert is averaging 14.7 points, 4.5 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.4 steals per game this year. He is one of just 14 players in the country to hit those marks this season. He’s scored a season-high 24 points twice this year, coming in victories over Dayton (Nov. 26) and No. 5 Marquette (Dec. 4). Gilbert is shooting 49.8 percent from the floor and 30.6 percent from downtown, as he’s led the No. 3 Cyclones to an 18-5 record this season.

The leading scorer for the Cyclones, Jones is averaging 17.7 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. Jones had a streak of 22-straight Big 12 regular season games where he scored in double figures earlier this season, the longest streak in the league in over five years and the 16th longest in league history. In 15 games off the bench, Jones is averaging 18.5 points per game. Jones scored a career-high 33 points at Arizona State on Jan. 25, as he was named the Dickie V National Player of the Week.

Selected by a panel of national college basketball experts, the list comprises 20 student-athletes who are frontrunners for the most prestigious honors in college basketball: the Wooden Award All-American Team and the Wooden Award® Most Outstanding Player.

The players on the list are considered strong candidates for the 2025 John R. Wooden Award® Men’s Player of the Year. Players not selected for the late midseason list remain eligible for inclusion on the Wooden Award® National Ballot. The National Ballot will feature 15 top players who have demonstrated to their universities that they meet or exceed the Wooden Award® qualifications.

Wooden Award® voters will be invited to rank 10 of the 15 players on the ballot in order of preference when voting opens during the NCAA Tournament. Voters will also consider performances in the tournament’s early rounds, players’ contributions to their teams and their character. The Wooden Award All-American Team will be announced during the week of the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight.

The winners and the All Americans of the 2025 John R. Wooden Award®, presented by Principal, will be honored at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on Friday, April 11, 2025.