Baylor MBB’s Teague Selected to Jerry West Award Watch List

[Kaye, David]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – Nov. 3, 2019

Baylor MBB’s Teague Selected to Jerry West Award Watch List
Senior is one of 20 players on watch list for national shooting guard of the year
For more information contact: David Kaye, 254-709-5147, David_Kaye at baylor.edu<mailto:David_Kaye at baylor.edu>


SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Baylor men’s basketball senior MaCio Teague has been selected to the preseason watch list for the 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award, as announced Tuesday by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.



The annual award is in its seventh year recognizing the top shooting guards in Division I men’s basketball. A national committee of top college basketball personnel determined the 20 watch list candidates. Players can be added to the watch list throughout the season, and the list will be trimmed to 10 candidates in late January. Five finalists will be presented to Mr. West and the Hall of Fame’s selection committee in late February.



The 2021 Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award winner will be announced on April 9 along with the remaining members of the Men’s Starting Five, including the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year, the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year, the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year and the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year. Watch lists for the remaining awards will be announced throughout this week.



Teague is one of two Big 12 Conference players on the Jerry West Award watch list, joining Kansas’ Ochai Agbaji, and he could face two more players on the list during the regular season with Gonzaga’s Joey Ayayi and Villanova’s Justin Moore.



Additional players on the watch list include Alabama’s John Petty Jr., Austin Peay’s Terry Taylor, California’s Matt Bradley, Connecticut’s James Bouknight, Creighton’s Mitch Ballock, Davidson’s Kellan Grady, Detroit Mercy’s Antoine Davis, Duke’s DJ Steward, Florida’s Scottie Lewis, Florida State’s MJ Walker, Houston’s Caleb Mills, Iowa’s Joe Wieskamp, Kentucky’s Terrence Clarke, Michigan’s Franz Wagner, Saint Louis’ Jordan Goodwin and Xavier’s Paul Scruggs.



In his first season playing for Baylor in 2019-20, Teague earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors and was unanimously named to the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team. He was recognized on the Myrtle Beach Invitational All-Tournament Team and the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, and he was a two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.



Teague led the Bears in scoring in six-consecutive games with at least 15 points in each before injuring his wrist at Texas on Feb. 10. He missed the next two games, then returned to start the final five games before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Baylor went 21-1 in games in which Teague recorded double-figure scoring.



Teague went through the NBA Draft process during the offseason before electing to return to Baylor for his 2020-21 senior season. As a junior, he averaged 13.9 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 steals in a team-leading 32.6 minutes per game. He led the team with an .848 free throw percentage and ranked second on the squad with 60 made 3-pointers in 28 games played, all starts.


Baylor Athletics expects to open the season with 25 percent capacity in the Ferrell Center, and renewed season ticket holders will have exclusive priority. Additional information on the adjusted ticketing process has been provided by the Baylor Bear Foundation here<https://baylorbears.com/news/2020/10/28/mens-basketball-baylor-athletics-announces-2020-21-basketball-ticketing-plan.aspx>. Follow @BaylorMBB on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for updates throughout the year.

2021 JERRY WEST SHOOTING GUARD OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST

John Petty Jr., Alabama

Terry Taylor, Austin Peay

MaCio Teague, Baylor

Matt Bradley, California

James Bouknight, Connecticut

Mitch Ballock, Creighton

Kellan Grady, Davidson

Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy

DJ Steward, Duke

Scottie Lewis, Florida

MJ Walker, Florida State

Joel Ayayi, Gonzaga

Caleb Mills, Houston

Joe Wieskamp, Iowa

Ochai Agbaji, Kansas

Terrence Clarke, Kentucky

Franz Wagner, Michigan

Jordan Goodwin, Saint Louis

Justin Moore, Villanova

Paul Scruggs, Xavier


2020-21 BAYLOR MBB PRESEASON HONORS
Jared Butler
Preseason Big 12 Player of the Year
Preseason All-Big 12 Team (unanimous)
Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award Watch List

MaCio Teague
Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention
Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Award Watch List

Mark Vital
Preseason All-Big 12 honorable mention



www.BaylorBears.com


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David Kaye | Assistant AD for Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
C: 254-709-5147

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