Bennedict Mathurin is having a big sophomore year, and it continues to garner him national attention.
That includes from the Wooden Award, which included him on its midseason watch list.
The 6-foot-6 wing is averaging 18.9 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 50.6 percent overall and 38.6 percent from 3-point range. He’s scored at least 20 in seven games, including Monday’s 95-79 home win over Washington when he had 27.
Mathurin, a preseason Pac-12 first-team selection who won the league’s Player of the Week award in consecutive weeks earlier this season, the third UA player to do so, is one of two players with Arizona connections on the 25-man watch list.