Kentucky Wildcats guard Sahvir Wheeler has been named to the Bob Cousy Award Top 10, making him a finalist for the prestigious award annually given to the top point guard in college basketball.
Heading into February, Wheeler leads the SEC and ranks third nationally with 6.9 assists per game. He’s also averaging 10.8 points per contest, including a 27-point outing vs. North Carolina and a 21-point game vs. Tennessee. Kentucky averaged 102.5 points in those two wins.
Wheeler’s current rate of 6.95 assists per game is just behind Ulis’ 7.03 average when he set the Kentucky single-season assists record in 2015-16 with 246.