Purdue Sophomores Jaden Ivey, Zach Edey Named to 2022 Midseason Naismith Award List

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue sophomores Jaden Ivey and Zach Edey were among 30 college basketball players named to the 2022 midseason team for the Naismith Player of the Year, it was announced Thursday.

Purdue, Auburn, Duke and Gonzaga were the only teams with two players named to the midseason list. The Big Ten leads all conferences with seven players selected.

Ivey, a 6-foot-4 guard from South Bend, Indiana, is averaging 17.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He is also shooting over 48% from the field and 41% from 3-point range. At Ivey's pace, he would become the third Boilermaker in program history to average 17 points five rebounds and three assists in a season in school history, joining Caleb Swanigan and E'Twaun Moore.

He is the only high-major player in the country to average 17 points, five rebounds and three assists while having at least 45 made 3-pointers on the season.

Edey, a towering 7-foot-4 center from Toronto. So far this season, he is putting up 14.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.2 blocks per contest while playing just 18.8 minutes per game. He is shooting an NCAA-best 68.1% from the field, which would set Purdue's new single-season record.

2022 Naismith Player of the Year Midseason Team

Bennedict Mathurin, Arizona
Collin Gillespie, Villanova
E.J. Liddell, Ohio State
Jaden Ivey, Purdue
Johnny Davis, Wisconsin
Johnny Juzang, UCLA
Keegan Murray, Iowa
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
Oscar Tshiebwe, Kentucky
Paolo Banchero, Duke
Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
Drew Timme, Gonzaga
Jabari Smith, Auburn
Ochai Agbaji, Kansas
Chet Holmgren, Gonzaga
James Akinjo, Baylor
Alondes Williams, Wake Forest
David Roddy, Colorado State
Isaiah Mobley, USC
Max Abmas, Oral Roberts
Walker Kessler, Auburn
Justin Lewis, Marquette
Zach Edey, Purdue
Armando Bacot, North Carolina
Kendric Davis, SMU
Orlando Robinson, Fresno State
Tari Eason, LSU
Wendell Moore Jr., Duke
Izaiah Brockington, Iowa State
Kenneth Lofton Jr., Louisiana Tech

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