Tennessee junior Zakai Zeigler landed on the Bob Cousy Award Midseason Watch List on Monday evening. Zeigler is one of just 10 players on the midseason Bob Cousy Watch List— given annually to the nation’s top point guard.
Zeigler joins Max Abmas (Texas), Boo Buie (Northwestern), Dajuan Harris Jr. (Kansas), Tyler Kolek (Marquette), Tristen Newton (Connecticut), Jahvon Quinerly (Memphis), Jamal Shead (Houston), Isaiah Stevens (Colorado State) and Wade Taylor IV (Texas A&M) as the nation’s 10 best point guards at the halfway point of the season.
The junior point guard enters Tuesday night’s showdown against South Carolina averaging 10.2 points and 5.1 assists per game. Zeigler, who tore his ACL on the final day of February 2023, didn’t miss any time at the start of the season but clearly wasn’t himself through the first month of the season.
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Through six SEC games, Zeigler is averaging 14.3 points, 6.3 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game. The 5-foot-9 point guard was particularly effective in wins over Ole Miss (17 points and 10 assists) and Georgia (18 points and five assists) and its lone conference loss at Mississippi State (26 points and seven assists).
The Long Island, New York native ranks third on the team in points per game, first in assists and steals per game and third in minutes per game.
Zeigler and Tennessee are looking to continue a strong season on Tuesday night when they host South Carolina at Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center. Tipoff is at 6:30 p.m. ET and the SEC Network is broadcasting the game,
