PARKVILLE, Mo. --
Trevon Evans of the University of Sioux Falls Men's Basketball Team (12-4, 7-3 NSIC) has been named by the Small College Basketball website (https://www.smallcollegebasketball.com) to the initial 2019 Bevo Francis Award Watch List for the top player in small college basketball (NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA Division I, NAIA Division II, USCAA and NCCAA).
Evans, who has helped lead USF to a 12-4 record and 7-3 in NSIC play, is the first USF player named to the top 100 watch list in the fourth year of the Bevo Francis Award. Dominez Burnett of Davenport (Mich.) in 2016, Justin Pitts of Northwest Missouri State in 2017 and Emanuel Terry of Lincoln Memorial in 2018 were the award recipients.
Evans, who was named the NSIC South Division Player of the Week for a second time this year on Monday, Jan. 14, ranks third in the NSIC in scoring at 23.4 ppg. Evans, who has 16 straight double-digit scoring games and 20 dating to a year ago, has 11, 20-point games this season. A senior from Wichita, Kan., he is also averaging 4.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.4 steals with 48 made three-pointers (3.0 per game, 3rd in the NSIC). Evans has 42 double-digit scoring games and has 986 points in 45 games played (21.9 ppg).
The Bevo Francis Award Watch List was selected by a committee of coaches, who chose the elite group from over 1,100 colleges and universities based on individual statistics, previous awards, milestones and team success. Members of the Bevo Francis Award committee include the following coaches: Tobin Anderson - St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.), Gerald Holmes - Bloomfield (N.J.), Gary Stewart - Stevenson (Md.), Arlen Galloway - Wentworth (Mass.), Chris Briggs - Georgetown (Ky.), Bill Dreikosen - Rocky Mountain (Mont.), Klint Pleasant - Rochester (Mich.), Ryan Kane - Ripon (Wisc.), Mark Berokoff – Hillsdale Baptist (Okla.), Mike Donnelly – Florida Southern, Rhett Soliday – Vanguard (Calif.), Sam Hargraves – Alma (Mich.), Greg Mason – Centre (Ky.) and Ryan Looney – Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.).
On February 15, Small College Basketball, which is a comprehensive website on small college basketball, will publish the next Watch List with 50 players. The list will be narrowed down to 25 players in a Watch List published on March 15. The finalists will be announced in a highlight video that will be released on April 6. The 2019 Bevo Francis Award winner will be announced on April 8. The award will be presented to the award winner on May 11 at the SCB National Awards Show in conjunction with the SCB Alumni Association's Celebration of the Game event at the Crowne Plaza in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
Evans and his USF teammates will host U-Mary and Minot State on Friday, Jan. 18 and Saturday, Jan. 19 at the Stewart Center.
