Indiana Wesleyan’s Mangas Named to Francis Final 25 List
March 16, 2020 at 10:54 p.m.
Indiana Wesleyan’s Mangas Named to Francis Final 25 List
By IWU Sports Information-
This list consists of some of the top players from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA Division I, NAIA Division II, USCAA, and NCCAA. 2020 marks the fifth year of the Bevo Francis Award.
Mangas became IWU’s All-Time leading scorer on Feb. 29, collecting his 2,453 point. The junior finished the season with 860 points and 2,479 career points. Mangas averaged 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, both career-bests. On the season, Mangas collected 11 games with 30 or more points with five of them coming in a row. Nobody in the NAIA this season scored more than 30 points in four consecutive games.
The Wildcats won the Crossroads League regular and post-season tournament titles, and were at the NAIA Division II national tournament when it was cancelled last week. IWU won the title in 2018, Mangas’ freshman year.
Others on the list include Buzz Anthony of Randolph-Macon; Dalton Bolon of West Liberty; Chris Coffey, Georgetown; Ben College of Whitworth; Zaccheus Darko-Kelly of Providence (Mont.); Jhonathan Dunn of Southern Nazarenel Mitchell Fink of Oregon Tech; Qua Grant and Joel Murray of West Texas A&M Brett Hanson of Florida Southern; Ryan Hawkins and Trevor Hudgine of Northwest Missouri State; Tra’Quan Knight of LSU-Shreveport; Cam?Martin of Missouri Southern; Mark Matthews of Nova Southeratern; Selom Mawugbe of Azusa Pacific; Courvoisier McCauley of Lincoln Memorial; Deshawn Munson of Harris-Stowe; Nic Reed opf Oliver Nazarene; Tyrell Roberts of UC-San Diego; Jake Ross of Springfield (Mass.); Andrew Sischo of Daemen; Ryan Turell of Yeshiva and Nate West of LeTourneau.
The Clarence “Bevo” Francis Award is presented annually to the player who has had the finest overall season within Small College Basketball. Considerations will be season statistics and individual achievements, awards, personal character, and team achievements.
On April 4, the finalists of this year’s award will be announced, followed by the Bevo Francis Award winner being crowned on April 6.
To stay up to date on all things Small College Basketball, visit smallcollegebasketball.com.
Another Warsaw alum, current Spring Arbor University senior paul Marandet, had made the Top 50 list for the Bevo Francis award, but was not included in the lastest list.
Times-Union sports editor Mark Howe contributed to this report.
This list consists of some of the top players from NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA Division I, NAIA Division II, USCAA, and NCCAA. 2020 marks the fifth year of the Bevo Francis Award.
Mangas became IWU’s All-Time leading scorer on Feb. 29, collecting his 2,453 point. The junior finished the season with 860 points and 2,479 career points. Mangas averaged 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, both career-bests. On the season, Mangas collected 11 games with 30 or more points with five of them coming in a row. Nobody in the NAIA this season scored more than 30 points in four consecutive games.
The Wildcats won the Crossroads League regular and post-season tournament titles, and were at the NAIA Division II national tournament when it was cancelled last week. IWU won the title in 2018, Mangas’ freshman year.
Others on the list include Buzz Anthony of Randolph-Macon; Dalton Bolon of West Liberty; Chris Coffey, Georgetown; Ben College of Whitworth; Zaccheus Darko-Kelly of Providence (Mont.); Jhonathan Dunn of Southern Nazarenel Mitchell Fink of Oregon Tech; Qua Grant and Joel Murray of West Texas A&M Brett Hanson of Florida Southern; Ryan Hawkins and Trevor Hudgine of Northwest Missouri State; Tra’Quan Knight of LSU-Shreveport; Cam?Martin of Missouri Southern; Mark Matthews of Nova Southeratern; Selom Mawugbe of Azusa Pacific; Courvoisier McCauley of Lincoln Memorial; Deshawn Munson of Harris-Stowe; Nic Reed opf Oliver Nazarene; Tyrell Roberts of UC-San Diego; Jake Ross of Springfield (Mass.); Andrew Sischo of Daemen; Ryan Turell of Yeshiva and Nate West of LeTourneau.
The Clarence “Bevo” Francis Award is presented annually to the player who has had the finest overall season within Small College Basketball. Considerations will be season statistics and individual achievements, awards, personal character, and team achievements.
On April 4, the finalists of this year’s award will be announced, followed by the Bevo Francis Award winner being crowned on April 6.
To stay up to date on all things Small College Basketball, visit smallcollegebasketball.com.
Another Warsaw alum, current Spring Arbor University senior paul Marandet, had made the Top 50 list for the Bevo Francis award, but was not included in the lastest list.
Times-Union sports editor Mark Howe contributed to this report.
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