BOSTON, Mass. – Lipscomb men’s basketball junior Ahsan Asadullah was named to the Lou Henson Award preseason watch list earlier in November.

The Lou Henson National Player of the Year Award, which is presented annually to the top mid-major player in Division I college basketball, honors the former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.

Players on teams from the following conferences are eligible for the award: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Summit, Sun Belt, West Coast.

Asadullah led the Bisons with 14.1 points, 8.0 points and 3.4 assists per game last season. He was the only player in the ASUN Conference to rank inside the top-5 of all three categories and is one of only two players in the conference this season to make the preseason watch list.

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