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Logan • Utah State senior Jalen Moore was named Wednesday to the 2016-17 Julius Erving Award watch list.
The annual award, sponsored by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame, goes to the nation's top small forward. The watch list includes 20 players from throughout the country.
Moore has led Utah State in scoring and rebounding the past two seasons. He could become the third player in school history to lead the Aggies in both categories for three years. The others were Marvin Roberts (1969-71) and Greg Grant (1983-84, 1986).
Moore enters the upcoming season with 1,119 career points, which ranks 27th on Utah State's all-time. He's on track to finish among the top 10.
No other small forward from the Mountain West Conference was named to the Erving Award watch list, which will be trimmed to 10 in mid-February. In March, five finalists will be introduced to Erving and the Hall of Fame's selection committee. The winner will receive his award at the ESPN College Basketball Awards in Los Angeles on April 7, 2017.
The Erving Award watch list also includes: Evan Bradds (Belmont), Kelan Martin (Butler), Jaron Blossomgame (Clemson), Terry Larrier (UConn), Jayson Tatum (Duke), Dwayne Bacon (Florida State), OG Anunoby (Indiana), Deng Adel (Louisville), Justin Jackson (North Carolina), VJ Beachem (Notre Dame), Jae'Sean Tate (Ohio State), Dillon Brooks (Oregon), Tres Tinkle (Oregon State), Vince Edwards (Purdue), Dikembe Dixson (Illinois-Chicago), Kevin Hervey (UT Arlington), Josh Hart (Villanova), Markis McDuffie (Wichita State) and Trevon Bluiett (Xavier).
— Steve Luhm