
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 7 (UPI) -- Kentucky freshman John Wall is among this season's candidates for the Bob Cousy Award, given annually to the nation's top college guard.
Among others on the list of 11 finalists are seniors Jon Scheyer of Duke, Scottie Reynolds of Villanova and Michigan State junior Kalin Lucas, the reigning Big Ten Conference Player of the Year.
Wall, a 6-foot-4 native of Raleigh, N.C., has averaged more than 16 points per game while leading the Wildcats to the third spot in the latest ESPN/USA Today coaches poll.
Reynolds, who changed his mind about entering this year's NBA Draft, has led the Wildcats to a No. 2 ranking by scoring nearly 19 points per contest.
Scheyer has averaged 18.9 points and more than five assists for the ninth-ranked Blue Devils, and Lucas is scoring 15.6 points with four assists for the fifth-ranked Spartans.
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BOSTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Andrew Bynum scored the game's final points with 1:27 left in overtime Thursday and the Los Angeles Lakers eked out an 88-87 win over Boston.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured the first color image from orbit of the three-petal lander of NASA's 2004 Rover Spirit mission, scientists say.
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UPI Almanac for Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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