MSU’s Nia Clouden One of 10 Guards Named to Lieberman Watch List
2/7/2022 1:03:00 PM | Women's Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State women's basketball senior guard Nia Clouden was one of 10 points guard named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and WBCA Watch List for the Nancy Lieberman Award.
In November, Clouden was one of 20 players named to the preseason watch list.
Now in its 23rd year, the award recognizes the top point guard in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. To be considered for this prestigious award, candidates exhibit the floor leadership, playmaking and ball-handling skills of Class of 1996 Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman.
Clouden, a native of Owings Mills, Maryland, is ninth in the nation in scoring, averaging 21.4 ppg. The senior is also third in the NCAA in free throws made with 134. Her 50-point performance against Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 20 is third-most scored by a DI women's basketball player this season. Clouden is one of four point guards in the Big Ten named to the list along with Northwestern's Veronica Burton, Iowa's Caitlin Clark and Maryland's Ashley Owusu.
For more information on the 2022 Nancy Lieberman Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #LiebermanAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, February 11.
Michigan State returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 10 against in-state rival Michigan in its annual Pink Game. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on the Big Ten Network. Head to msuspartans.com for tickets.
2022 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates*
Jordan Lewis, Baylor
Nia Clouden, Michigan State
Diamond Johnson, North Carolina State
Veronica Burton, Northwestern
Khayla Pointer, Louisiana State
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Hailey Van Lith, Louisville
Ashley Owusu, Maryland
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Destanni Henderson, South Carolina
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season
In November, Clouden was one of 20 players named to the preseason watch list.
Now in its 23rd year, the award recognizes the top point guard in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. To be considered for this prestigious award, candidates exhibit the floor leadership, playmaking and ball-handling skills of Class of 1996 Hall-of-Famer Nancy Lieberman.
Clouden, a native of Owings Mills, Maryland, is ninth in the nation in scoring, averaging 21.4 ppg. The senior is also third in the NCAA in free throws made with 134. Her 50-point performance against Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 20 is third-most scored by a DI women's basketball player this season. Clouden is one of four point guards in the Big Ten named to the list along with Northwestern's Veronica Burton, Iowa's Caitlin Clark and Maryland's Ashley Owusu.
For more information on the 2022 Nancy Lieberman Award and the latest updates, log onto www.hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophall and #LiebermanAward on Twitter and Instagram. Starting Five Fan Voting presented by Dell Technologies will go live on Friday, February 11.
Michigan State returns to action on Thursday, Feb. 10 against in-state rival Michigan in its annual Pink Game. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. and the game will be nationally televised on the Big Ten Network. Head to msuspartans.com for tickets.
2022 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Award Candidates*
Jordan Lewis, Baylor
Nia Clouden, Michigan State
Diamond Johnson, North Carolina State
Veronica Burton, Northwestern
Khayla Pointer, Louisiana State
Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Hailey Van Lith, Louisville
Ashley Owusu, Maryland
Olivia Miles, Notre Dame
Destanni Henderson, South Carolina
*Players can play their way onto and off the list at any point in the 2021-22 season
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