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Arizona’s Bennedict Mathurin makes Jerry West Award preseason watch list

The preseason accolades continue to pour in for Bennedict Mathurin.

Arizona’s sophomore wing is one of 20 players named to the preseason watch list for the Jerry West Award, given annually to college basketball’s top shooting guard. The award is presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame and is one of five for individual positions.

Mathurin, who last week was named a preseason all-conference pick by the Pac-12 media, is coming off a freshman year in which he averaged 10.8 points and 4.8 rebounds while shooting 47.1 percent overall and 41.