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Oscar Tshiebwe named The Sporting News National Player of the Year

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Kentucky Wildcats superstar forward Oscar Tshiebwe has been named The Sporting News National Player of the Year, it was announced Wednesday.

Tshiebwe joins Anthony Davis as the only Wildcats to earn the honor in the publication’s history dating back to 1943.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo native leads the 25-6 Wildcats in points per game (17.3), rebounds (15.3), steals (1.9), blocks (1.5) and field-goal percentage with a minimum of 100 attempts (60.6%). He’s the only major conference player averaging at least 1.5 blocked shots and 1.