BOSTON – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns senior JaKeenan Gant was named for the second consecutive year as a finalist for the Lefty Driesell Award, as the 2019 list was announced on Monday by CollegeInsider.com.
The award is presented annually to the top defensive player in college basketball.
Gant, a first-team All-Sun Belt Conference performer and the league's Defensive Player of the Year, led the conference in both rebounds (8.7) and blocked shots (2.6) during the season while finishing as the lone Division I player in the country to average 20 points with eight rebounds and 2.