BATON ROUGE – LSU’s Ben Simmons was named the mid-season selection as Freshman of the Year by SportingNews.com on Tuesday.
Simmons enters Wednesday’s home game (8 p.m.) with Ole Miss averaging 20.6 points per game and 13.1 rebounds a contest.
The web site for the long-standing magazine writers: “Simmons has been spectacular enough to make one wonder if there are any other freshmen in college basketball. There are some fine ones – Brandon Ingram at Duke, Henry Ellenson at Marquette – but only one who has been dominant.
“Simmons leads his team in scoring, rebounding and assists.