Ben Simmons Named Mid-Season Freshman Of The Year

SportingNews.com released 2015-2016 midseason college basketball awards this week and LSU's Ben Simmons was named Freshman of the Year.

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“Simmons leads his team in scoring, rebounding and assists. He get twice as many rebounds as anyone else among the Tigers. He not only is a prolific passer, but the most spectacular in the college game and perhaps the best as his size to ever play the game.”

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Simmons is currently averaging 20.6 points per game and 13.1 rebounds per game.