COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Redshirt senior Brene Moseley of the Big Ten champion Maryland women's basketball team (30-3) is one of five finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, an honor awarded by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to the nation's top point guard.
Named after the Hall of Famer, three-time All-American and two-time National Champion at Old Dominion University, the annual honor, now in its 16th year, recognizes the top point guards in Division I women's college basketball.
To be considered for this prestigious award, candidates must exhibit the floor leadership, play-making and ball-handling skills of the award's namesake. A national committee of top women's college basketball personnel including media members, head coaches, sports information directors and Hall of Famers narrowed the original award watch list from 10 to five.
The other four finalists are Niya Johnson (Baylor), Moriah Jefferson (Connecticut), Lindsay Allen (Notre Dame) and Kelsey Mitchell (Ohio State). Maryland's Kristi Toliver won the Nancy Lieberman Award in 2009.
“The level of play in women's college basketball this season has been outstanding, which made the selection committee's task extremely difficult,” said Lieberman. “These five point guards are the best of the best and I look forward to watching them lead their teams in the tournament.”
Moseley is averaging 11.4 points with 6.0 assists per game this season, as she helped lead the fifth-ranked Terrapins to their second straight Big Ten regular season and tournament titles. She was voted Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year and the All-Big Ten Second Team by the league's head coaches.
She leads the league in assist/turnover ratio. Moseley became the 32nd player in program history to reach 1,000 career points last week.
Maryland will learn its NCAA Tournament bracket and seeing in Monday's Selection Show at 7 p.m. on ESPN.
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