Men’s Basketball: Waguespack Named SCAC Defensive Player of the Year

Senior men's basketball player Daniel Waguespack was named to the All-SCAC basketball 1st Team on Wednesday and was a decisive choice for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player-of-the-Year Award. The defensive phenom led the SCAC in steals (73) and steals per game (2.9) and became the league's all-time career leader in the category – finishing with 264 thefts. Waguespack shattered the SCAC's single-game record for steals when he had 11 take-aways in the February 17 game against Hendrix. The versatile senior had a rare triple-double that night, scoring 17 points and grabbing 14 rebounds to go along with his record-breaking steal total. Waguespack also finished ninth in the league in rebounding (5.9 per game).

In addition to his defensive skills, Waguespack helped guide his Majors to an 18-7 record in 2001-2002 as he averaged 15.1 points per game (sixth in the SCAC) and finished his career as Millsaps second all-time leading scorer and the SCAC's third all-time leading scorer with 1,626 points. On the year, he was also sixth in the league in assists (2.6 per game) and 10th in field goal percentage (45.3%).

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