BOSTON — The awards keep rolling in for Cyclone point guard Tamin Lipsey. A pair of national awards of named Lipsey a finalist, as he was selected as a finalist for the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year and the Lute Olson National Player of the Year.

He is one of 30 finalists for the Lute Olson Award and one of 25 for the Lefty Driesell Award. Both winners will be announced at the Final Four in Phoenix.

Already this year, Lipsey has been named one of four finalists for the Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year award and been named an AP Honorable Mention All-American.

The awards have been rolling in for Lipsey, who was selected to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team after leading the Cyclones to their sixth Big 12 Championship. He was also named an NABC First Team All-District selection. Lipsey has also been named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team this season.

Lipsey has been stuffing the stat sheet all season, averaging 12.5 points, 4.9 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game. He is one of just 17 NCAA Division I men’s basketball players since 1996-97 to average those numbers in a season.