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Kenny Noland Named to Lou Henson Award Early Season Watch List
12/18/2025 4:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The senior guard is averaging a team-best 17.7 points per game this season
BOSTON — Columbia men's basketball senior guard Kenny Noland has been named to the 2025-26 Lou Henson Award Early Season Watch List, CollegeInsider.com announced on Thursday. The award is presented annually to the top player in Division I mid-major college basketball.
Noland is off to a strong start to 2025-26, averaging a team-best 17.7 points per game. He also leads the Lions in assists, field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, and minutes per game. Noland's 195 points this season rank fourth among Ivy League scorers and his 31 three-pointers are the second-most in the league.
The Apex, N.C. native has trumped his career-high in points twice already this year and has recorded five 20-point performances. Noland went off for a career-best 27 points in a win at Lehigh on Nov. 21, where he went 11-18 from the field.
At 36-36 from the charity stripe, Noland is the lone qualified player in the country with a perfect mark from the line.
Noland was named Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday. Columbia (9-2) heads out west to play California on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.
About Lou Henson
Lou Henson is a former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.
Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois basketball history with 423 victories. During his 21 seasons (1975-1996), Henson led the Fighting Illini to 16 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 1989.
Henson, who is also the all-time winningest coach in New Mexico State history with 289 victories, is one of only 11 coaches to take two different schools to the NCAA Final Four. His teams have made 19 NCAA appearances and four NIT appearances.
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Noland is off to a strong start to 2025-26, averaging a team-best 17.7 points per game. He also leads the Lions in assists, field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, and minutes per game. Noland's 195 points this season rank fourth among Ivy League scorers and his 31 three-pointers are the second-most in the league.
The Apex, N.C. native has trumped his career-high in points twice already this year and has recorded five 20-point performances. Noland went off for a career-best 27 points in a win at Lehigh on Nov. 21, where he went 11-18 from the field.
At 36-36 from the charity stripe, Noland is the lone qualified player in the country with a perfect mark from the line.
Noland was named Ivy League Player of the Week on Monday. Columbia (9-2) heads out west to play California on Sunday at 5 p.m. ET.
About Lou Henson
Lou Henson is a former Illinois and New Mexico State head coach who won 775 games in 41 seasons.
Henson is the winningest coach in Illinois basketball history with 423 victories. During his 21 seasons (1975-1996), Henson led the Fighting Illini to 16 postseason appearances, including 12 NCAA tournaments and a Final Four appearance in 1989.
Henson, who is also the all-time winningest coach in New Mexico State history with 289 victories, is one of only 11 coaches to take two different schools to the NCAA Final Four. His teams have made 19 NCAA appearances and four NIT appearances.
Follow The Lions
For the latest on Columbia men's basketball, follow @CULionsMBB on X and Instagram, search Columbia men's basketball on Facebook, or follow on the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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