Two members of the Kentucky Wesleyan College men’s basketball team earned spots on the
Small College Basketball Bevo Francis Award Top 100 Watch List as announced by the selection committee on
Sunday. Ken-Jah Bosley and Jordan Jacks were chosen to the elite group that consists of the best men’s basketball
players in the nation competing in NCAA Div. II, NCAA Div. III, NAIA Div. I, NAIA Div. II, USCAA and NCCAA.
The committee chose the elite group from over 1,100 colleges and universities, taking into consideration individual
statistics, previous awards, milestones and team success. The list currently sits at 100 players, and will be
narrowed down to 50 on Feb. 15.
Bevo Francis, whom the award is named after, played at Rio Grande College, now the University of Rio Grande, for
the 1952-53 and 1953-54 seasons. The season prior to his arrival, the Redmen, now the Red Storm, had gone 4-19.
During his two seasons at Rio Grande, Bevo became the most popular basketball player in the world, ultimately
helping the school avoid bankruptcy. Bevo led the Redmen to a perfect 39-0 record his first year, scoring 1,954
and averaging 50.1 points per game.
Senior guard Ken-Jah Bosley currently ranks second in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference with 18.4 points per
game and boasts a .491 field goal percentage, good for fourth in the conference. Nationally, Bosley ranks 55 th in
free-throw percentage with 86.6%. The Richmond, Ky. native scored a season high 39 points in a victor over
Kentucky State in mid-November.
Fellow senior guard Jordan Jacks also broke into the national rankings, coming in 27 th with a field-goal percentage
of 61.1%. He also sits in 55 th in total field goals made with 110. In the G-MAC, Jacks sits in third in scoring with
17.6 points per game, and second in rebound with 8.7 per game. His .614 field goal percentage is good for first in
the conference. The Douglasville, Ga. native has posted five double-doubles on the season, including 19 points and
a career-high 16 rebounds against Auburn-Montgomery.
Bosley and Jacks have helped lead the Panthers to a 14-2 season, posting 12 straight wins. Kentucky Wesleyan also
has a 39 home game winning streak, dating back to November of 2014. The Panthers have a crucial week coming
up, hosting two G-MAC games on Thursday and Saturday. Happy Osborne’s squad is one of three teams in the G-
MAC that is undefeated in conference play. The other two teams, Davis & Elkins and Alderson Broaddus, both
come to Owensboro this week.
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Liz Wacienga, Director of Athletic Communications