NCAA.com | February 19, 2018 Bevo Francis Award Top 50 watchlist announced Justin Reyes of St. Thomas Aquinas recently became the ECC's all-time leading scorer. Share Last month, Small College Basketball released the initial Bevo Francis Award watchlist, consisting of the Top 100 student-athletes from Division II, Division III, the NAIA, USCAA and NCCAA. The list has now been cut to 50. RELATED: 6 of the best scorers in DII basketball The award was created in 2015 and is named after Clarence "Bevo" Francis. Francis played two seasons at what is now the University of Rio Grande. In his first season, he led the team to a 39-0 record avergaing 50.1 points per game, highlighted by a 116-point performance against Ashland College in Kentucky. Get to know @WLUHoops Dan Monteroso and how his team is averaging 110 points per game! pic.twitter.com/ONIoQ5Qvbi — NCAA Division II (@NCAADII) February 1, 2018 DII basketball continues to dominate the watchlist. After sending 47 to the initial Top 100, DII basketball sends 31 to the Top 50. Lincoln Memorial had three players named (Dorian Pinson, Trevon Shaw, and Emanuel Terry), the most of any DII school. The committee will continue to cut down the watchlist as the season progresses. The release dates for 2018 are: March 15 -- Top 25 March 31 -- Finalists April 2 -- Award winner announced The Bevo Francis Award Watchlist (Top 50) Name Class School Ethan Alvano Senior Cal State San Marcos Nate Axelrod Senior Ohio Wesleyan Tommy Bolte Junior Concord (WV) David Chavlovich Senior West Texas A&M Charles Clark Senior Carson-Newman Stevie Clark Senior LSU-Shreveport Drew Cushingberry Senior Ferris State Jack Daly Senior Middlebury Wendell Davis Senior Ashland David Dennis Junior Nova Southeastern Kalidou Diouf Senior California Baptist Charles Eaton Senior West Alabama Adam Eberhard Junior Bellarmine Brandon Federici Senior Franklin & Marshall Aston Francis Junior Wheaton Daeshon Francis Senior Texas-Permian Basin Elvar Fridriksson Senior Barry Zach Hankins Junior Ferris State Juvaris Hayes Sophomore Merrimack Joey Hewitt Junior Whitman Haywood Highsmith Senior Wheeling Jesuit Tim Howell Senior Whitman Ryan Imhoff Senior Carroll Branden Jenkins Senior Texas Wesleyan Beau Justice Junior Valdosta State Tyrell Long Senior West Chester Deion McClenton Senior Keiser Shadell Millinghaus Senior Georgetown College Kyle Monroe Junior Michigan Tech Tyheim Monroe Senior Cabrini Dan Monteroso Senior West Liberty Jordan Murdock Junior Friends Tanner Omlid Senior Western Oregon Dorian Pinson Senior Lincoln Memorial Justin Pitts Senior Northwest Missouri State Justin Reyes Senior St. Thomas Aquinas Jake Ross Sophomore Springfield Lawrence Russell Senior The Master's Dominque Shaw Senior William Penn (IA) Trevon Shaw Senior Lincoln Memorial Dustin Sleva Senior Shippensburg Kyle Steigenge Senior Cornerstone Taren Sullivan Senior Findlay Emanuel Terry Senior Lincoln Memorial Sam Toney Sophomore New Jersey City Chandler Vaudrin Sophomore Walsh Tyrius Walker Senior Morehouse Jaqhawn Walters Senior Albertus Magnus Akaemji Williams Senior Lake Superior State Todd Withers Senior Queens (NC) 2022 Maui Invitational: Bracket, schedule, teams The 2022 Maui Invitational is set for Monday, Nov. 21 through Wednesday, Nov. 23 in Hawaii. Check out the bracket and schedule here. READ MORE Bill Russell: College basketball stats, best moments, quotes Here's everything you need to know about Bill Russell's career at San Francisco. READ MORE College basketball: What is the Jimmy V Classic? Here's what you need to know about the Jimmy V Classic, which is inspired by former North Carolina State basketball coach and ESPN commentator Jim Valvano and his fight against cancer. READ MORE