Tiana Mangakahia has been named to the 2019 Nancy Lieberman Award watch list, presented by the Basketball Hall of Fame. She’s one of 20 players on the list, which honors the nation’s top Division I point guard each season.

Mangakahia broke out last season in her first year with the Orange, averaging a double-double with 17.5 points and 10.2 assists per game en route to being named first-team All-ACC. She led the Orange in both categories as well as steals, which she swiped at a rate of 2.5 a game.

Her 304 assists last season were an ACC record, which she broke against Boston College in February. She also led the country in that category. The Brisbane, Australia native racked up 14 double-doubles and came within a point of the SU record for points in a single game with her 44-point performance against Georgia Tech.

The 5-foot-6 junior and the Orange will take on Sabrina Ionescu, the reigning Lieberman Award winner, on Nov. 10 when SU travels to Oregon for its second game of the season. In total, Syracuse will play eight of the 19 other members of the watch list, including three in-conference foes.