After a busy week on the hardwood, the Southeastern Conference has just named its Players of the Week for Week 13.
This week, Arkansas’ Mason Jones and Mississippi State’s Reggie Perry split top honors as each was award co-Player of the Week of honors.
Here’s the official release from the SEC, which was shared on Monday:
SEC co-Players of the Week – Arkansas guard Mason Jones and Mississippi State forward Reggie Perry were named co-Players of the Week. Jones, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound junior from DeSoto, Texas, averaged 32 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals against South Carolina and Alabama. He had 34 points and a career-high 12 rebounds against South Carolina and followed that with 30 points at Alabama. Perry, a 6-foot-10, 250-pound sophomore from Thomasville, Ga., averaged 25.5 points and 10 rebounds in wins at Florida and against Tennessee. He poured in a career-high 27 points at Florida aided by a 3-for-3 clip on 3-pointers.
Jones and Perry were not the only players honored this week by the SEC, however, as Georgia freshman Anthony Edwards was honored as the league’s best freshman:
SEC Freshman of the Week – Georgia guard Anthony Edwards, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound freshman from Atlanta, Ga., averaged 26 points, 12.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, two steals and a block against Missouri and Texas A&M. He became the first Georgia freshman to notch consecutive double-doubles since Jumaine Jones did so during the 1997-98 season.
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