The Southeastern Conference typically honors just two players when it comes to its weekly “Players of the Week” for men’s basketball but this week called for three players to be honored.
The league announced on Monday that Arkansas guard Mason Jones and Kentucky guard Immanuel Quickley has been named Week 17 SEC Player of the Week while Georgia guard Anthony Edwards has been named Week 17 Freshman of the Week in the league.
Quickly and Edwards were both honored for the same award for Week 16.
The SEC released the following statements honoring each player following their Week 17 individual efforts:
SEC co-Players of the Week
Arkansas guard Mason Jones and Kentucky guard Immanuel Quickley were named co-Players of the Week. Jones, a 6-foot-5, 200-pound junior from DeSoto, Texas, averaged 31.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and one steal against Tennessee and Georgia. Jones recorded his seventh 30-point game this season which is the fourth-most in the NCAA this season. Quickley, a 6-foot-3, 188-pound sophomore from Havre de Grace, Md., averaged 24 points, 8.5 rebounds, two assists and one steal in wins over Texas A&M and Florida. Quickley converted nine of 17 3-pointers (52.9 percent) and all 11 of his free throws on the week.
SEC Freshman of the Week
Georgia guard Anthony Edwards, a 6-foot-5, 225-pound freshman from Atlanta, Ga., averaged 31 points, seven rebounds, three assists and 2.5 steals while shooting 52.8 percent from the field and 85.0 percent from the line against South Carolina and Arkansas. Posted game-high scoring outputs of 36 points at South Carolina and 26 against Arkansas.
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