Karl-Anthony Towns is named SEC Player of the Week
By Paul Jordan
There is no argument that the Kentucky Wildcats frontcourt is as deep and as talented as they come. Willie Cauley-Stein is in the midst of seemingly every major award that there is, yet Karl-Anthony Towns has accomplished something that Willie Cauley-Stein has not: won the SEC Player of the Week Award. The UK freshmen have shared the Freshman of the Week Award virtually all season long, yet this is the first time a Kentucky Wildcat has earned the Player of the Week Award. That may seem odd in a conference in which your regular season champion went 16-0, but it just speaks volumes about how unselfish this team really is. Here is more from a UKAA press release.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. – Karl-Anthony Towns was named Southeastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday after a week where he led top-ranked Kentucky to two wins, which propelled the Wildcats to completing the regular season 31-0.
The freshman is the first Wildcat to earn SEC Player of the Week this season.
Towns earned SEC Freshman of the Week three times this season. Top-ranked Kentucky hauled in 11 SEC Freshman of the Week accolades from a possible 17 weeks this season.
Devin Booker won the award a league-high five times – including four straight from Jan. 12 to Feb. 2. Trey Lyles won it twice, while teammate Tyler Ulis garnered the award once.
Towns began the week by going for a career-high-tying 19 points, adding seven rebounds in a comeback victory at Georgia. He helped UK close the game out as 17 of his 19 points came in the second half.
in the win over Florida, he did a little bit of everything for the Wildcats. He was a force on the defensive end with six blocks, the second most on the season for the first-year player.
He also had 13 points and a game-high nine rebounds. Furthermore, he led UK with three assists.
For the week, Towns averaged 16 points, 8 rebounds, 3.5 blocks and 2 assists.
The Wildcats return to action Friday at 1 p.m. ET in the SEC Tournament.
For the latest on the Kentucky men’s basketball team, follow @KentuckyMBB on Twitter and on the web at UKathletics.com.
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