SEC MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
SEC Co-Players of the Week – Alabama guard Mark Sears and Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht were named SEC Co-Players of the Week. Sears, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound senior from Muscle Shoals, Ala., averaged 26.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals in wins over South Carolina and at Mississippi State. He shot 64 percent (16-of-25) from the field, including 61.5 percent (8-of 13) from 3-point range. Sears scored a game-high 31 points in the win over South Carolina. Knecht, a 6-foot-6, 213-pound fifth-year player from Thornton, Colo., averaged 32.0 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals at Mississippi State and at Georgia. He shot 22-of-38 (57.9 percent) overall, including 9-of-17 (52.8 percent) from deep in a pair of SEC road games. He is one of three Division players to have multiple 36-point games this season after putting up 36 at Georgia.
SEC Freshman of the Week – Mississippi State guard Josh Hubbard, a 5-foot-10, 190-pound freshman from Madison, Miss., averaged 19.5 points and two rebounds in a win over No. 5 Tennessee and against Alabama. He turned in a 25-point effort on 8-of-15 shooting from the field, including 5-of-10 from behind the arc in the win over Tennessee.