Immanuel Quickley just accomplished a Kentucky Basketball first. The sophomore guard just won his second straight SEC Player of the Week award, becoming the only Wildcat to receive the honor in consecutive weeks since the weekly awards were created in the 1984-85 season. He’s the first player from any SEC team to win it back-to-back since Tennessee’s Admiral Schofield in December 2018.
This is Quickley’s third SEC Player of the Week award of the season, and he shares it with Arkansas guard Mason Jones. Last week, Quickley averaged 24.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.