The Southeastern Conference announced Monday that Tennessee men’s basketball player Grant Williams was named SEC Player of the Week after averaging 23.0 points and 6.0 rebounds while powering the 24th-ranked Volunteers to a pair of wins.
It is the first SEC Player of the Week honor for the sophomore forward. He was named the SEC co-Freshman of the Week last season on Feb. 13, 2017.
The Charlotte, North Carolina, native had a historic scoring effort during UT’s win at Vanderbilt last Tuesday, dropping a career-high 37 points on 12-of-20 shooting in 33 minutes.
Williams’ 37 points against the Commodores were:
- The most by any SEC player in a league game this season.
- The most in a game by a Vol since 2003 SEC Player of the Year Ron Slay scored 38 vs. New Mexico on Jan. 4, 2003.
- The most by a Vol in a road game since All-American guard Allan Houston scored 37 at Oregon State on Dec. 22, 1990.
- The most by a Vol without making a 3-pointer since All-American guard Tony White scored 49 at Florida State on Dec. 30, 1986.
Williams leads the Vols in scoring (16.7 ppg) and rebounding (6.7 rpg) this season. In SEC play, his 19.6 points per game lead the league.
-UT Athletics
