Georgia’s Silas Demary Jr. was one of five players named a National Player of the Week on Tuesday by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) in association with the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
Demary Jr. led the Bulldogs to victories over No 3 Florida and Texas last week, posting a pair of 20-point performances. He was key to Georgia taking control of each game early. Demary Jr. scored 10 points in the first 5:31 against the Gators as the Bulldogs raced to a 20-6 lead. At Texas, he notched 10 points in the first half as Georgia opened up a 49-26 lead at the intermission.
Demary Jr. finished with 21 points against Florida and a career-high 26 at Texas. He did so in an extremely efficient fashion, shooting a combined 57.7 percent from the field and 58.3 percent from 3-point range.
Those games headline an impressive six-game stretch against No. 22 Mississippi State, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 21 Missouri, No. 1 Auburn, No. 3 Florida and Texas in which Demary Jr. has averaged 20.5 points and recorded additional career highs of seven assists against Mississippi State and 40 minutes versus Missouri.
Demary Jr. led the Bulldogs to victories over No 3 Florida and Texas last week, posting a pair of 20-point performances. He was key to Georgia taking control of each game early. Demary Jr. scored 10 points in the first 5:31 against the Gators as the Bulldogs raced to a 20-6 lead. At Texas, he notched 10 points in the first half as Georgia opened up a 49-26 lead at the intermission.
Demary Jr. finished with 21 points against Florida and a career-high 26 at Texas. He did so in an extremely efficient fashion, shooting a combined 57.7 percent from the field and 58.3 percent from 3-point range.
Those games headline an impressive six-game stretch against No. 22 Mississippi State, No. 8 Texas A&M, No. 21 Missouri, No. 1 Auburn, No. 3 Florida and Texas in which Demary Jr. has averaged 20.5 points and recorded additional career highs of seven assists against Mississippi State and 40 minutes versus Missouri.
