Silas Demary Jr. named SEC Player of the Week

ATHENS, Ga. – Georgia’s Silas Demary Jr., who averaged 23.5 points in victories over No. 3 Florida and at Texas last week, was selected as the SEC Player of the Week by the league office in Birmingham, Ala., on Monday.

After recording two 20-point outings in the first 64 games of his career with the Bulldogs, Demary Jr. notched back-to-back 20-point performances against the Gators and Longhorns.

The sophomore from Raleigh, N.C., scored 21 points in the Bulldogs’ upset over the Gators last Tuesday, Georgia’s highest ranked win in more than 20 years. Demary Jr. followed that with a career-high 26 points against the Longhorns on Saturday in Austin. He shot a combined 57.7 percent from the field and an even more impressive 58.3 percent from 3-point range in the victories.

Demary Jr. scored 10 points in the opening 5:31 to help Georgia race to a 20-6 lead over Florida. He posted 10 first-half points versus Texas, helping the Bulldogs build a 46-29 lead at the intermission.

Demary Jr. is the 20th Bulldog to win SEC Player of the Week honors since the award’s inception in 1985. Those players have combined to win 41 POTW certificates.

Georgia improved to 18-11 overall and 6-10 in the SEC with those wins. The Bulldogs have two regular-season games left, facing South Carolina on Tuesday before hosting Vanderbilt on Saturday. A limited number of tickets remain for the match with the Commodores and are available at www.georgiadogs.com/mbbtix.