Young Named SEC Player of the Week
By: UA Sports Information
Updated: December 31, 2012
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -
Sophomore BJ Young of the University of Arkansas basketball team was named the
Southeastern Conference Player of the Week on Monday following his double-double
against Northwestern State on Saturday.
Young scored 26 points and grabbed a career
high 13 rebounds in Arkansas' 79-61 victory over Northwestern State while also
adding seven assists and a career high four steals. The double-double was the
second of Young's career and his 36th
double-digit scoring effort. It was also his fifth 20-plus point game of the
2012-13 season and 11th in 43
career outings.
With his 26-point game against the Demons,
Young now leads Arkansas in scoring and is No. 2 in the SEC with 17.5 points per
game. He also ranks No. 3 in the SEC in assists per game at
4.4.
The honor for Young makes him the
12th Arkansas
player in school history to be named the SEC Player of the Week and the first
since the 2010-11 season. He is also just the second Razorback to have earned
SEC Freshman of the Week honors (Jan. 9, 2012) and Player of the Week honors
during his career joining Courtney Fortson as the only players to accomplish the
task.
Young was also named the College Sports
Madness SEC Player of the Week on Monday.
Arkansas returns to the court on Saturday,
Jan. 5, when it plays Delaware State in the final non-conference game of the
season at Bud Walton Arena. For more information regarding Razorback basketball
or University of Arkansas athletics, please visit
ArkansasRazorbacks.com.
