Mizzou’s Dru Smith Named SEC Player of the Week
1/25/2021 1:44:00 PM | Men's Basketball
It’s his second SEC weekly honor of the season after winning the award on Dec. 14
COLUMBIA, MO.-- Mizzou Men's Basketball redshirt senior Dru Smith was named SEC Player of the Week, as announced Monday by the league office. It's the second SEC Player of the Week honor of the season for Smith.
Smith is the first player since Kassius Robertson to earn the award twice in the same campaign (Feb. 5 and Feb. 12, 2018). Smith is the only player in the league to win the award outright twice this season.
The Evansville, Indiana, native shot 50 percent from the field en route to 17.0 points per game over a pair of wins vs. South Carolina and No. 6 Tennessee. Smith's consistent outings helped Mizzou grab its second win over a Top 6 team in the same season for the first time since 2012 and its first win over Tennessee in Knoxville since 1972.
Smith finished the week averaging 17 points, 2.5 assists and 4.0 boards while committing just two total turnovers. Against South Carolina, he poured in 16 points on only six field goal attempts, becoming just the fifth different Tiger to do so in a game since 2010. Smith also limited then-leading SEC scorer AJ Lawson to just five points on 2-of-9 shooting defensively.
Smith followed with an SEC-high 18 points at Tennessee, finishing with zero turnovers and two assists in 35 minutes. He hit a season-best three 3-pointers vs. the Volunteers.
Mizzou is back in action Tuesday night on the road at Auburn. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN2.
