Tennessee basketball standout Admiral Schofield has been named SEC Co-Player of the Week after averaging a team-best 20.5 points while powering the Volunteers to wins over Florida and Ole Miss.
The junior from Zion, Illinois, shares this week’s SEC honor with Mississippi State guard Lamar Peters. Tennessee and MSU square off tomorrow in Starkville at 7 p.m. ET (SEC Network).
Schofield also paced the Vols in rebounding (7.5 rpg) and field-goal percentage (.516) last week. His week was highlighted by a dominant performance in Oxford during which he scored a career-high 25 points on an efficient 9-of-14 shooting. It was the fifth 20-point performance of his career and his fourth of the season.
His two 3-pointers against the Rebels marked the 18th time this season that he has made multiple triples in a game. They also raised his season total to 48 makes from beyond the arc—exceeding his total from his first two seasons as a Vol (46).
In SEC play this season, Schofield ranks fifth in the league in total rebounding (6.9 rpg), seventh in defensive rebounding (5.0 drpg) and 10th in FG percentage (.463). All this while playing a new position (the wing) after spending his first two seasons as a frontcourt player.
Schofield is the second Vol to earn an SEC Player of the Week award this season. Sophomore forward Grant Williams received the honor on Jan. 15.
