Washington named SEC Player of the Week

Surprise. Surprise. Well, not really. Arkansas forward Michael Washington's huge back-to-back games has earned him the SEC Player of the Week honor, it was announced this morning by the SEC office.

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Washington scored a career-high 34 points against North Texas in North Little Rock on Saturday to follow-up his Herculean performance against then-No. 4 Oklahoma last Tuesday.

Washington averaged 29 points and 11 rebounds, and hit 81.5 percent of his shots and 14-of-19 free throws last week against the Sooners and Mean Green.

Here's more from the SEC office:

He scored seven straight Arkansas points to give the Razorbacks an 88-71 lead with 1:33 remaining and finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds while connecting on 10 of his 12 field goal attempts (against Oklahoma). Against North Texas, he established a new career mark with 34 points while making 12-of-15 field goals.

This is Washington's second SEC Player of the Week award this season. He earned his first after scoring 30 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in the Hogs' season-opening, overtime win over Southeastern Louisiana.

He's had seven double-doubles this season, the most since Derek Hood's 18 in a season back in 1999.

– Brandon Marcello