Jaden Shackelford Named SEC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
12/28/2020 1:53:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Shackelford helped lift the Crimson Tide to a victory past ETSU with a career-best eight three-pointers last Tuesday
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama guard Jaden Shackelford has been selected as the Southeastern Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the league office announced on Monday.
It is the second weekly honor in Shackelford's two-year career as he was named the league's Freshman of the Week during the 2019-20 season (week of Feb. 17, 2020).
Jaden Shackelford
- Accounted for a season-best 26 points to lead Alabama to an 85-69 win over East Tennessee State on Dec. 22
- Connected on a career-best eight threes on 61.5 percent shooting (8-of-13) from beyond the arc
- Scored 16 of his 26 points after the intermission including knocking down five three-pointers (5-of-7)
- He also grabbed four rebounds and played a season-high 34 minutes of action
#SECMBB Player of the Week: @jayunooo
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) December 28, 2020
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