FAYETTEVILLE – After a career-high, 30-point sport to guide Arkansas to an enormous street win in the regular-season finale, Razorback Meleek Thomas was named SEC Freshman of the Week.
Thomas averaged 21.5 factors and 4.5 rebounds whereas capturing 43.8% from the subject, together with a formidable 66.7% from 3-point, whereas capturing 90% from the line in wins over Texas at Missouri.
With his huge week, Thomas completed the SEC season capturing 48.7% (38-of-78) from 3-point vary to set a college record. The earlier mark was 47.4% in SEC video games by Rotnei Clarke (45-95) in 2011. (Note, heading into the season finale, Thomas was capturing 45.8% from deep (33-of-78) and was 4th on the college’s record for 3PT% in SEC video games.)
Vs Texas:
- Scored a “quite” 13 factors in a sport the place Trevon Brazile and Darius Acuff Jr. every scored 28 factors.
- In the 20-point win, tied for the crew lead with a +24 in 28 minutes performed (he and Brazile have been the solely gamers with a +/- 20 or higher).
- Scored 10 of his 13 in the first half as the Hogs out-scored Texas by 22
At Missouri:
- Playing with out Darius Acuff Jr., Thomas picked up the slack by scoring a career-high 30 factors whereas including seven rebounds.
- Made his first 5 3-pointers, ending 5-of-6 for the sport.
- Scored 18 second-half factors, going 5-of-10 from the subject, 3-of-4 from 3-point and 5-of-6 at the line in the interval. He made a jumper with 1:09 left to offer Arkansas a 2-point lead. Then, with 31 seconds left, hit a free throw to tie the sport and drive time beyond regulation
Thomas and Acuff are the top-scoring freshman duo in the nation. In reality, the Acuff-Thomas duo turned the third freshman pair in Division I since 2019-20 with a minimum of 450 factors apiece. The others got here final season, with Duke’s Cooper Flagg (709 factors) and Kon Knueppel (563) mixed to attain 1,272 factors, and Rutgers’ Dylan Harper (564) and Ace Bailey (527) mixed to attain 1,091 factors. Acuff (666) and Thomas (476) have totaled 1,142 factors.
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