Alex Condon named Co-SEC Player of the Week
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida sophomore forward Alex Condon has been named Co-SEC Player of the Week for men’s basketball, the league announced on Monday afternoon. It marks the first weekly conference honor of Condon’s career and Florida’s first since Tyrese Samuel on Nov. 27, 2023.
Condon posted a pair of double-doubles in the Gators’ 73-43 win over No. 1 Tennessee and their 71-63 road victory at Arkansas. His presence helped limit both opponents to season-low field goal percentages. In addition to his double-doubles, Condon dished four assists without a turnover in both games last week.
“He’s doing a fantastic job,” UF coach Todd Golden said of Condon on Monday. “I think he helps you win in many, many ways. He’s a big guy that obviously defends, does a great job protecting the rim, rebounds well. I think one of his most underrated qualities is how well he handles the ball. … He has a, I think, 8.3 turnover rate, like his assist to turnover ratio for a frontcourt player is remarkable. And he’s gonna start getting a lot of praise and a lot of notoriety for the way he’s playing, which he deserves.
“… It’s the constant chip on his shoulder that he plays with that allows him to now be one of the better frontcourt players out there. And if he continues to play with that edge and that energy, he’s going to keep getting better and better and better. And he’s a remarkable guy. He’s really, really fun to coach. … And the great thing is, I think he still has a lot of room to improve and get better, and I anticipate him being the type of guy that will enjoy kind of that pressure to do that.”
The Australia native tallied 12 points and 12 rebounds against Tennessee with four assists, becoming the first player in the nation this century to go 12/12/4 without a turnover against a No. 1 team. He and Chandler Parsons (Feb. 5, 2011, vs. No. 10 Kentucky) are among six players in the country and the only SEC players to post that stat line against a top-10 opponent since 2000.
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Condon followed up that performance up with 12 points and 10 rebounds at Arkansas, along with another 4-to-0 assist-to-turnover ratio and three blocked shots. He scored 10 points in the last five minutes with several key plays down the stretch, including five straight points to put Florida up 12 and ice the game after Arkansas crept within seven in the closing minutes.
“Coming out a little bit slow, the whole team did, Tommy [Haugh] set the standard with how he was rebounding. Seeing that example, I just crashed really hard in the second half and got my scoring a little bit,” Alex Condon said of Saturday’s performance. “Just taking more time and being able to hit that 3 helped as well, so that was good.”
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