Kentucky's Andrew Carr named SEC Player of the Week

What happens when you will Kentucky to an upset victory over Duke in the Champions Classic, particularly while being matched up against future No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg? You earn SEC Player of the Week honors, of course.

Leading the Wildcats with 17 points in the comeback win to give the program its first victory in the event since 2019 and the first against the Blue Devils since 2015, Andrew Carr took home the prestigious award on Monday, the SEC has announced.

The Wake Forest transfer set season highs in both points (17) and rebounds (6) to go with three assists and a block to help bring Kentucky back from down nine at the break, giving the Wildcats their largest halftime comeback win since March 7, 2020 when they rallied from 10 down to beat Florida.

He hit two threes early, but came up particularly big down the stretch, converting an and-one with 3:57 to go to tie the game for the first time since the 8:23 mark in the first half, followed by another to put Kentucky ahead by two with 1:49 remaining — the Cats never trailing again.

It’s Carr’s first conference player of the week award since he received ACC POTW honors with the Demon Deacons back in January of 2023.

The fifth-year senior has scored in double-figures in all three matchups this season to average 13.0 points on 68.4 percent shooting overall and 60.0 percent from three with 3.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists.