March 6, 2000

LEXINGTON, Kty. – After leading the University of Kentucky to a share of the 2000 Southeastern Conference Championship, Jamaal Magloire was named Player of the Week for Feb. 28-March 5 by the SEC office.

Magloire averaged 15.0 points and 11.0 rebounds per game last week in leading the 16th-ranked Wildcats to victories over Mississippi State and Florida. Against the Gators on Saturday, the 6-10 center scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead UK to an 85-70 victory, creating a four-way tie for the league title. It was his league-leading 14th double-double of the season, which ranks ninth nationally. At Mississippi State, Magloire narrowly missed a double-double, tallying 16 points and nine rebounds.

Magloire also won the award Jan. 3 and Jan. 24, becoming the first to win the honor three times in the same season since Tennessee’s Dyron Nix in 1989. The Wildcats have won the award a record four times this season (Tayshaun Prince was named SEC Player of the Week on Jan. 10).