SEC announces D'Moi Hodge, Brandon Miller as Players of the Week

Well, it wasn’t a banner week for Southeastern Conference hoops. South Carolina and Texas A&M turned in a pair of embarrassing performances, while Kentucky, the supposed blue blood of the league, fell flat in two marquee matchups. However, a pair of teams maintained their undefeated records this week behind excellent play from two specific players, who are featured as this week’s Players of the Week in the SEC.

First, Missouri guard D’Moi Hodge went on a heater this week, scoring 30 points against SIU-Edwardsville and then 18 against Mississippi Valley State. Which is good for a 24-point-per-game average this week, and gives him north of 17 a game for the season.

The Tiger offense has been the surprise of the SEC so far, with Dennis Gates and his vast band of mid-major transfers (including Hodge, who followed Gates from Cleveland State) are scoring with the best of them to start the season. Missouri is averaging 91.8 points a night, good for 10th in the country, while having scored 83 or more each of their five times out.

These guys can fill it up, and are doing so by committee. Hodge is the lead scorer, but the Tigers are very balanced, with eight guys averaging more than seven points a game.

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The other Player of the Week recipient also doubles as the freshman of the week. Alabama freshman Brandon Miller also played in two games this week, scoring one less total point than Hodge, with totals of 28 and 18 points in respective wins over South Alabama and Jacksonville State.

Miller, despite standing as a freakish 6-foot-9, 200-pound forward, actually did most of his damage from beyond the arc this week. Typical for the Nate Oats system, though. Miller took nine threes in each of the two games, nailing four in one game and seven in the other, making good on 11-19 three-point shooting. Whew. If that player can make those shots at that size consistently…he’ll just simply be unstoppable.

Heck of a pair of performers across the league this week in D’Moi Hodge and Brandon Miller. And two guys who are on well-performing and undefeated teams. The rest of the conference ought to take notes.