Kentucky's Clara Strack named SEC Player of the Week after back-to-back double-doubles

It’s not hyperbole to say that Clara Strack is playing at an All-American level. In fact, it might be a disservice to say otherwise.

She backed that up on Tuesday when the Southeastern Conference announced her as the league’s Player of the Week. Strack is coming off back-to-back double-doubles last week, which featured a couple of impressive wins for Kentucky women’s basketball. The 6-foot-5 junior center went for 17 points, 13 rebounds, and five blocks in a dominant 76-35 victory over Purdue before dropping 17 points, 10 rebounds, and two blocks in a rivalry win over Louisville on Saturday.

Strack now has a double-double in six of her seven games played. The only game she failed to do so came against Monmouth, when Kentucky won 104-46 and only needed Strack to play 18 minutes. On the season, the Buffalo native is averaging 16.9 points, 12.1 rebounds, and 3.1 blocks in 28.1 minutes per outing while shooting 56.1 percent from the field. She leads the entire country in total rebounds (85) and ranks second in total blocks (22).

Additionally, Strack also received her second USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week honor. This was her first career SEC Player of the Week award.

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— Kentucky Women’s Basketball (@KentuckyWBB) November 25, 2025

With Strack leading the charge, Kentucky is off to an excellent start in year two of the Kenny Brooks era. The undefeated Wildcats (7-0) moved up to No. 16 in the latest AP Poll thanks to last week’s success. Beating Louisville was the first real challenge of the season, though. Another one is on the schedule as Kentucky is set to take on No. 7 Maryland (7-0) in Puerto Rico on Wednesday (5:30 p.m. ET | FloSports).

Strack isn’t the only one putting up nation-leading numbers, either. Point guard Tonie Morgan, who came over from Georgia Tech to replace All-American guard Georgia Amoore, is filling in quite nicely. Morgan leads the country in both total assists (62) and assists per game (8.9). Flanked by other talented pieces such as Jordan Obi, Teonni Key, and Amelia Hassett, this Kentucky team has shown early on that it has the juice to be a top-end squad.

But none of it would be possible without Strack. There’s a real argument to be made that she is among the five best players in all women’s college basketball right now.