Immanuel Quickley continues to earn honors for his stellar play this season.
ESPN.com released their postseason awards and the UK sophomore was named the breakout player of the 2019-2020 season after leading the Wildcats in scoring with 16.1 points per game.
Here is what ESPN had to say about Quickley.
A former five-star recruit, Quickley always had the talent but didn’t have the role to really become a go-to offensive player. As a freshman, Quickley was behind Ashton Hagans and one-and-done wings Tyler Herro and Keldon Johnson on the perimeter, and then five-star guard Tyrese Maxey entered the program this season and dropped 26 points in his first game.
But something flipped in late December, and Quickley became not only the go-to-guy for the Wildcats but the best player in the SEC. Along with Nick Richards, Quickley was the spark to Kentucky’s hot stretch in conference play and is the player John Calipari counts on in big moments. Before a foul-shortened outing against Florida in the season finale, Quickley averaged about 19 points and shot better than 46% from 3-point range in his past 19 games.
On Monday, Quickley was named a Third Team All-American by CBS Sports, in addition to earning Third Team All-America honors by Bleacher Report last week.
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