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Hamidou Diallo is in a nice groove and just nabbed the SEC Freshman of the Week to prove it. Photo: Andrew Bishop, CameronMillsRadio.com
Remember when the Kentucky Wildcats were playing games virtually every other day? Now we have reached the one game a week Camp Cal portion of the schedule.
Hamidou Diallo simply went out and made the most of the limited opportunities against other competition.
The SEC noticed as well.
Three straight games with 2+ steals; four straight games with 19+ points. @KentuckyMBB's @Diallo1Hamidou is the #SECMBB FOTW. pic.twitter.com/tH4WDTa00V
— Southeastern Conference (@SEC) December 18, 2017
Diallo’s string of consistent play at both ends continued against Virginia Tech as he tallied 20 points, five rebounds, three steals and two assists. Kentucky went toe to toe with the Hokies from deep and out them 11-10 from the three-point line. Hami was responsible for more than a third of them as he nailed four by himself including the trey that gave Kentucky their largest lead of the game.
Holy crap! Hamidou Diallo tried to end the world again. pic.twitter.com/E1eMKOqc0G
— Scott Charlton (@Scott_Charlton) December 9, 2017
Just wait until he connects on one of his end the world dunk attempts.
His next chance to keep it rolling with come down in the Big Easy when the Cats face UCLA down in ‘Nawlins.
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[…] SGA joins Hamidou Diallo as the second Cat to win the honor. He’s put up some gaudy numbers while setting up the rest of the guys to get the rock in their sweet spots. With the absence of Quade Green he’s also had to flip the switch into iron man mode as he rarely leaves the court once the game is under way. […]