Cody’s Blog

After dropping 30 points in South Carolina’s enormous upset win over the # Kentucky Wildcats, Devan Downey showed why he is the best point guard in the SEC and one of the best in all of college basketball. With 10 minutes left to go in the game and the Gamecocks down by 9 points, Downey scored 12 of Carolina’s final 24 points, including what proved to be the game winning layup with a shade over 50 seconds left in the game. The 5′9″ senior point guard finished the night with 33 points, and is averaging a shade over 31 points per game in SEC play. He is also tied for fourth in the nation in scoring with 22.9 PPG and also leads the nation averaging 3.1 steals a game. Downey has gone for 30 or more in six games this year, and has gone for 20 or more twelve times this season and continues to be one of the only steady options that is keeping the Gamecocks going. With nine games left on the slate, if Downey can keep putting up the numbers he has been, he could quite possibly end up in the National Player of the Year talks at the end of the year.