Manny Obaseki named SEC Player of the week after 25-point outburst

“MO” owned the Magnolia State.

On Monday morning, the Southeastern Conference named Manny Obaseki its Co-Player of the Week following a pair of much-needed Texas A&M victories.

Obaseki shares the honor with Kentucky’s Antonio Reeves.

With the Aggies’ NCAA Tournament hopes flickering, Obaseki stepped up.

The Allen product scored 17 points in Wednesday’s 75-69 win over Mississippi State at Reed Arena before going off for 25 in a Saturday afternoon 86-60 pummeling of Ole Miss in Oxford.

With those two wins, the Aggies finished 9-9 and will begin play at the SEC Tournament in Nashville on Thursday night.

Whatever success A&M has at Bridgestone Arena should help solidify the Maroon & White’s spot in the 68-team field.

Whatever success A&M finds will likely hinge on Obaseki continuing this hot stretch.

On Wednesday, the junior was 6-of-12 from the field — including 2-for-3 from deep —  to finish with a team-high 17 as Obaseki paced a quartet of Aggies in double figures.

His encore performance on Saturday was even better.

In 20 minutes of action, Obaseki hit four triples and was 9-of-14 for 25 points to lead all scorers in a revenge game the Aggies had to have.

His 25 points also served as a career-high.

Obaseki is now the fourth Aggie to be named the SEC’s Player of the Week this season.

Henry Coleman III earned the honor of Nov. 20, Wade Taylor IV on Dec. 18 and Tyrece Radford on Feb. 12.

Those three and Obaseki will likely be leaned upon again come Thursday night.