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Pac-12 announces women's basketball players of the week

Jan 16, 2017

Player of the Week: Kelsey Plum, Washington
 2 GP, 35.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg, .542 (26-48), .875 FT (14-16), 6 asst, 2 stl, 0 blk  
• Scored 36 points to become the 12th player in NCAA women's basketball history to top 3,000 career points in the Huskies’ 90-73 victory against Arizona.
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Became the first Pac-12 player, man or woman, to top 3,000 points. 
• Scored 15 points in the fourth quarter and finished with 34 points to beat No. 19 Arizona State 65-54 on Sunday.
• Sixth-career player of the week honor and second straight. It is also Washington's 39th all-time.  

Freshman of the Week: Mikayla Pivec, Oregon State
 2 GP, 9.5 ppg, 6 rpg, .353 (6-17), .750 FT (6-8), 7 asst, 2 stl, 1 blk  
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Scored 10 points in 18 minutes to help the Beavers beat USC, 74-60.
• Shot 60 percent in the game and tallied six rebounds in each of the Beavers' two games on the week.
• Second time this season Pivec has been voted top freshman and sixth all-time for OSU. 

ALSO NOMINATED:
Player of the Week: 
LaBrittney Jones, ARIZ; Kristine Anigwe, CAL; Ruthy Hebard, ORE; Kolbie Orum, OSU; Karlie Samuelson, STAN; Monique Billings, UCLA; Malia Nawahine, UTAH; Sadie Edwards, USC.
Freshman of the Week:
 Reili Richardson, ASU; Ja'Tavia Tapley USC; Aarion McDonald, WASH.

2016-17 PAC-12 WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

  Player of the Week Freshman of the Week
Jan. 16 Kelsey Plum, WASH Mikayla Pivec, OSU
Jan. 9 Kelsey Plum, WASH Chanelle Molina, WSU
Jan. 2 Monique Billings, UCLA Chanelle Molina, WSU
Dec. 26 Kristine Anigwe, CAL Mikayla Pivec, OSU
Dec. 19 Sydney Wiese, OSU Ruthy Hebard, ORE
Dec. 12 Kelsey Plum, WASH Aarion McDonald, WASH
Dec. 5 Kristen Simon, USC Minyon Moore, USC
Nov. 28 Chantel Osahor, WASH Sabrina Ionescu, ORE
Nov. 21 Jordin Canada, UCLA Sabrina Ionescu, ORE
Nov. 14 Kelsey Plum, WASH Reili Richardson, ASU