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Pac-12 Men's Basketball Weekly Awards, presented by Nextiva - Jan. 25, 2021

Jan 25, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 announced its ninth weekly honors of the 2020-21 men's basketball season as presented by Nextiva and voted on by media who cover the league.

Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week, presented by Nextiva (1/25/21)
Jamal Bey, WASHINGTON
Jr., G, Las Vegas, Nev.

• Led Washington to a home sweep of Colorado and Utah by averaging 21.0 points on 79 percent shooting (15-19) from the field, including 6-of-7 behind the arc.
• Hyper-efficient in victory over Utah, scoring a career-high 28 points on just 11 field goal attempts (10-11 FG, 4-4 3FG) while adding five rebounds and four steals.
• Opened week with 14 points, three rebounds and two blocks to help Huskies earn first Conference win of season in snapping the Buffaloes' six-game win streak.
• First career weekly award for Bey, who currently paces the Pac-12 in three-point percentage (51.5%) and is averaging 15.3 points on 57 percent shooting (32-56) from the field and 52 percent behind the arc (13-25) over the last six games.

ALSO NOMINATED: James Akinjo, Arizona; Grant Anticevich, California; Evan Battey, Colorado; Ethan Thompson, Oregon State; Oscar da Silva, Stanford; Johnny Juzang, UCLA; Evan Mobley, USC; Timmy Allen, Utah; Noah Williams, Washington State.

Pac-12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week, presented by Nextiva (1/25/21)
Evan Mobley, USC
Fr., F, Murrieta, Calif.

• Wooden Award and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year candidate averaged a double-double of 18.5 points and 10.5 rebounds as USC split a pair of road games last week. The 7-0 forward added 2.5 assists and 2.0 blocks and shot 52 percent from the field (11-21) and 82 percent at the foul line (14-17).
• Fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor ties the most since the award's creation prior to the 2019-20 season (Zeke Nnaji, ARIZ; Isaiah Stewart, WASH).
• Scored eight of the Trojans' final 12 points en route to a season-high 25 points in helping USC pull away late for win at California. 
• Recorded his league-leading sixth double-double of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds in narrow loss at Oregon State.

ALSO NOMINATED: Dalen Terry, Arizona; Jabari Walker, Colorado.

2020-21 PAC-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

  Player of the Week Freshman of the Week
Nov. 30 McKinley Wright IV, COLO Josh Christopher, ASU
Dec. 7 Eugene Omoruyi, ORE Evan Mobley, USC
Dec. 14 Jemarl Baker Jr., ARIZ Evan Mobley, USC
Dec. 21 Oscar da Silva, STAN Ziaire Williams, STAN
Dec. 28 McKinley Wright IV, COLO Efe Abogidi, WSU
Jan. 4 Chris Duarte, ORE Bennedict Mathurin, ARIZ
Jan. 11 Oscar da Silva, STAN Evan Mobley, USC
Jan. 18 McKinley Wright IV, COLO Jabari Walker, COLO
Jan. 25 Jamal Bey, WASH Evan Mobley, USC
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