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Pac-12 Men's Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva - December 26, 2022

Dec 26, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 announced its seventh weekly honors of the 2022-23 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 (12/26/22)
Ąžuolas Tubelis, ARIZONA
Jr., F, Vilnius, Lithuania

  • Averaged 20.0 points on 65 percent shooting (15-23), 9.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists as Arizona completed a perfect 11-0 non-conference campaign with victories over Montana State and Morgan State.
  • In just 25 minutes against the Bobcats, went for 14 points and nine rebounds in 85-64 win.
  • Reached the 20-point plateau for the league-leading eighth time with 26 points on 9-of-10 shooting (2-2 3FG) along with nine boards, three assists, two steals and a block in 93-68 rout of the Bears.
  • Second career Pac-12 Player of the Week honor (2/7/22).

ALSO NOMINATED: Joel Brown, California; Tristan da Silva, Colorado; Glenn Taylor Jr., Oregon State; Harrison Ingram, Stanford; Jaylen Clark, UCLA; Mouhamed Gueye, Washington State.

Pac-12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week, presented by Nextiva (12/26/22)
Grant Newell, CALIFORNIA
Fr., F, Chicago, Ill.

  • Helped California to its first victory of the season with nine points, three assists and two rebounds in 73-51 victory over UTA.
  • Three-pointer with 18 seconds left in first half halted a 7-0 UTA run and pushed Golden Bears' halftime lead to nine (28-19); the Mavericks got no closer than eight the rest of the way.
  • First Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award for the California program.

ALSO NOMINATED: Jordan Pope, Oregon State; Adem Bona, UCLA.

2022-23 PAC-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA

  Player of the Week Freshman of the Week
Nov. 14 K.J. Simpson, So., COLO Jordan Pope, OSU
Nov. 21 Desmond Cambridge Jr., 5th, ASU Austin Nunez, ASU
Nov. 28 Oumar Ballo, R-Jr., ARIZ Amari Bailey, UCLA
Dec. 5 Rollie Worster, Jr., UTAH Amari Bailey, UCLA
Dec. 12 Will Richardson, Sr., ORE Dylan Andrews, UCLA
Dec. 19 Jaime Jaquez Jr., Sr., UCLA Tre White, USC
Dec. 26 Ąžuolas Tubelis, Jr., ARIZ Grant Newell, CAL