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Pac-12 Men's Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva - January 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 announced its ninth 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 (1/9/23)
Tristan da Silva, COLORADO
Jr., F, Munich, Germany

  • Averaged 23.5 points on 67 percent shooting (18-27), 6.0 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 2.0 assists to lead Colorado to a home sweep of the Oregon schools for seven wins in its past eight games.
  • With leading scorer KJ Simpson out due to illness, delivered career-high 30 points on 11-of-17 shooting (3-4 3FG) along with seven rebounds, three steals and three assists in 68-41 rout of Oregon.
  • Added 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and five rebounds in 62-42 victory against Oregon State.
  • Part of defensive effort that held both the Ducks and Beavers to lowest offensive outputs of season.
  • First career Pac-12 weekly award.

ALSO NOMINATED: Ąžuolas Tubelis, Arizona; Warren Washington, Arizona State; DeJuan Clayton, California; Jaylen Clark, UCLA; Branden Carlson, Utah; Mouhamed Gueye, Washington State.

Pac-12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week, presented by Nextiva (1/9/23)
Adem Bona, UCLA
Fr., F, Ebonyi, Nigeria

  • Second consecutive Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award (1/2/23), fifth of the season for UCLA program.
  • Posted eight points, career-high 10 rebounds and two blocks in UCLA's 60-58 victory over crosstown rival USC.
  • Helped Bruins stay unbeaten and in first place in Pac-12 play (5-0) and extend win streak to 11 straight games, the fourth-longest in NCAA Division I and longest among major conference programs.

ALSO NOMINATED: ND Okafor, California.

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

  Player of the Week Freshman of the Week
Nov. 14 KJ 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
Jan. 2 KJ Simpson, So., COLO Adem Bona, UCLA
Jan. 9 Tristan da Silva, Jr., COLO Adem Bona, UCLA