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Brooks' heroics help him earn Pac-12 Player of the Week award

Feb 27, 2017
Kelley L. Cox/USA Today Sports

Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week (2/27/17) - Dillon Brooks, Jr., F, OREGON

National Player of the Year candidate Dillon Brooks earned his third Pac-12 Player of the Week award of the season and fourth of his career in voting conducted by media who cover the league.

 Brooks averaged 18 points on 52 percent shooting (16-31) in Oregon's road sweep through the Bay Area, highlighted a team-high 22 points and the game-winning three pointer with two-tenths of a second remaining in Wednesday's 68-65 come-from-behind victory at California.

Brooks scored seven of his 22 points against the Golden Bears in the final 2:36, including a go-ahead jumper with 58 seconds left before his second game-deciding triple of the Conference season.

 Brooks' fourth career weekly honor is tied for the most ever by an Oregon player with Blair Rasmussen (1983-85) and Kenya Wilkins (1994-97). His three selections this season match the most in a single season by a Ducks player (Jerry Adams - 3, 1985-86).

 Brooks appears on the current finalist lists for the John R. Wooden and James Naismith National Player of the Year awards and the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year.

ALSO NOMINATED: Allonzo Trier, ARIZONA; Derrick White, COLORADO; Reid Travis, STANFORD; TJ Leaf, UCLA; Bennie Boatwright, USC; Kyle Kuzma, UTAH; Josh Hawkinson, WASHINGTON STATE.

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

 Week of Player
Nov. 14 Tres Tinkle, Oregon State
Nov. 21 Charlie Moore, California
Nov. 28 Lonzo Ball, UCLA
Dec. 5 TJ Leaf, UCLA
Dec. 12 Derrick White, Colorado
Dec. 19 TJ Leaf, UCLA
Dec. 26 Jordan McLaughlin, USC
Jan. 2 Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Jan. 9 Ivan Rabb, California
Jan. 16 Bryce Alford, UCLA
Jan. 23 Lauri Markkanen, Arizona
Jan. 30 Shaqquan Aaron, USC
Feb. 6 Dillon Brooks, Oregon
Feb. 13 Lonzo Ball, UCLA
Feb. 20 Lauri Markkanen, Arizona
Feb. 27 Dillon Brooks, Oregon