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Martin, Mannion collect Pac-12 Men's Basketball weekly honors

Dec 2, 2019

Arizona State junior Remy Martin collects his second career Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week honor, while ARIZONA's Nico Mannion earns Pac-12 Freshman of the Week as voted on by media who cover the league.

Pac-12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week (12/2/19)
Remy Martin, Arizona State
Jr., G, Chatsworth, Calif.

• Martin played all 40 minutes and scored a career-high 33 points to lead Arizona State to a 67-65 come-from-behind victory at Princeton.
• The Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year watch list nominee converted 13-of-23 field goals against the Tigers to match the Conference's single-game season high of 33 points.
• Went 9-of-14 from field, 3-of-5 from three-point range, en route to 23 second-half points. Scored or assisted team's final 24 points as Sun Devils erased seven-point deficit over final eight minutes.
• Added three assists, two on Khalid Thomas three pointers inside the final 70 seconds including the game-winning triple with 3.2 seconds left.
• The second career weekly award for Martin (12/17/18).

ALSO NOMINATED: Nico Mannion, ARIZONA; Tyler Bey, COLORADO; Chris Duarte, OREGON; Tres Tinkle, OREGON STATE; Oscar da Silva, STANFORD; Cody Riley, UCLA; Onyeka Okongwu, USC; Rylan Jones, UTAH; CJ Elleby, WASHINGTON STATE.

Pac-12 Men's Basketball Freshman of the Week (12/2/19)
Nico Mannion, Arizona
Fr., G, Siena, Italy

• Mannion was named MVP of the Paycom Wooden Legacy after averaging a team-high 16.3 points on 51 percent shooting (19-37) and 7.3 assists to lead Arizona to the tournament championship.
• Recorded first collegiate double-double with 16 points and 11 assists in opening-round victory against Pepperdine. Converted game-winning basket with two seconds left in the 93-91 win over the Waves.
• The Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy watch list candidate added team-high 24 points in semifinal victory over Penn and nine points and seven assists in title-game triumph over Wake Forest.
• Helped Arizona to its first in-season tourney title, MVP honors and 9-0 start since 2014.

ALSO NOMINATED: C.J. Walker, OREGON; Jarod Lucas, OREGON STATE; Tyrell Terry, STANFORD; Jaime Jaquez Jr., UCLA; Rylan Jones, UTAH.

2019-20 PAC-12 MEN'S BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
  Player of the Week Freshman of the Week
Nov. 11 Tres Tinkle, OSU Zeke Nnaji, ARIZ
Nov. 18 Nick Rakocevic, USC Zeke Nnaji, ARIZ
Nov. 25 Onyeka Okongwu, USC Onyeka Okongwu, USC
Dec. 2 Remy Martin, ASU Nico Mannion, ARIZ