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For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Contacts \\ Jesse Hooker ([email protected], 607-329-3925) 2020-21 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL STANDINGS PAC-12 AWARDS PAC-12 OVERALL vs. W-L Pct. H A W-L Pct. H A N AP Coach Top 25 Streak UCLA 5-0 1.000 3-0 2-0 9-2 .818 6-0 2-1 1-1 RV 21 0-1 W4 Oregon 4-1 .800 2-0 2-1 9-2 .818 6-0 2-1 1-1 22 17 0-0 W1 Stanford 4-1 .800 3-0 1-1 8-3 .727 4-0 3-1 1-2 - RV 0-2 W3 USC 3-1 .750 1-1 2-0 9-2 .818 6-1 2-0 1-1 RV RV 0-0 W4 Colorado 3-2 .600 1-0 2-2 9-3 .750 3-0 3-3 3-0 RV RV 1-1 W2 Arizona* 3-3 .500 1-2 2-1 9-3 .750 7-2 2-1 0-0 - - 0-0 L2 PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK Washington State 2-2 .500 1-1 1-1 9-2 .818 8-1 1-1 0-0 - - 0-0 L1 1/11/21 Oregon State 1-2 .333 1-1 0-1 5-4 .556 5-3 0-1 0-0 - - 0-0 L1 Oscar da Silva, STANFORD Arizona State 1-2 .333 0-2 1-0 4-5 .444 1-4 2-0 1-1 - - 0-2 L3 Utah 1-4 .200 1-2 0-2 4-5 .444 4-2 0-3 0-0 - - 0-1 L4 • Posted three double-doubles en California 1-5 .167 1-2 0-3 6-7 .462 5-2 0-5 1-0 - - 0-1 W1 route to averaging 25.0 points and Washington 0-5 .000 0-2 0-3 1-9 .100 1-3 0-3 0-3 - - 0-1 L6 11.0 rebounds in Stanford’s three 28-28 .500 15-13 13-15 81-47 .633 55-18 17-20 9-9 1-9 double-digit victories last week. *Ineligible for Pac-12 & NCAA Tournaments due to self-imposed postseason ban. Remains eligible for Pac-12 regular-season championship. #PAC12HOOPS STARTING FIVE Three Pac-12 programs currently lead or rank second in NCAA Division I team statistical categories. The nation’s current top two defenses by field goal percentage are slated to meet Saturday when WASHINGTON 1 or 2 STATE visits USC. u Field Goal Percentage Defense: 1. WASHINGTON STATE (35.5%); 2. USC (36.0%) u Free Throw Percentage: 1. COLORADO (84.5%) PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK u Blocked Shots Per Game: 2. USC (6.5 bpg) 1/11/21 UCLA and USC swept through Arizona last week to mark the first time both LA schools swept through the Evan Mobley, USC 1st desert since expansion to the Pac-10 in 1978-79. u USC swept through the desert for the first time since the 1984-85 season, first for UCLA since 2016-17. • The Wooden Award Midseason u It marked only the sixth and seventh times a school has swept the Arizona road trip since expansion to the Watch List member averaged 19.0 Pac-12 in 2011-12. The Oregon swing now has the fewest sweeps in the Pac-12 era (six). points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks UCLA is in sole possession of first in the Pac-12 standings at 5-0. It marks the Bruins’ first 5-0 start to in a road sweep of the Arizona schools, league play since their most recent Pac-12 regular-season title in 2012-13 (13-5). USC’s first desert sweep since the 5-0 u UCLA is scheduled to put the nation’s 11th-longest home win streak on the line this week when it hosts 1984-85 season. WASHINGTON STATE and WASHINGTON. The Bruins have won their last 13 games inside Pauley Pavilion. The Pac-12 currently boasts six teams in the top 50 of both the NCAA Evaluation Tool (NET) and KenPom.com rankings. 6 TOP 50 u This week’s lone top 50 NET matchup will feature STANFORD (#47 in NET) at COLORADO (#10) in the PAC-12 TIPOFF opening game of Saturday’s Pac-12 Networks quadruple-header. u The Pac-12 Conference has part- nered with StatBroadcast for all 12 Through 28 league games as of Jan. 12, the average scoring margin is 10.0 points. member schools to utilize its software 10.0 u 15 games have been decided by single digits for Media Stats display for all men’s u 4 games has been decided by one possession (3 pts. or less) & women’s basketball games for the u 2 overtime game (3 OT periods) 2020-21 seasons. u 13 games have been postponed (2 rescheduled and played) All games can be sorted by date, school THIS WEEK’S PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE and sport FOR MEDIA USE ONLY at: All games, start times & TV broadcasts are subject to change pac12.statbroadcast.com For the most up-to-date schedules, visit https://pac-12.com/mens-basketball/schedule u The Pac-12 Conference has re- DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV leased COVID-19 testing protocols and Thurs., Jan. 14 CALIFORNIA at COLORADO* 11:00 a.m. PT PAC12 its game cancellation policy, hallmarks Thurs., Jan. 14 STANFORD at UTAH* 2:00 p.m. PT ESPN2 of which strive to protect health and Thurs., Jan. 14 WASHINGTON STATE at UCLA* 2:00 p.m. PT FS1 safety through daily antigen testing, Thurs., Jan. 14 WASHINGTON at USC* 6:30 p.m. PT PAC12 weekly PCR testing and game-day Thurs., Jan. 14 ARIZONA at OREGON STATE* 8:00 p.m. PT FS1 rapid result PCR testing in the event of Thurs., Jan. 14 ARIZONA STATE at #22 OREGON* PPD Sat., Jan. 16 STANFORD at COLORADO* 12:00 p.m. PT PAC12 a positive antigen test. Sat., Jan. 16 WASHINGTON at UCLA* 2:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Sat., Jan. 16 ARIZONA STATE at OREGON STATE* 4:00 p.m. PT PAC12 Complete details can be found at: Sat., Jan. 16 WASHINGTON STATE at USC* 6:30 p.m. PT PAC12 pac12.me/BKBTesting Sat., Jan. 16 CALIFORNIA at UTAH* 7:00 p.m. PT ESPNU Sat., Jan. 16 ARIZONA at #22 OREGON* PPD Rankings listed are AP poll PAC-12 TIPOFF PAC-12 PLAYER/FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK OSCAR DA SILVA, STANFORD RARIFIED ZIAIRE: STANFORD’s Ziaire Williams be- 2020-21 PAC-12 POW came just the fifth freshman to record a triple-double Sr., F, Munich, Germany Nov. 30 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado in Pac-12 history with his 12-point, 12-rebound, Dec. 7 ...........Eugene Omoruyi, Oregon 10-assist effort against Washington on Jan. 7. • The Karl Malone Power Forward of the Year candidate posted three Dec. 14 ..........Jemarl Baker Jr., Arizona Dec. 21 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford double-doubles en route to averaging 25.0 points and 11.0 rebounds PAC-12 FRESHMAN TRIPLE-DOUBLES Dec. 28 .......McKinley Wright IV, Colorado in Stanford’s three double-digit victories last week. Jan. 4 ..............Chris Duarte, Oregon Ziaire Williams, STAN vs. WASH (1/7/21, 12p/12r/10a) Jan. 11 ...........Oscar da Silva, Stanford Rylan Jones, UTAH vs. MVSU (11/8/19, 10p/10r/11a) • The Pac-12’s leader in scoring (19.8 ppg) and field goal percentage Jan. 18 ............................. Brook Lopez, STAN vs. USC (1/25/07, 18p/11r/12b) (62.8%), da Silva combined to shoot 29-of-50 from the field (58%) Jan. 25 ............................. Luke Jackson, ORE vs. WASH (2/17/01, 14p/11r/10a) over the three outings. Feb. 1 .............................. Jelani McCoy, UCLA vs. MARY (12/9/95, 15p/10r/11b) Feb. 8 .............................. • Recorded his league-leading second 30-point effort of the season with Feb. 15 ............................. IV WOULD BE FIRST: COLORADO senior McKinley 31 along with 10 boards in an 81-71 victory at Oregon State. Feb. 22 ............................. Wright IV (1,555p/561r/562a) is quickly approaching • Added 17 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Washington, then March 1............................. what would be a unique benchmark in Conference capped his week with a third double-double of 27 points and 13 boards March 8............................. history. The senior guard is on pace to become the first in a victory over Washington State. player in Pac-12 Men’s Basketball history to reach 1,600 • Marks da Silva’s second Player of the Week honor of season and third of his career. The three awards ties for the points, 600 rebounds and 600 assists in his career. third-most in Stanford history behind only Adam Keefe (six) and Todd Lichti (four). PAC-12 1,500p/500r/500a CLUB: u Ron Lee, ORE - 2,085p/580r/543a ALSO NOMINATED: Andre Kelly, California; McKinley Wright IV, Colorado; Chris Duarte, Oregon; Cody Riley, UCLA; u Payton Pritchard, ORE - 1,938p/550r/659a Evan Mobley, USC; Timmy Allen, Utah; Isaac Bonton, Washington State. u *Andre Miller, UTAH - 1,618p/643r/721a (prior to UTAH joining Pac-12) EVAN MOBLEY, USC 2020-21 PAC-12 FrOW NON-CONFERENCE: Pac-12 programs have com- Fr., F, Murrieta, Calif. Nov. 30 ..... Josh Christopher, Arizona State bined to post a .732 win percentage (52-19) in count- Dec. 7 ................Evan Mobley, USC able NCAA Division I non-conference contests so far Dec. 14 ...............Evan Mobley, USC in 2020-21. • The Wooden Award Midseason Watch List member averaged 19.0 Dec.