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The Pac-12 announced its fifth weekly honors of the 2023-24 men’s basketball season as presented by Nextiva and voted on by media who cover the league. See below for this week’s recognitions and keep track of the 2023-24 Player of the Year watchlist here:

Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, presented by Nextiva (12/11/23)       
Tristan da Silva, COLORADO       
Sr., F, Munich, Germany

• Nearly messed around and got a triple-double in Sunday’s 90-63 rout of No. 15 Miami, finishing with 22 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists.
• Matched season-high with 22 points and set a career-best with nine assists, nearly doubling his prior career-high of five.
• Trailing 46-45 at the first media timeout of second half, Colorado closed game on 45-16 run with da Silva providing 16 points, two rebounds and four assists during that span. 
• Second career Pac-12 Player of the Week award (1/9/23), equaling the total of older brother Oscar at Stanford.
• Upset of No. 15 Miami was Pac-12’s fourth AP Top 25 victory of the weekend – the first time the league had as many Top 25 wins in two-day span since the 1997 NCAA Tournament.

ALSO NOMINATED: Pelle Larsson, Arizona; Frankie Collins, Arizona State; Jalen Cone, California; Michael Rataj, Oregon State; Keba Keita, Utah; Franck Kepnang, Washington; Jaylen Wells, Washington State.

Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Freshman of the Week, presented by Nextiva (12/11/23)       
Myles Rice, WASHINGTON STATE       
R-Fr., G, Columbia, S.C.

• Averaged 11.0 points, 5.5 assists and 4.5 steals as Washington State rolled to two victories and improved to 7-1 on the season, its best start since 2020-21 (9-1).
• Finished with 14 points, seven assists and seven steals in Sunday’s 83-65 victory over Grambling; seven steals were most by a Cougar since CJ Elleby in 2019 and one shy of program record.
• Second straight Freshman of the Week award, joins Mouhamed Gueye (5x in 2021-22) as WSU players to earn multiple honors.

ALSO NOMINATED: KJ Lewis, Arizona; Rodney Brown Jr., California.

2023-24 PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL PERFORMANCE AWARDS, PRESENTED BY NEXTIVA

– Pac-12.com –