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For Immediate Release // Monday, February 2, 2015
Contact // Dave Hirsch ([email protected]) , Kyra Geithman ([email protected])
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UCLA'S NORMAN POWELL NAMED
PAC-12 MEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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SAN FRANCISCO - UCLA senior guard Norman Powell has been named Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week
for play from Jan. 26-Feb. 1, the Conference office announced today in a vote of media who cover Pac-12 men’s
basketball.
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The San Diego, Calif., native led UCLA in scoring in both victories last week, averaging 22.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.5
steals and 2.5 assists per game. Powell scored a team-high 23 points on 9-for-16 shooting with a 5-for-6 mark from the
free-throw line in the Bruins’ 69-59 win over No. 11 UTAH on Thursday. He followed that with a 22-point game two
nights later versus Colorado, going 7-for-11 from the field and 7-for-8 from the charity stripe. Powell also registered five
rebounds, four assists and five steals in the 72-59 win against the Buffaloes. On the weekend, the senior shot 59.3
percent, connecting on 16 of 27 shots and making 12 of 14 free throws. Powell is averaging a team-leading 16.1 points
per game this season.
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The honor marks Powell’s second-career weekly award, with his first coming earlier this season on Nov. 24, 2014. It is
UCLA’s 59th weekly selection all-time.
The Bruins head to the Bay Area this week, playing at Stanford on Thursday, Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. PT in a game to be
televised on ESPN2. UCLA then faces California on Saturday, Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. PT on the Pac-12 Networks.
For more information, including a full television schedule, visit www.pac-12.com.
Also Nominated: T.J. McConnell, ARIZ; Tyrone Wallace, CAL; Askia Booker, COLO; Elgin Cook, Jr., ORE; Malcolm
Duvivier, OSU; Chasson Randle, STAN; Josh Hawkinson, WSU.
2014-15 Pac-12 Players of the Week
Nov. 17
Tyrone Wallace, Jr., California
Nov. 24
Norman Powell, Sr., UCLA
Dec. 1
Stanley Johnson, Fr., Arizona
Dec. 8
Tyrone Wallace, Jr., California
Dec. 15
Delon Wright, Sr., Utah
Dec. 22
Elijah Stewart, Fr., USC
Dec. 29
Anthony Brown, Sr., Stanford
Jan. 5
Chasson Randle, Sr., Stanford
Jan. 12
Kevon Looney, Fr., UCLA
Jan. 19
Stanley Johnson, Fr., Arizona
Jan. 26
Gary Payton II, Jr., Oregon State
Feb. 2
Norman Powell, Sr., UCLA
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