Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva - Nov. 28, 2022
SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 today announced its women's basketball performance awards, presented by Nextiva, for games played from November 21 - November 27 and voted on by media who cover the league.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Alissa Pili, Jr., F, Utah (Anchorage, Alaska)
» 2 G, 19.5 PPG, 5.5 RPG, 2.5 APG, .652 FG%
- Averaged 19.5 points on 65.2 percent shooting to lead the No. 16 Utes to a pair of wins over SEC opponents at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship.
- Made seven of her nine shots (.778) and scored 18 to open the tournament with a 93-86 victory over Alabama.
- Had her third 20-point effort of the young season with 21, to go along with a season-best nine rebounds in a 69-67 win against Mississippi.
- Ranks sixth nationally with a .681 field goal percentage (minimum five field goals made/game).
- One of four major conference players in the country averaging 18.0 points on better than 60.0 percent shooting and 6.0 rebounds this season.
- Has powered Utah to a 6-0 start, the the program's best since 2018-19.
- Second career Pac-12 Player of the Week award (Feb. 8, 2021), the Utes' eighth all-time and first since Brynna Maxwell on Dec. 14, 2020.
ALSO NOMINATED: Emma Grothaus, WASH; Haley Jones, STAN; Rayah Marshall, USC; Kemery Martin, CAL; Bella Murekatete, WSU; Charisma Osborne, UCLA; Te-Hina Paopao, ORE; Helena Pueyo, ARIZ; Tyi Skinner, ASU; Aaronette Vonleh, COLO; Talia von Oelhoffen, OSU.
FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Kailyn Gilbert, Fr., G, Arizona (Tampa Bay, Fla.)
» 2 G, 17.5 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.5 SPG, .522 FG%, .500 3FG%
- Scored in double figures in both of No. 14 Arizona's wins at The Dana on Mission Bay Thanksgiving Classic in San Diego.
- Shot 52.2 percent from the floor and averaged 17.5 points and 4.5 rebounds in victories over California Baptist (81-63) and San Diego (86-60).
- Poured in a career-high 25 points in the win against the Lancers, the second-highest scoring total for a Pac-12 freshman this season.
- Just the fourth Wildcat freshman to record a 25+ point game since 2009-10.
- Shot an 69.2 percent (9-of-13) against Cal Baptist, including a Pac-12 freshman season-high four made 3-pointers.
- The second Wildcat to be voted Pac-12 Freshman of the Week since the award began in 2012-13.
- Cate Reese was a three-time Pac-12 Freshman of the Week during the 2018-19 season.
ALSO NOMINATED: Raegan Beers, OSU; Trayanna Crisp, ASU; Talana Lepolo, STAN; Kiki Rice, UCLA; Hannah Stines, WASH; Astera Tuhina, WSU; Grace VanSlooten, ORE.
2022-23 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva
Player of the Week | Freshman of the Week | |
Nov. 14 | Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU | Grace VanSlooten, ORE |
Nov. 21 | Charisma Osborne, UCLA | Raegan Beers, OSU |
Nov. 28 | Alissa Pili, UTAH | Kailyn Gilbert, ARIZ |