SAN FRANCISCO – Following a road sweep of the Los Angeles schools, bookended by a win at No. 3 UCLA, Arizona freshman Lauri Markkanen has been named the Pac-12 Player of the Week. The forward averaged 20.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game for the week while shooting an ultra-efficient 63.6 percent from the field and 80.0 percent from beyond the arc. The Finland native became the first Wildcat to win weekly honors from the Pac-12 this season and the first since Gabe York took home the honor in the final week of the regular season of 2015-16.

Markkanen's performance helped Arizona secure the road sweep of the Trojans and Bruins. In the win over third-ranked UCLA, the Wildcats beat their highest-ranked opponent in a true road game since downing No. 1 Stanford, 76-75, on March 8, 2001. It also marked the first time UA has swept the Los Angeles and Bay Area schools on the road in the same season since 2002-03.

Before being named the conference's top performer for the week, Markkanen was named to the midseason watch lists for the John R. Wooden Award and the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Year. The 7-footer is also on the midseason watch list for the Wayman Tisdale Award for the National Freshman of the Year.

Markkanen leads Arizona in scoring, rebounding, three-point field goal percentage and free throw percentage. He is also the only player in the Pac-12 Conference to rank in the top 15 in all four of those categories.