IRVING, Texas - The Big 12 Conference announced the men's basketball weekly award winners for the week that ended Feb. 9 and Arizona forward Tobe Awaka was selected as the Newcomer of the Week. 

Awaka notched a pair of 14-point games, averaging 10.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks, as Arizona's unbeaten run reached six games, the longest in the Big 12 and tied for the second-longest in a Power 4 conference. The junior from Hyde Park, New York reached 14 points and nine rebounds in just 18:30 of playing time in the 85-74 win against BYU. The Tennessee transfer had his fifth double-double of the season against No. 13 Texas Tech, as the Wildcats notched an 82-73 win to remain tied atop the Big 12 standings. The forward is the first Arizona player to win Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.

Awaka's award comes a week after Caleb Love was named Big 12 Player of the Week. 

Arizona travels to Kansas State for a Tuesday showdown in Manhattan before returning home to play Houston on Saturday at 12:00 p.m.

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