Juzang Secured Pac-12 Player of the Week Honors
November 15, 2021 | Men's Basketball
SAN FRANCISCO โ UCLA junior guard Johnny Juzang has been named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week, as announced by the league office on Monday.
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Juzang has secured his second career Pac-12 Player of the Week honor, having been named the league's player of the week on Feb. 15, 2021, midway through his sophomore season.
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Most recently, Juzang averaged 22.0 points and 6.0 rebounds in two games last week. He helped lead UCLA past CSU Bakersfield in the season-opener last Tuesday (95-58) and to a thrilling 86-77 overtime win versus No. 4 Villanova on Friday night. Both games took place in UCLA's Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom.
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Juzang scored a team-leading 25 points in the win against Villanova. He finished the game with eight rebounds and was a perfect 6-for-6 at the free throw line. Between both games, Juzang knocked down 11 of 12 free throw attempts.
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A preseason first-team All-Pac-12 selection (as announced at Pac-12 Media Day in October), Juzang was the Bruins' top scorer last season. He averaged 16.0 points per game as a sophomore and was sensational in the Bruins' six-game NCAA Tournament stretch, having logged 22.8 points per game in Indiana.
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Juzang was the only UCLA player to secure Pac-12 Player of the Week honors last season. He has opened the 2021-22 campaign as the Pac-12's first recipient of this season's weekly award.
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No. 2-ranked UCLA (2-0) returns to action against Long Beach State (1-0) on Monday, Nov. 15. Game time in Pauley Pavilion is set for 8 p.m. The Bruins' game against Long Beach State will be televised by the Pac-12 Network.
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