SAN FRANCISCO – UCLA guard/forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. has been named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the week, and teammate Amari Bailey has been honored as the league's Freshman of the Week after the Bruins won two games last week at Oregon State and Oregon.
 
Jaquez Jr., who hails from Camarillo, Calif., has been recognized as the Pac-12 Player of the Week for the second time this season and the third time in his career. He was honored with the league's weekly award on Dec. 19, 2022, after the Bruins had won games at Maryland and versus Kentucky in New York City.
 
Bailey, a 6-foot-5 guard from Chicago, Ill., has been honored as the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week for the third time this season. Bailey and Oregon State's Jordan Pope lead the league in "Freshman of the Week" award selections this season, with three each.
 
Last week, Jaquez Jr. averaged 16.0 points and 12.0 rebounds in a pair of victories at Oregon State and Oregon. Jaquez Jr. totaled 12 rebounds in each game and has now recorded at least 10 rebounds in each of the last four games. He provided the explanation point in UCLA's 70-63 win at Oregon on Saturday with a 25-point, 12-rebound effort.
 
Jaquez Jr. continues to lead the Bruins (21-4, 12-2 Pac-12) in scoring and rebounding (16.3 ppg, 8.0 rpg). He ranks No. 4 among all Pac-12 players in both statistical categories and has totaled six double-doubles in 25 games this year.
 
Bailey recorded a season-high 24 points in the Bruins' 62-47 win at Oregon State last Thursday night. He connected on 10 of 16 shots at Gill Coliseum as UCLA raced to a 27-point lead with just under five minutes to play in the second half. Bailey finished the two-game road trip having averaged 16.0 points and 2.0 rebounds per contest. Since returning from a left foot injury, Bailey has averaged 13.2 points and 2.4 rebounds, shooting 57.1 percent from the field in five games.
 
Ranked No. 4 in both major national polls (AP, USA Today Sports), UCLA returns to action against Stanford on Thursday, Feb. 18. Game time in Pauley Pavilion presented by Wescom is 8 p.m. (PT). In addition, the Bruins will host California on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. (PT).