He’ll be hard pressed to win Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, but the last two weeks have all but assured Azuolas Tubelis makes the conference’s all-freshman squad.
Tubelis was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week on Monday, his second consecutive honor in that category and third by a UA frosh this season. Bennedict Mathurin won the award after the first full week of conference play in early January.
The 6-foot-11 Lithuanian forward averaged 12.5 points, 12.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in Arizona’s home sweep of the Washington schools, going for 16 and 15 in Saturday’s 75-74 win over Washington that included him hitting the game-winning jumper with 5.