BOULDER – University of Colorado freshman guard McKinley Wright IV was named the Pac-12 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for games played Jan. 1-7 the league office announced on Monday.
It's the first Pac-12 weekly honor for Wright, and just the second conference Player of the Week award by a Colorado freshman, joining Chauncey Billups' Big Eight honor in December 1995. Overall, it's Colorado's ninth weekly honor since joining the Pac-12 for the 2011-12 season.
Wright, a 6-0, 185-pound guard from North Robbinsdale, Minn., averaged 17.5 points, 7.5 assists and 3.