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Arizona’s Allonzo Trier takes home first Pac-12 player honor of 2017-18

Nov 13, 2017, 4:11 PM

Arizona guard Allonzo Trier (35) drives past Northern Arizona forward Lenell Henry in the second ha...

Arizona guard Allonzo Trier (35) drives past Northern Arizona forward Lenell Henry in the second half during an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Two 30-point games into the season, the Pac-12 honored Arizona Wildcats guard Allonzo Trier with the first weekly player of the week honor of the 2017-18 season.

It’s the second time Trier has won the award. He’s the seventh UA player to record back-to-back 30-point games and the first since Jerryd Bayless did so in 2007-08.

Trier, a preseason All-America First Team member, scored a career-high 32 points Friday in the season opener against Northern Arizona before pouring in another 30 against Maryland-Baltimore County on Sunday. Through the two games, he’s shooting 64.5 percent from the floor and 50 percent from three-point range.

The 6-foot-5 junior is also getting to the foul stripe nine times per game while grabbing 4.5 rebounds and adding three assists per game.

Arizona, which entered Monday ranked No. 3 in the nation, defeated NAU, 101-67, before dropping UMBC, 103-78.

The Wildcats next face Cal State Bakersfield on Thursday.

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