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Two Wildcats, one Sun Devil make All-Pac-12 First Team

Mar 5, 2018, 11:09 AM | Updated: 11:10 am

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Arizona Wildcats Deandre Ayton and Allonzo Trier joined Arizona State Sun Devil Tra Holder on the 2018 All-Pac-12 First Team, the conference announced Monday.

Along with placing two players on the 10-man first team list, Arizona also had representation with senior center Dusan Ristic making the five-player second team list.

Arizona sophomore Rawle Alkins and ASU senior Shannon Evans were honorable mentions.

Ayton, who averaged 19.9 points, 11.4 rebounds and 1.9 blocks per game, was one of five players on the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team. He also made the conference all-defensive team.

Holder averaged 18.6 points, 3.5 assists and 4.2 rebounds per game while shooting 41 percent overall and 37 percent from three-point range his senior season.

Trier, who averaged 18.9 points and 3.3 assists per game as a junior, made his second appearance on a Pac-12 first or second team.

He joined USC’s Chimeze Metu and Stanford’s Reid Travis as players who made the all-conference honors lists for the second time. Metu and Travis each made the first team for the second time in their respective careers.

All-Pac-12 First Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown
Deandre Ayton Arizona F Fr. Nassau, Bahamas
Justin Bibbins Utah G Sr. Carson, Calif.
Noah Dickerson Washington F Jr. Atlanta, Ga.
Tra Holder Arizona State G Sr. Los Angeles, Calif.
Aaron Holiday UCLA G Jr. Chatsworth, Calif.
Jordan McLaughlin USC G Sr. Etiwanda, Calif.
Chimezie Metu^^ USC F Jr. Lawndale, Calif.
Tres Tinkle Oregon State F R-So. Missoula, Mont.
Reid Travis** Stanford F R-Jr. Minneapolis, Minn.
Allonzo Trier^^ Arizona G Jr. Seattle, Wash.

All-Pac-12 Second Team

Name School Pos. Yr. Hometown
David Collette Utah F Sr. Murray, Utah
George King Colorado G R-Sr. Fayetteville, N.C.
Payton Pritchard Oregon G So. West Linn, Ore.
Dusan Ristic Arizona C Sr. Novi Sad, Serbia
Thomas Welsh UCLA C Sr. Redondo Beach, Calif.

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