No. 4/4 Texas Longhorns men’s basketball sweeps Phillips 66 Big 12 weekly awards

IRVING, TEXAS (January 11, 2021) University of Texas junior guard Andrew Jones has been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Player of the Week, while freshman forward Greg Brown has been tabbed the Phillips 66 Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

 

This marked Jones’ second career weekly conference honor, as he previously earned Co-Player of the Week accolades on March 2, 2020. It marked Brown’s second weekly conference honor this season, as he claimed Newcomer of the Week honors on Dec. 21.

 

Jones, who also earned NCAA.com National Player of the Week recognition on Monday, averaged 19.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per game while hitting 16-of-34 (.471) field goals, including 7-of-16 (.438) from three-point range, in 36.1 minutes per contest during UT’s two victories last week. In Tuesday’s home win against Iowa State, he set his career high in scoring with 23 points while converting a career-best 10-of-20 field goals and added six boards and four assists in a season-high 37 minutes.

 

Jones returned to hit the game-winning three-pointer with 1.8 seconds left in Saturday’s 72-70 victory at No. 14/16 West Virginia. He tallied 16 points (4-7 threes) in 35 minutes and registered a plus-minus total of +13. Late in the first half, he became the 39th player in program history to reach the 1,000-career point milestone.

 

Brown averaged a double-double (13.5 points, 11.0 rebounds per game) while hitting 50-percent (10-20) from the floor, including a 3-of-8 (.375) mark from three-point range, in Texas’ two victories. He had 15 points (6-10 FG, 3-4 threes) and eight boards in 22 minutes on Tuesday against Iowa State. Brown returned to post his fourth double-double of the year with 12 points and 14 rebounds, tying his season high, in a season-best 33 minutes during the win at No. 14/16 West Virginia on Saturday.

 

No. 4/4 Texas (10-1, 4-0 Big 12) returns to action on Wednesday, Jan. 13 when it hosts No. 15/15 Texas Tech (10-3, 3-2 Big 12). Tip is set for 8 p.m. Central at the Frank Erwin Center, and the game will be televised nationally by ESPN2.