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Experience Proves Key with a Trio of Seniors Taking Weekly Big 12 Conference Awards

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Iowa State’s Izaiah Brockington and Kansas’ Ochai Agbaji shared Big 12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week while Texas Tech’s Bryson Williams earned Newcomer of the Week. Agbaji collected the fifth honor of his career and the fourth of the season. Brockington picked up his fifth honor this season while Williams snagged his second.

Brockington averaged 21.0 points last week while leading the Cyclones to a 2-0 record with wins on the road at TCU and at home against Oklahoma. He also averaged 4.5 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.5 assists while shooting 53.1 percent from the field and hitting 4-of-6 three-pointers. The senior guard started the week with 20 points and seven rebounds in the win against the Horned Frogs, ISU's first in Fort Worth since 2016. He then scored 22 points on 10-of-13 field goal shooting against the Sooners, including 2-for-2 behind the arc. Six of his 22 points came during a key 15-0 run that broke open the game in the second half. Brockington has scored 20 points in three consecutive games.
 
Agbaji averaged 21.5 points in two wins for Kansas last week. Against Oklahoma State, he led all scorers with 20 points, which included a career-high nine free throws in going 9-for-10 from the line. He also had four assists and a game-high three steals. In the road win at West Virginia, Agbaji once again led all scorers with 23 points, including 3-of-6 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws. He was 13-of-14 from the line for the week. Agbaji passed the 1,400 career points mark during the WVU game and currently has 1,421. He has scored 20 or more points in 14 games this season.
 
Williams scored 17 points in wins over No. 7 Baylor and No. 20 Texas last week and now has 1,996 points in his career. He started the week with 17 points and four rebounds in an 83-73 home win over Baylor before leading Tech with 17 points and six rebounds in the 61-55 road win at Texas on Saturday. Williams is now averaging 13.7 points this season and has amassed 100 double-figure scoring performances in his career. He will go into Tuesday's game against Oklahoma needing only four points to reach the 2,000-point milestone.
 
Big 12 Co-Players of the Week
Izaiah Brockington, ISU, G, Sr.
Ochai Agbaji, KU, G, Sr.
 
Big 12 Newcomer of the Week
Bryson Williams, TTU, F, Sr.