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Roberson Earns Fourth Freshman of the Week Honor

Roberson Earns Fourth Freshman of the Week Honor
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BOULDER ? University of ColoradoGÇÖs Arielle Roberson was named the Pac-12 Conference WomenGÇÖs Basketball Freshman of the Week for the week of Feb. 18-24, the league office announced on Monday.

It is the fourth Pac-12 Freshman of the Week honor for Roberson, and her first during league play. ?

A 6-foot-1-inch forward from San Antonio, Roberson averaged 16.5 points and 8.0 rebounds to lead Colorado to a home sweep of the Washington schools last week. She shot 67 percent from 3-point range and 78 from the foul line as the No. 19 ranked Buffaloes extended their win streak to seven.

Roberson recorded her first career double-double with 17 points and a career-best 13 rebounds in the win over Washington State. Her eight offensive rebounds alone were also a career-best and a team season-high. She added two blocks and two steals with one assist.

She scored 16 points to lead CU in the win over Washington. Roberson made 2-of-3 from 3-point range for the second consecutive game and has made nine of her last 15 from downtown (.600). She was a perfect 6-of-6 from the line, a personal-high for free throws attempted without a miss.

Roberson earned the Pac-12 Freshman of the Week award three times during the nonconference schedule, and was the inaugural recipient of that honor on Nov. 12 after scoring 16 points on 7-of-13 shooting with six rebounds, five steals, two assists and two blocks in her collegiate debut - a 70-65 win over Idaho on Nov. 11.

The Pac-12 added Freshman of the Week to its weekly honors for the first time this season, joining the standard Player of the Week honor which this week went to ArizonaGÇÖs Davellyn Whyte. Roberson has won Freshman of the Week more than any other player, passing three others with three (Jillian Alleyne, Oregon; Lia Galdeira, Washington State; Talia Walton, Washington)

RobersonGÇÖs honor is CUGÇÖs seventh weekly award in the Pac-12 since the Buffaloes joined the conference in 2011, and sixth this season alone. Chucky Jeffery has earned two Pac-12 Player of the Week honors this season. RobersonGÇÖs four weekly conference awards in one season are the most since Brittany Spears won four Big 12 Conference Rookie of the Week honors in 2007-08.

Colorado will close Pac-12 regular season action with a trip to the Oregon schools this weekend. The Buffaloes play at Oregon on Friday, March 1, at 8 p.m. MT and finish up at Oregon State on Sunday, March 3, at 1 p.m. ?MT. CU, currently in a tie for fourth in the Pac-12 with Washington, controls its own destiny for a coveted top four seed and first round bye in the 2013 Pac-12 Tournament, March 7-10, in Seattle.