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Stanford senior Josh Sharma was voted the Pac-12 Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for his efforts in a home sweep of USC and UCLA over the weekend.
The Cardinal posted a 79-76 victory over USC on Wednesday and a 104-80 win over UCLA on Saturday at Maples Pavilion.
The win over the Bruins was Stanford’s largest in the series history in 22 years. The Cardinal (14-11) has won five of its last six and is tied with Colorado and USC for fifth in the conference at 7-6 in Pac-12 play.
The Cardinal senior averaged a double-double for the week at 18.0 ppg and 10.5 rpg. He posted his second career double-double with 22 points and 12 rebounds in the 24-point win over UCLA. His 22-point performance was one shy of his career-high, set earlier this season against Long Beach State.
Sharma, the Pac-12’s field goal percentage leader at 69 percent, finished 10-of-11 from the field in the win over UCLA, becoming just the 10th player in Stanford history with at least nine field goals made and just one or no missed field goal attempts in a game. He finished Saturday’s win with seven dunks.
The center registered 14 points and nine rebounds in the win over USC on Wednesday.
Sharma was recognized by the Pac-12 for the second time this season. He was also named the conference’s player of the week on Dec. 31.
The senior is the first Stanford player to be recognized with the conference’s weekly award multiple times in the same season since Landry Fields during the 2009-10 season.
He is the sixth Cardinal to accomplish the feat all-time, joining Fields (2009-10), Matt Haryasz (2005-06), Matt Lottich (2003-04), Adam Keefe (1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92) and Todd Lichti (1988-89).
Stanford travels to Arizona to face Arizona State in Tempe on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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