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Utah's Tori Williams honored as Pac-12’s Freshman of the Week

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Utes guard Tori Williams (2) drives inside with the ball, as Purdue Boilermakers guard Karissa McLaughlin (1) defends, in basketball action Utah Utes vs. Purdue Boilermakers, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017.

Utes freshman Tori Williams earned Pac-12 Conference women’s basketball freshman of the week honors on Monday. Williams helped the Utes to road wins over No. 22 Arizona State as well as Arizona this past week.

Williams, a 5-foot-9 guard from Boise, Idaho, averaged 12.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists last week. She committed only one turnover and didn’t miss a free throw in Utah’s second conference road sweep of the season.

Williams scored 10 points on 2-of-5 shooting (2-of-4 on 3-pointers), hauled in five rebounds and dished out three assists in a 58-56 win at Arizona State. She followed that performance with 15 points on 5-of-10 shooting against Arizona.

The Utes enter this week with a 14-5 record (5-3 Pac-12), and Williams has averaged 9.1 points per game. Her 37 made 3-pointers lead Pac-12 freshmen.