Kansas guard Devon Dotson (1) gets in for a bucket past Texas Tech guard Kyler Edwards (0) and Texas Tech forward TJ Holyfield (22) during the second half, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 at Allen Fieldhouse.
Sophomore guard Devon Dotson on Monday was named the Big 12 player of the week for the third time this season.
Dotson’s 21-point performance in a home win over Texas Tech was the highlight of the point guard’s week and he entered this week still on top of the Big 12 Conference’s scoring leaders list at 18.2 points per game.
The Charlotte native who averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists last week, has scored 20 or more points in a game seven times this season.
Monday marked the fourth time this season that a Kansas player had earned the weekly award. Dotson has done it three times (Dec. 2, Dec. 16 and Feb. 3) and center Udoka Azubuike was the recipient on Jan. 27.
KU senior Isaiah Moss also has been honored by the Big 12’s weekly awards, earning newcomer of the week honors on Jan. 12.
Also on Monday, Dotson was named as one of 10 finalists for the annual Bob Cousy Award, given out to the best point guard in college basketball.
He joins Baylor’s Jared Butler, Colorado’s McKinley Wright IV, Duke’s Tre Jones, Iowa State’s Tyrese Halliburton, Kentucky’s Ashton Hagans, Marquette’s Markus Howard, Michigan State’s Cassius Winston, Oregon’s Payton Pritchard and San Diego State’s Malachi Flynn on the list of 10 Cousy Award finalists.
A native of Colorado, Matt moved to Lawrence in 1988 and has been in town ever since. He graduated from Lawrence High in 1996 and the University of Kansas in 2000 with a degree in Journalism. After covering KU sports for the University Daily Kansan and Rivals.com, Matt joined the World Company (and later Ogden Publications) in 2001 and has held several positions with the paper and KUsports.com in the past 20+ years. He became the Journal-World Sports Editor in 2018. Throughout his career, Matt has won several local and national awards from both the Associated Press Sports Editors and the Kansas Press Association. In 2021, he was named the Kansas Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. Matt lives in Lawrence with his wife, Allison, and two daughters, Kate and Molly. When he's not covering KU sports, he likes to spend his time playing basketball and golf, listening to and writing music and traveling the world with friends and family.
