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LAWRENCE, Kan. &ndash; Kansas center <a href="https://kuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/hunter-dickinson/15488" rel="smarttag" style="color: rgb(0, 81, 186);">Hunter Dickinson</a> and guard&nbsp;<a href="https://kuathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/zeke-mayo/15498" rel="smarttag" style="color: rgb(0, 81, 186);">Zeke Mayo</a> have earned Big 12 men&apos;s basketball weekly honors announced Monday. Dickinson is the Big 12 Player of the Week, while Mayo is the co-Big 12 Newcomer of the Week in a vote by a media panel which covers the league. Dickinson opened the week with 16 points, six rebounds and a career-high-tying three steals in 21 minutes in the 87-57 win versus Howard. In the 92-89 win against No. 9 North Carolina, the graduate center from Alexandria, Virginia posted a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds to go along with three assists. With the KU-UNC game tied at 89-89 with 1:44 to play, Dickinson would score the final three points of the contest with a basket and later a free throw with 17 seconds remaining. It was Dickinson&apos;s 49th career double-double. &nbsp; This is the sixth Big 12 weekly honor for Dickinson who was a Big 12 Player of the Week twice and a three-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week last season while at Kansas. Career-wise, this is the seventh time Dickinson has been named his league&apos;s player of the week.&nbsp; &nbsp; Mayo came off the bench in both Kansas wins. Against Howard, the Lawrence, Kansas senior scored 19 points, including 5-of-8 shooting from three-point range with four rebounds. In the win against North Carolina, Mayo led Kansas with 21 points to go along with five rebounds and four assists. He was also 4-for-4 from the line against UNC. Down 87-85 with 3:15 to play, Mayo scored four of Kansas&apos; final seven points in the contest, including a basket with 1:44 left to tie the game at 89-89. Mayo won the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week along with BYU&apos;s Egor Demin. A transfer from South Dakota State, this marks the sixth weekly award for Mayo in his college basketball career and his first while at Kansas. No. 1 Kansas (2-0) will play Michigan State (2-0) in the 2024 Champions Classic, Tuesday, Nov. 12, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.</div>

🏀 KU duo earns Big 12 weekly honors