IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine senior center Ioannis Dimakopoulos has been named Big West Conference Player of the Week for the first time in his career.

Dimakopoulos averaged 19 points, 8 rebounds and 2.5 blocked shots as the Anteaters remained undefeated in the conference with road wins over Cal Poly, 70-48, and CSUN, 105-73.

He recorded his third double-double of the season with 19 points and 10 rebounds in last Wednesday's win at Cal Poly and scored 19 points for the third consecutive game in Saturday's victory at CSUN, hitting 8 of 9 shots.

Dimakopoulos shot 60 percent from the field (15 of 25) for the week and hit 7 of 8 free throws.  His 38 points were scored in a total of 40 minutes of action over the two games.

He leads the Big West in field-goal percentage for league games at .645 and blocked shots at 1.1 per contest.  He is fifth in scoring at 15.8 points per game in conference play.

For all games this season, Dimakopoulos is averaging 11.9 points and 4.5 rebounds.

The Anteaters, 13-9 overall and 6-0 in the Big West, host Cal Poly Thursday night at 7:00 in the Bren Events Center before traveling to UC Davis Saturday for a 5:00 p.m. game against the Aggies.

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