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POSTED: February 16, 2026 -- 2:22 p.m. CT
Texas Tech's JT Toppin (player) and BYU's AJ Dybantsa (newcomer) were voted as Big 12 men's basketball weekly award winners after leading their teams to a pair of wins.
Toppin scored 31 points with 13 rebounds in the 78-75 overtime win against No. 1 Arizona. It marked the ninth game of 30+ points and 10+ rebounds of his Texas Tech career and only the second 30-10 performance against a No. 1-ranked team in Big 12 history. Toppin had 16 points with 18 rebounds in Wednesday's 78-44 win over Colorado. The forward averaged 23.5 points and 15.5 rebounds to procure his fourth Big 12 Player of the Week selection of the season and sixth of his career.
Dybantsa averaged 28.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 7.5 assists while averaging 41.5 minutes as the Cougars went 2-0. At Baylor, Dybantsa poured in 36 points and added seven assists as BYU captured a 99-94 win. Dybantsa had 20 points, 13 rebounds, eight assists and three steals in the 90-86 overtime win over Colorado. This marks his fifth newcomer of the week selection in the past eight weeks.
Joining Toppin and Dybantsa on the Big 12 Starting Five, which honors strong performances across the league were Baylor's Tounde Yessoufou, BYU's Rob Wright and Houston's Emanuel Sharp.
Yessoufou averaged 26.5 points against a pair of AP Top 25 opponents, including a 37-point outburst against No. 22 BYU, the most in program history against a ranked opponent.
Wright averaged 34.5 points and 4.5 rebounds, while shooting 64.9 percent from the field.
Sharp scored at least 23 points in both wins, as Houston moved into sole possession of first place in the league standings.
Big 12 Weekly Honors
Date |
Player of the Week |
Newcomer of the Week |
|---|---|---|
| Nov. 10 | Koa Peat, Arizona & Christian Anderson, Texas Tech | Koa Peat, Arizona |
| Nov. 17 | Kingston Flemings, Houston | Kingston Flemings, Houston |
| Nov. 24 | P.J. Haggerty, K-State | Koa Peat, Arizona |
| Dec. 1 | Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State | Moe Odum, Arizona State |
| Dec. 8 | Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State | Tounde Yessoufou, Baylor |
| Dec. 15 | Melvin Council Jr., Kansas | Melvin Council Jr., Kansas |
| Dec. 22 | Christian Anderson, Texas Tech | LeJuan Watts, Texas Tech |
| Dec. 30 | AJ Dybantsa, BYU | AJ Dybantsa, BYU |
| Jan. 5 | JT Toppin, Texas Tech | AJ Dybantsa, BYU |
| Jan. 12 | Richie Saunders, BYU | Honor Huff, West Virginia |
| Jan. 19 | JT Toppin, Texas Tech | Darryn Peterson, Kansas |
| Jan. 26 | JT Toppin, Texas Tech | AJ Dybantsa, BYU |
| Feb. 2 | Brayden Burries, Arizona | Brayden Burries, Arizona |
| Feb. 9 | Flory Bidunga, Kansas | AJ Dybantsa, BYU |
| Feb. 16 | JT Toppin, Texas Tech | AJ Dybantsa, BYU |
Big 12 Starting Five (Feb. 16):
Tounde Yessoufou, Baylor
AJ Dybantsa, BYU (newcomer)
Rob Wright, BYU
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
JT Toppin, Texas Tech (player)
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