Big Ten Players of the Week (12/30)

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MEN

Player of the Week
Daniel Oturu, Minnesota
C – So. – 6-10 – Woodbury, Minn. – Cretin-Derham Hall– Major: Sports Management

• Posted 21 points and a career-high 20 rebounds for Minnesota in an 89-62 win against Florida International on Saturday, shooting 8-of-12 from the field in 32 minutes
• Displayed the first Minnesota 20-20 double-double performance since Tom Kondla had 33 points and 23 rebounds at Kansas State on Dec. 1, 1966
• Became the first Big Ten player with a 20-20 double-double since Michigan’s DeShawn Sims with 20 points and 20 rebounds versus FGCU on Dec. 22, 2008
• Marked a new career-high in rebounds, his previous being 18, which he hit twice in November against Utah and DePaul
• Notched his seventh double-double and third first-half double-double this season, leaving him one short of his double-double total last season
• Earns the first Player of the Week accolade of his career; claimed Freshman of the Week twice in 2018-19
• Last Minnesota Player of the Week: Gabe Kalscheur (Dec. 23, 2019)

Freshman of the Week
Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
C – Fr. – 7-0 – Kingston, Jamaica – Oak Hill Academy (Va.) – Major: General Studies

• Scored a career-high 26 points in Sunday's 95-64 win over North Carolina A&T, tying the most points by a Big Ten freshman this season (Northwestern’s Boo Buie, 26 vs. MSU, 12/18/19)
• Topped his previous career-high of 23 points, set twice earlier this year
• Marked his fourth 20-point game of the season, shooting 11-of-16 from the field, with the 11 made field goals marking the most by a Big Ten freshman this season
• Posted a game-high 9 rebounds, falling just one board shy of a double-double, and 2 blocks in 28 minutes of play
• Leads Illinois and is the Big Ten's freshman leader in both scoring and rebounding for the season, averaging 16.0 ppg and 9.7 rpg
• Earns the fifth Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor of his career
• Becomes the first Illinois player to earn Freshman of the Week five times in one season in Big Ten history, ties Michigan State’s Miles Bridges (2016-17) with five Freshman of the Week awards
• Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Kofi Cockburn (Dec. 16, 2019)

 

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WOMEN

Player of the Week
Kaila Charles, Maryland
G – Sr. – Glenn Dale, Md. – Riverdale Baptist – Major: Communications
• Posted season highs of 23 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and three steals in the win against No. 23 Michigan on Saturday
• Connected on 10 of 17 field goal attempts in the victory
• Her performance on Saturday places her ninth on Maryland’s all-time scoring list with 1,685 points, passing Christy Winters Scott
• espnW National Player of the Week
• Earns her third Big Ten Player of the Week award
• Last Maryland Player of the Week: Kaila Charles (Feb. 25, 2019)

Freshman of the Week
Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
F – Gorham, Maine – Gorham – Major: Social Work
• Posted 18 points in 20 minutes in the Big Ten win against Michigan State on Saturday
• Added six rebounds and one block to add a spark off the bench for the Hoosiers
• Connected on 7-of-8 of her shots from the field
• Collects her second Freshman of the Week award
• Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Mackenzie Holmes (Nov. 11, 2019)

 

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