BiG Ten Men’s Basketball Honors

Illinois and Minnesota Claim Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Illinois’ Cockburn and Minnesota’s Oturu earn awards

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)

2019-20 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Nov. 11

P: Nate Reuvers, Jr., F, WIS

F: Kofi Cockburn, C, ILL

Nov. 18

P: Kaleb Wesson, Jr., C, OSU

F: Trayce Jackson-Davis, F, IND

F: Malik Hall, F, MSU

Nov. 25

P/F: Kofi Cockburn, Fr., C, ILL

Dec. 2

P: Anthony Cowan Jr., Sr., G, MD

P: Jon Teske, Sr., C, MICH

F: Trayce Jackson-Davis, F, IND

Dec. 9

P: Luka Garza, Jr., C, IOWA

F: Kofi Cockburn, C, ILL

Dec. 16

P: Lamar Stevens, Sr., F, PSU

F: Kofi Cockburn, C, ILL

F: Trayce Jackson-Davis, F, IND

Dec. 23

P: Gabe Kalscheur, So., G, MINN

P: D’Mitrik Trice, Jr., G, WIS

F: Armaan Franklin, G, IU

F: D.J. Carton, G, OSU

Dec. 30

P: Daniel Oturu, So., MINN

F: Kofi Cockburn