Player of the Week

Jordan Murphy, Minnesota

F – Sr. – 6-7 – San Antonio, Texas – Brennan High School – Communication Studies Averaged 21.0 points, 12.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists while shooting 53.6 percent from the floor in two games vs. Indiana and Nebraska

Posted double-doubles in both games to give him 18 this season, second-most in the NCAA

Recorded 23 points and 11 rebounds along with three assists in Gophers’ win over Indiana

Registered 19 points, 13 rebounds and three assists at Nebraska

Murphy has a Minnesota record 63 double-doubles in his career

Leads the Big Ten in rebounds per game in all games (11.9 rpg), which is fourth in the nation

Tops the conference in rebounds per game in Big Ten-only games (11.0 rpg)

With 1,219 career rebounds, stands second in Big Ten history behind Ohio State’s Jerry Lucas (1,411)

Earns the sixth Big Ten Player of the Week honor of his career and the second of the season

First Gopher to earn six career Big Ten Player of the Week honors

Last Minnesota Player of the Week: Jordan Murphy (Jan. 28, 2019) Freshman of the Week

Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois

G – 6-5 – Chicago, Ill. – Morgan Park High School – Division of General Studies Scored 15 points, grabbed four rebounds and handed out three assists as Illinois won at Ohio State for the first time since 2009

Illinois has won four games in a row, the longest active win streak in the Big Ten, with Dosunmu scoring in double-figures in all four wins

Scored nine of the Illini’s final 15 points including a clutch 3-pointer with 29 seconds left in the game in Columbus

Ranks second among freshmen in scoring in conference games (15.1 ppg)

Earns his second Freshman of the Week honor in as many weeks

Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Ayo Dosunmu (Feb. 11, 2019)

2018-19 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Nov. 12

P: Carsen Edwards, Jr., PUR

P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS

F: Jalen Smith, MD



Nov. 19

P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS

F: Romeo Langford, IND



Nov. 26

P: Cassius Winston, Jr., MSU

P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS

F: Gabe Kalscheur, MINN



Dec. 3

P: Jordan Poole, So., MICH

F: Ignas Brazdeikis, MICH



Dec. 10

P: Carsen Edwards, Jr., PUR

P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS

F: Romeo Langford, IND

F: Ignas Brazdeikis, MICH



Dec. 17

P: Juwan Morgan, Sr., IND

F: Jalen Smith, MD



Dec. 24

P: Kaleb Wesson, So., OSU

F: Daniel Oturu, MINN



Dec. 31

P: Cassius Winston, Jr., MSU

F: Ignas Brazdeikis, MICH



Jan. 7

P: Nick Ward, Jr., MSU

F: Romeo Langford, IND



Jan. 14

P: Bruno Fernando, So., MD

F: Romeo Langford, IND



Jan. 21

P: Cassius Winston, Jr., MSU

F: Joe Wieskamp, IOWA



Jan. 28

P: Cassius Winston, Jr., MSU

P: Jordan Murphy, Sr., MINN

F: Ignas Brazdeikis, MICH



Feb. 4

P: Carsen Edwards, Jr., PUR

F: Joe Wieskamp, IOWA



Feb. 11

P: Giorgi Bezhanishvili, Fr., ILL

F: Ayo Dosunmu, ILL



Feb. 18

P: Jordan Murphy, Sr., MINN

F: Ayo Dosunmu, ILL