Indiana and Maryland Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors
Maryland’s Bruno Fernando named Player of the Week; Indiana’s Romeo Langford earns Freshman of the Week
Player of the Week
Bruno Fernando, Maryland
F – So. – 6-10 – Luanda, Angola – IMG Academy
- Posted a pair of double-doubles in two Maryland victories averaging 17.5 points and 12 rebounds per game while shooting 72.7 percent from the floor (16-of-22)
- Tallied a career-high 25 points and grabbed 13 rebounds while making 11-of-12 on field goals in the Terrapins’ win over No. 22 Indiana
- Opened the week with 10 points and 11 rebounds in an 82-67 road victory at Minnesota
- Leads Big Ten in field goal percentage (68.5) and blocked shots per game (2.24)
- Earns the first Big Ten Player of the Week honor of his career
- Last Maryland Player of the Week: Melo Trimble (Feb. 20, 2017)
Freshman of the Week
Romeo Langford, Indiana
G – 6-6 – New Albany, Ind. – New Albany
- Equaled career-high with 28 points, along with three assists and two rebounds in narrow loss at Maryland on Friday
- Scored 20 points in the second half as he made 8-of-14 from the floor including 3-of-6 from 3-point range
- Leads Big Ten freshmen in overall scoring with 18.8 points per game
- Second in scoring in Big Ten conference games with 22.0 points per game
- Earns his fourth Freshman of the Week honor and second in as many weeks
- Third Hoosier to earn at least four Freshman of the Week honors joining Cody Zeller (seven in 2011-12) and Noah Vonleh (seven in 2013-14)
- Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Romeo Langford (Jan. 7, 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