Minnesota and Ohio State Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Ohio State’s Kaleb Wesson named Player of Week; Minnesota’s Daniel Oturu earns Freshman of Week
Player of the Week
Kaleb Wesson, Ohio State
C – So. – 6-9 – Westerville, Ohio – Westerville South
Averaged 23 points, 9.5 rebounds per game and shot 15-of-25 (60 percent) from the floor in a pair of Buckeye wins over UCLA and Youngstown State last week
Scored a career-high 31 points, connecting on 10-of-14 field goals and 11-of-13 free throws along with seven rebounds in a victory over Youngstown State
Posted a double-double with 15 points and a career-high 12 rebounds, including eight offensive boards, in a win over UCLA in the CBS Sports Classic in Chicago
Earns his first career Big Ten Player of the Week honor
Last Ohio State Player of the Week: Keita Bates-Diop (Feb. 5, 2018)
Freshman of the Week
Daniel Oturu
C – 6-10 – Woodbury, Minn. – Cretin-Derham Hall
Registered his third consecutive double-double with a career-high 20 points and 11 rebounds in helping the Golden Gophers to a victory over North Carolina A&T
Connected on 9-of-12 shots from the floor in the game along with blocking two shots
Leads all Big Ten freshman in rebounding (7.9 per game) and blocked shots (2.0 per game)
Earns his first Freshman of the Week honor; Second Gopher to be honored this season
Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Gabe Kalscheur (Nov. 26, 2018)