{"id":2764,"date":"2018-12-26T00:23:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T00:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2021-01-17T11:25:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-17T11:25:59","slug":"weekly-mens-basketball-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ampsmagazine.com\/?p=2764","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Men\u2019s Basketball Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Ohio State\u2019s Kaleb Wesson named Player of Week; Minnesota\u2019s Daniel Oturu earns Freshman of Week<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Player of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kaleb Wesson, Ohio State<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C \u2013 So. \u2013 6-9 \u2013 Westerville, Ohio \u2013 Westerville South<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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<\/li><li>Scored a career-high 31 points, connecting on&nbsp;10-of-14 field goals and 11-of-13 free throws along with seven rebounds in a victory over Youngstown State<\/li><li>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<\/li><li>Earns his first career&nbsp;Big&nbsp;Ten Player of the Week honor<\/li><li>Last Ohio State Player of the Week: Keita Bates-Diop (Feb. 5, 2018)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Freshman of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Daniel Oturu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C \u2013 6-10&nbsp;\u2013 Woodbury, Minn. \u2013 Cretin-Derham Hall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>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&amp;T<\/li><li>Connected on 9-of-12 shots from the floor in the game along with blocking two shots<\/li><li>Leads all&nbsp;Big&nbsp;Ten freshman in rebounding (7.9 per game) and blocked shots (2.0 per game)<\/li><li>Earns his first Freshman of the Week honor; Second Gopher to be honored this season<\/li><li>Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Gabe Kalscheur (Nov. 26, 2018)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2018-19&nbsp;Big&nbsp;Ten Men\u2019s Basketball Players of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nov. 12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Carsen Edwards, Jr., PUR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: Jalen Smith, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nov. 19<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: Romeo Langford, IND<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nov. 26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Cassius Winston, Jr., MSU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: Gabe Kalscheur, MINN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dec. 3&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Jordan Poole, So., MICH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: Ignas Brazdeikis, MICH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dec.&nbsp;10<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Carsen Edwards, Jr., PUR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: Romeo Langford, IND<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: Ignas Brazdeikis, MICH<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dec. 17<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Juwan Morgan, Sr., IND<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: Jalen Smith, MD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dec. 24<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P: Kaleb Wesson, So., OSU<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>F: Daniel Oturu, MINN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ohio State\u2019s Kaleb Wesson named Player of Week; 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