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) 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