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Congrats to Jelly! He had a phenomenal week!
After a week in which he set new career scoring highs in back-to-back games, Minnesota guard Isaiah Washington was tabbed as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
It is the first weekly award for the Harlem, N.Y., native and the first for the Gophers since junior Jordan Murphy was named Player of the Week in three consecutive weeks in November.
Washington averaged 20.5 points per game last week at Iowa and Michigan. On Tuesday in Iowa City, Washington scored 15 points along with seven assists, one rebound and a steal in 25 minutes of action. Four days later, the 6-1 guard exploded for a game-high 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting
(68.8 percent), adding six rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes of play.
His scoring total against the Wolverines marked the most by a Big Ten freshman in a conference game this season, and the second-highest by a newcomer in any game this year (Geo Baker – Rutgers, 29 pts. vs. Bryant).
Washington’s scoring in Ann Arbor was the most in a single game by a Gopher freshman since Amir Coffey had 30 points against St. John’s on Nov. 18, 2016, and the most by a Gopher freshman in conference play since Kris Humphries in 2004. Washington currently is third on the Gophers in assists (58) and sixth in scoring (7.7 ppg).
He becomes the first Gopher to win the top weekly freshman award since Coffey did so twice last year, most recently on Jan. 9, 2017.
The Gophers are back in action at home on Tuesday night, hosting Nebraska at 8:00 p.m.
After a week in which he set new career scoring highs in back-to-back games, Minnesota guard Isaiah Washington was tabbed as the Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
It is the first weekly award for the Harlem, N.Y., native and the first for the Gophers since junior Jordan Murphy was named Player of the Week in three consecutive weeks in November.
Washington averaged 20.5 points per game last week at Iowa and Michigan. On Tuesday in Iowa City, Washington scored 15 points along with seven assists, one rebound and a steal in 25 minutes of action. Four days later, the 6-1 guard exploded for a game-high 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting
(68.8 percent), adding six rebounds and three assists in 32 minutes of play.
His scoring total against the Wolverines marked the most by a Big Ten freshman in a conference game this season, and the second-highest by a newcomer in any game this year (Geo Baker – Rutgers, 29 pts. vs. Bryant).
Washington’s scoring in Ann Arbor was the most in a single game by a Gopher freshman since Amir Coffey had 30 points against St. John’s on Nov. 18, 2016, and the most by a Gopher freshman in conference play since Kris Humphries in 2004. Washington currently is third on the Gophers in assists (58) and sixth in scoring (7.7 ppg).
He becomes the first Gopher to win the top weekly freshman award since Coffey did so twice last year, most recently on Jan. 9, 2017.
The Gophers are back in action at home on Tuesday night, hosting Nebraska at 8:00 p.m.
