Frazier's Fabulous Freshman Season
March 5, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Florida native had one of the most productive rookie seasons in program history
• Named to Big Ten All-Freshman Team (coaches) and honorable mention All-Big Ten (media)
• Leading all Big Ten freshmen in scoring, assists, steals, and 3-pointers (though 3/4)
Frazier Stat Rank among B1G Freshmen (All Games)
» Points – 1st (12.5 ppg)
» Assists – 1st (3.1 apg)
» Steals – 1st (1.7 spg)
» 3-pointers – 1st (1.9/gm)
• Led Big Ten freshmen in scoring, assists, steals, and 3-pointers during conference play
Frazier Stat Rank among B1G Freshmen (B1G Games)
» Points – 1st (14.1 ppg)
» Assists – 1st (3.7 apg)
» Steals – 1st (1.5 spg)
» 3-pointers – 1st (2.4/gm)
• One of just five freshmen nationally leading his team in assists, steals and 3-pointers, along with Trae Young (Oklahoma), Tremont Waters (LSU), Jose Alvarado (Georgia Tech) and RJ Cole (Howard). (As of March 1)
• Two-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week: Dec. 26 & Feb. 12
• Scored career-high 32 points vs. Wisconsin (Feb. 8), the most by a Big Ten freshman this year and third-highest total ever by an Illini freshman
• Career-high seven 3-pointers twice – vs. Iowa (Jan. 11) and vs. Wisconsin (Feb. 8) – the most ever by an Illini freshman
• Second on Illini in scoring at 12.5 ppg, the highest scoring average by an Illini freshman in the last 19 years
Illinois Freshman Scoring Average:
1. Kiwane Garris – 15.9 ppg in 1993-94
2. Cory Bradford* – 15.4 ppg in 1998-99
3. Deon Thomas* – 15.1 ppg in 1990-91
4. Trent Frazier – 12.5 ppg in 2017-18
5. Efrem Winters – 12.4 ppg in 1982-83
6. Dee Brown – 12.0 ppg in 2002-03
* Redshirt Freshman
• Averaged 14.1 points in league play (20th in B1G)
• Scored in double figures 22 times on the season, including 20 of the last 24 games
• First Illini freshman since 1999 with five 20-point games (Cory Bradford)
• Made 61 three-pointers on the season, the fifth-most by a freshman in program history
• Second in the Big Ten in steals at 1.7 spg
Remember that Trent Frazier guy we just told you about?
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) February 9, 2018
The @IlliniMBB freshman has upped the silly level in Champaign, pulling up from the Illinois logo on the court: pic.twitter.com/dqycBD3Cf9
