Fighting Illini freshman Ayo Dosunmu (Chicago, Ill.) has earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors for the second straight week following his clutch performance in Illinois' road win at Ohio State, the conference announced on Monday.
Dosunmu led the Illini to their fourth straight win and first road win of the season last Thursday, scoring a team-high 15 points with four rebounds and game-high three assists in the victory at Ohio State. He came up big during crunch time, hitting a 3-pointer with 29 seconds left to push the lead from three to six points. Dosunmu scored or assisted on nine of Illinois' final 15 points as the Orange and Blue earned their first win in Columbus in 10 years.
Illinois has won four in a row, owning the Big Ten's longest active winning streak (tied with Iowa). The Illini are 5-1 in their last six games and 6-3 over the last nine.
The last Illini B1G Freshman of the week prior to Dosunmu's current two-week reign was Trent Frazier on Feb. 12, 2018. Frazier was Freshman of the Week on two occasions last season.
Ayo Dosunmu | Big Ten Freshman of the Week
» Scored a team-high 15 points with 4 rebounds and game-high 3 assists in Thursday's victory at Ohio State, the Illini's only game of the week.
» Came up big during crunch time, scoring or assisting on 9 of Illinois' final 15 points.
» Hit the biggest shot of the night with 29 seconds left, draining a deep 3-pointer from the wing to move the Illini lead from 3 to 6 and seal the road win.
» It marked his ninth time in the last 13 games serving as Illinois' leading scorer, and 11th time on the season.
» Has scored in double figures in all four games of the current UI winning streak, and 17 times on the year.
» Ranks 11th in the Big Ten in scoring during conference play - and second among Big Ten freshmen - averaging 15.1 points per game.
» Also named Freshman of the Week last week after averaging 18.0 points, 4.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 2.5 steals in Illini wins over Michigan State and Rutgers.
