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Men's Basketball Records - Free Throws

Last updated following the 2021 season

Free Throws – Game
1. 19 Deon Thomas vs. Ohio State (2/15/1994)
2. 18 Frank Williams vs. Arkansas (12/8/2001)
3. 17 Malcolm Hill at Rutgers (2/3/2016)
17 Demetri McCamey at Wisconsin (1/15/2011)
17 Kiwane Garris vs. Ohio State (3/5/1997)
17 Kiwane Garris at California (12/3/1996)
7. 16 Andres Feliz vs. Northwestern (3/3/2019)
16 Kiwane Garris vs. Wisconsin (2/27/1994)
16 Kiwane Garris vs. Ohio State (2/15/1994)
10. 15 Kiwane Garris vs. Missouri (12/20/1995)
15 Otho Tucker vs. Northwestern (1/11/1975)
15 Jeff Dawson vs. Michigan State (1/14/1974)
15 Don Freeman vs. West Virginia (12/11/1965)

Free Throws – Season
1. 204 Kiwane Garris (1997)
2. 193 Malcolm Hill (2016)
3. 171 Don Sunderlage (1951)
4. 169 Andy Kaufmann (1991)
5. 168 Brian Cook (2003)
6. 164 Frank Williams (2002)
7. 161 Mark Smith (1980)
8. 160 Malcolm Hill (2017)
9. 152 Brandon Paul (2013)
152 Don Freeman (1966)

Free Throws – Career
1. 615 Kiwane Garris (1994-97)
2. 522 Deon Thomas (1991-94)
3. 521 Malcolm Hill (2014-17)
4. 437 Mark Smith (1978-81)
5. 401 Brandon Paul (2010-13)
6. 398 Andy Kaufmann (1989-93)
7. 384 Brian Cook (2000-03)
8. 371 Frank Williams (2000-02)
9. 317 Don Freeman (1964-66)
10. 309 James Augustine (2003-06)

Free Throws – Consecutive
1. 39 Kiwane Garris (2/1/1995-2/22/1995)
2. 32 Brian Cook (12/14/2002-1/4/2003)
32 Andy Kaufmann (1/28/1991-2/16/1991)
32 Rob Judson (2/3/1979-1/26/1980)
5. 30 Efrem Winters (12/7/1984-1/19/1985)

Free Throw Attempts – Game
1. 24 Frank Williams vs. Arkansas (12/8/2001)
2. 22 Deon Thomas vs. Ohio State (2/15/1994)
22 Kiwane Garris vs. Missouri (12/22/1993)
4. 21 Demetri McCamey at Wisconsin (1/15/2011)
5. 20 Malcolm Hill at Rutgers (2/3/2016)
20 Kiwane Garris vs. Wisconsin (2/27/1994)
20 Kiwane Garris vs. Ohio State (2/15/1994)
8. 19 Demetri McCamey vs. Purdue (1/19/2010)
19 Wally Osterkorn vs. St. Louis (12/22/1949)
10. 18 Kiwane Garris vs. Ohio State (3/5/1997)
18 Deon Thomas at Purdue (2/11/1992)
18 Hiles Stout vs. Purdue (2/23/1957)

Free Throw Attempts – Season
1. 245 Kiwane Garris (1997)
2. 235 Malcolm Hill (2016)
3. 218 Deon Thomas (1992)
218 Don Sunderlage (1951)
5. 217 Kofi Cockburn (2021)
6. 214 John Kerr (1954)
7. 212 Deon Thomas (1993)
8. 206 Brandon Paul (2010)
9. 205 Brian Cook (2003)
205 Robert Archibald (2002)

Free Throw Attempts – Career
1. 790 Deon Thomas (1991-94)
2. 741 Kiwane Garris (1994-97)
3. 655 Malcolm Hill (2014-17)
4. 559 Mark Smith (1978-81)
5. 554 Brandon Paul (2010-13)
6. 492 Andy Kaufmann (1989-93)
7. 484 Brian Cook (2000-03)
8. 461 John Kerr (1952-54)
9. 460 Frank Williams (2000-02)
10. 450 James Augustine (2003-06)

Free Throw Percentage – Game (min. 10 attempts)
1. 1.000  (17-17)  Kiwane Garris at California (12/3/1996)
2. 1.000  (14-14)  Matt Heldman vs. Clemson (12/13/1997)
3. 1.000  (13-13)  Kendall Gill vs. Minnesota (2/8/1990)
1.000  (13-13)  Bill Burwell at Indiana (3/5/1962)
5. 1.000  (12-12)  Mark A. Smith vs. DePaul (11/17/2017)
1.000  (12-12) Efrem Winters vs. New Mexico State (12/8/1984)
7. 1.000  (11-11)  Kiwane Garris vs. Iowa (2/11/1995)
1.000  (11-11)  Andy Kaufmann vs. Georgia Southern (12/8/1990)
1.000  (11-11)  Rich Jones vs. Indiana (2/12/1966)
10. 1.000  (10-10)  Nick Smith vs. Iowa (1/17/2004)
1.000  (10-10)  Brian Cook vs. Missouri (12/21/2002)
1.000  (10-10)  Kiwane Garris vs. Indiana (1/14/1995)
1.000  (10-10)  Andy Kaufmann at Minnesota (2/10/1991)
1.000  (10-10)  Andy Kaufmann vs. Oregon State (12/7/1990)
1.000  (10-10)  Scott Pierce vs. Oregon State (12/7/1990)
1.000  (10-10)  Tony Wysinger at Pittsburgh (12/6/1986)
1.000  (10-10)  Ken Norman vs. Houston (12/14/1985)
1.000  (10-10)  Craig Tucker vs. Minnesota (2/20/1982)
1.000  (10-10)  Perry Range vs. Army (12/11/1981)
1.000  (10-10)  Mark Smith vs. Minnesota (1/17/1981)
1.000  (10-10)  C.J. Schroeder vs. Northwestern (2/5/1972)

Free Throw Percentage – Season (min. 75 attempts)
1. .873 (96-110)  Brian Cook (2002)
2. .865 (83-96)  Govoner Vaughn (1960)
3. .864 (70-81)  Bill Small (1962)
4. .862 (81-94)  Kipper Nichols (2018)
.862 (112-130)  Kiwane Garris (1996)
6. .860 (98-114) Matt Heldman (1998)
7. .844 (81-96)  T.J. Wheeler (1992)
8. .840 (68-81)  Roger Taylor (1958)
9. .839 (94-112)  Mike Tisdale (2010)
10. .833 (204-245)  Kiwane Garris (1997)
.833 (169-203)  Andy Kaufmann (1991)
.833 (110-132)  Craig Tucker (1982)

Field Goal Percentage – Career (min. 140 attempts)
1. .875 (126-144)  Rob Judson (1977-80)
2. .839 (193-230)  Bill Small (1961-63)
3. .838 (196-234)  Matt Heldman (1995-98)
4. .837 (221-264)  T.J. Wheeler (1991-94)
5. .830 (615-741)  Kiwane Garris (1994-97)
6. .827 (158-191) Tony Wysinger (1984-87)
7. .823 (186-226)  Craig Tucker (1981-82)
8. .816 (155-190)  Jeff Dawson (1973-74)
9. .809 (398-492)  Andy Kaufmann (1989-93)
10. .807 (180-223)  Roger Taylor (1957-59)

Freshman Free Throws – Game
1. 16 Kiwane Garris vs. Wisconsin (2/27/1994)
16 Kiwane Garris at Ohio State (1/15/1994)
3. 12 Mark A. Smith vs. DePaul (11/17/2017)
12 Kiwane Garris vs. Missouri (12/22/1993)
5. 11 Kiwane Garris vs. Iowa (1/19/1994)
11 Doug Altenberger vs. Michigan (2/17/1983)
11 Mark Smith vs. Iowa (2/18/1978)
8. 10 Trent Frazier vs. Missouri (12/23/2017)
10 Demetri McCamey vs. Purdue (2/2/2008)
10 Scott Pierce vs. Oregon State (12/7/1990)
10 Mark Smith at Michigan (2/23/1978)

Freshman Free Throws – Season
1. 151 Kiwane Garris (1994)
2. 111 Kofi Cockburn (2020)
3. 108 Deon Thomas (1991)
4. 90 Mark Smith (1978)
5. 76 Rennie Clemons (1991)
6. 74 Frank Williams (2000)
7. 71 Giorgi Bezhanishvili (2019)
8. 67 Efrem Winters (1983)
9. 66 Ayo Dosunmu (2019)
10. 64 Bruce Douglas (1983)

Freshman Free Throw Attempts – Game
1. 22 Kiwane Garris vs. Missouri (12/22/1993)
2. 20 Kiwane Garris vs. Wisconsin (2/27/1994)
20 Kiwane Garris at Ohio State (1/15/1994)
4. 15 Deon Thomas vs. Missouri (12/19/1990)
5. 13 Kofi Cockburn at Grand Canyon (11/8/2019)
13 Te'Jon Lucas vs. Penn State (2/11/2017)
13 Rennie Clemons at American-Puerto Rico (11/23/1990)
13 Doug Altenberger vs. Michigan (2/17/1983)
13 Mark Smith at Michigan (2/23/1978)
13 Mark Smith vs. Iowa (2/18/1978)

Freshman Free Throw Attempts – Season
1. 188 Kiwane Garris (1994)
2. 168 Deon Thomas (1991)
3. 164 Kofi Cockburn (2020)
4. 128 Mark Smith (1978)
5. 121 Rennie Clemons (1991)
6. 108 Giorgi Bezhanishvili (2019)
7. 95 Ayo Dosunmu (2019)
8. 94 Efrem Winters (1983)
9. 92 Frank Williams (2000)
10. 90 Trent Frazier (2018)

Freshman Free Throw Percentage – Game (min. 8 attempts)
1. 1.000  (12-12)  Mark A. Smith vs. DePaul (11/17/2017)
2. 1.000  (10-10)  Scott Pierce vs. Oregon State (12/7/1990)
3. 1.000  (9-9)  Andre Curbelo at Penn State (12/23/2020)
4. 1.000  (8-8)  Giorgi Bezhanishvili vs. Northwestern (3/3/2019)
1.000  (8-8)  D.J. Richardson at Penn State (1/27/2010)
1.000  (8-8) Kiwane Garris vs. Chicago State (12/18/1993)
1.000  (8-8)  Kiwane Garris vs. American (12/11/1993)
1.000  (8-8)  Mark Smith at Wisconsin (2/11/1978)
9. .917 (11-12)  Kiwane Garris vs. Iowa (1/19/1994)
10. .909 (10-11)  Trent Frazier vs. Missouri (12/23/2017)

Freshman Free Throw Percentage – Season (min. 50 attempts)
1. .804 (74-92) Frank Williams (2000)
2. .803 (151-188) Kiwane Garris (1994)
3. .796 (43-54)  Mark A. Smith (2018)
4. .775 (62-80) D.J. Richardson (2010)
5. .770 (47-61) Malcolm Hill (2014)
6. .767 (46-60) Lucas Johnson (1999)
7. .754 (46-61) Neil Bresnahan (1977)
8. .728 (59-81) Andre Curbelo (2021)
9. .719 (64-89) Bruce Douglas (1983)
10. .713 (67-94) Efrem Winters (1983)