Dosunmu Named Player of Week Monday

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Published on February 11 2021 6:21 am
Last Updated on February 11 2021 6:21 am
Written by Millie Lange

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The awards rolled in for Illinois junior point guard Ayo Dosunmu on Monday. He has been named the Jersey Mike's Naismith Trophy Player of the Week by the Atlanta Tipoff Club as well as Big Ten Player of the Week for the second week in a row and fourth time this season by the conference office.

Dosunmu earns the honors after leading the Illini to a pair of victories last week, extending 6th-ranked Illinois' winning streak to four straight games.  
Nasmith Trophy & Big Ten Player of the WeekAyo Dosunmu, IllinoisG, 6-5, 200, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Morgan Park H.S.• Averaged 15.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 2.0 steals in Illinois' two Quad 1 victories last week. 

• Made national headlines in the win over No. 19 Wisconsin, recording just the third triple-double in school history and first since 2001.

• Registered 21 points, career-high tying 12 rebounds and career-high 12 assists as the Illini defeated the Badgers in Champaign for the first time since 2011.

• Recorded the first triple-double this season against a ranked team, and became the first Big Ten player to record a 20+ point triple-double against a ranked team since Michigan State's Denzel Valentine vs. No. 4 Kansas on Nov. 17, 2015.

• Helped Illinois earn its first win at Indiana since 2010, totaling 10 points, six rebounds and two steals in limited minutes due to foul trouble.

• Now averaging 21.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists on the season, Dosunmu is vying to become just the fourth player nationally since 1993 to average 20 points, six rebounds and five assists, and first in the Big Ten since Ohio State's Evan Turner in 2009-10.