WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After leading Purdue to a pair of victories last week, Purdue junior center Zach Edey was named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the third straight week, the league office announced Monday.
The three straight awards tie a school record matched by Carl Landry during the 2006-07 season and match the most for a Big Ten player since Wisconsin's Ethan Happ in November 2018.
Edey averaged 17.0 points, 17.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots during the week, while shooting 14-of-22 (.636) from the field in the two victories. He scored 23 points with 18 rebounds in an 85-66 win over Hofstra on Wednesday, then followed that up with 11 points, 17 rebounds and 7 blocked shots in Saturday's win over Nebraska. The seven blocked shots were the fifth most in a game in Purdue history.
Edey is averaging 22.0 points per game, good for seventh nationally, while pulling down a nation's-best 13.7 rebounds per game and adding 2.3 blocks per game. He is shooting 61.3 percent from the field and 71.2 percent from the free throw line. He is the only player nationally since 2010-11 to have at least 200 points, 125 rebounds and 20 blocked shots in his team's first 10 games of the season.
Edey and the No. 1-ranked Boilermaker will face Davidson on Saturday in the Indy Classic at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Tip is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. ET, and tickets are still available.
The three straight awards tie a school record matched by Carl Landry during the 2006-07 season and match the most for a Big Ten player since Wisconsin's Ethan Happ in November 2018.
Edey averaged 17.0 points, 17.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocked shots during the week, while shooting 14-of-22 (.636) from the field in the two victories. He scored 23 points with 18 rebounds in an 85-66 win over Hofstra on Wednesday, then followed that up with 11 points, 17 rebounds and 7 blocked shots in Saturday's win over Nebraska. The seven blocked shots were the fifth most in a game in Purdue history.
Edey is averaging 22.0 points per game, good for seventh nationally, while pulling down a nation's-best 13.7 rebounds per game and adding 2.3 blocks per game. He is shooting 61.3 percent from the field and 71.2 percent from the free throw line. He is the only player nationally since 2010-11 to have at least 200 points, 125 rebounds and 20 blocked shots in his team's first 10 games of the season.
Edey and the No. 1-ranked Boilermaker will face Davidson on Saturday in the Indy Classic at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Tip is scheduled for 6:15 p.m. ET, and tickets are still available.