WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After a record-setting performance against Nebraska last Friday, Purdue freshman Fletcher Loyer was named the Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Week the league office announced Tuesday.
Loyer wins the Player of the Week award for the first time and the Freshman of the Week award for the third time, tying a school record set by Vince Edwards (2014-15) and Caleb Swanigan (2015-16).
He is just the third Purdue freshman to win Player of the Week honors (E'Twaun Moore, Robbie Hummel) and is the first freshman since Illinois' Kofi Cockburn (Nov. 2019) to win Big Ten Player of the Week honors.
Loyer scored 27 points with three assists in Friday's win over Nebraska. The 27 points were the seventh most by a Purdue freshman in school history, while his six 3-pointers were the most by a freshman in school history.
As a note, Monday's game vs. Michigan State was not included in this week's award nomination.
For the season, Loyer is averaging 13.4 points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds while shooting 43-of-115 from 3-point range, already the fifth-most trifectas for a Purdue freshman in school history.
He is even better in conference play, averaging 17.7 points, 2.9 assists and 1.7 rebounds and making 21-of-47 of his 3-point attempts. He is shooting 48.2 percent from the field in league play.
The No. 3-ranked Boilermakers travel to Minnesota for a Thursday, Jan. 19, contest, beginning at 7 p.m. ET, on ESPN2.
Loyer wins the Player of the Week award for the first time and the Freshman of the Week award for the third time, tying a school record set by Vince Edwards (2014-15) and Caleb Swanigan (2015-16).
He is just the third Purdue freshman to win Player of the Week honors (E'Twaun Moore, Robbie Hummel) and is the first freshman since Illinois' Kofi Cockburn (Nov. 2019) to win Big Ten Player of the Week honors.
Loyer scored 27 points with three assists in Friday's win over Nebraska. The 27 points were the seventh most by a Purdue freshman in school history, while his six 3-pointers were the most by a freshman in school history.
As a note, Monday's game vs. Michigan State was not included in this week's award nomination.
For the season, Loyer is averaging 13.4 points, 2.5 assists and 1.5 rebounds while shooting 43-of-115 from 3-point range, already the fifth-most trifectas for a Purdue freshman in school history.
He is even better in conference play, averaging 17.7 points, 2.9 assists and 1.7 rebounds and making 21-of-47 of his 3-point attempts. He is shooting 48.2 percent from the field in league play.
The No. 3-ranked Boilermakers travel to Minnesota for a Thursday, Jan. 19, contest, beginning at 7 p.m. ET, on ESPN2.