WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue senior Zach Edey was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the ninth time in his career on Monday following two dominating performances during the Boilermakers' unbeaten week.
The nine weekly honors are the most in school history and now just one shy of the Big Ten record set by Ohio State's Evan Turner in 2008-10.
In addition, Edey was named the NCAA March Madness National Player of the Week for the second time this season (Dec. 11, 2023).
Edey posted 33 points and 14 rebounds against Indiana and then tallied 30 points, 18 rebounds and four blocks versus Iowa last week, helping complete Purdue's two-game road sweep.
For the week, he averaged 31.5 points, 16.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game, while shooting 21-of-38 from the field and 21-of-27 from the free throw line.
With his previous 30-point. 20-rebound game against Penn State, Edey becomes the first Purdue player since Terry Dischinger in 1962 to record at least three straight 30-10 games against Big Ten opponents.
The two double-doubles give him 51 for his career, now three shy of the Purdue career record. He leads the Big Ten in 30-10 games with 12, and has 29, 20-10 games – both the most for a Big Ten player in the last 15 years.
Edey currently ranks second in the country in scoring (23.3 PPG), fourth in rebounding (11.5 RPG), 12th in field goal percentage (.630) and 14th in blocked shots (2.32 BPG).
Edey is now just 25 points and 8 blocks away from achieving the 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 200 blocks career milestone, making him the third player in NCAA history to accumulate 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds, 200 blocked shots and shoot 60.0 percent from the field (David Robinson, Patrick Ewing).
Edey and the No. 2-ranked Boilermakers will host Michigan on Tuesday night in Mackey Arena at 9 p.m. ET, for the Hammer Down Cancer Game.