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Ohio State’s Evan Turner earned his second-consecutive weekly honor, and third of the season, after leading the Buckeyes with a pair of double-doubles in wins over ranked Big Ten foes last week in Columbus. The 6-foot-7-inch Buckeye guard averaged 22 points and 11 rebounds on the week to extend Ohio State’s win streak to four games.
Against Purdue Feb. 3, Turner netted six of his 26 points in overtime to aid his team in an 80-72 triumph over the Boilermakers, ranked No. 12 at the time by the Associated Press. Turner, a native of Chicago, then carried over his clutch performance to last Saturday when he connected on seven free throws in the final 64 seconds in Ohio State’s 64-58 victory over Minnesota.
Turner connected on 45 percent of his field goals (13-of-29) and found his way to the free-throw line 26 times, making 18 (.692) in two outings. He also handed out 11 assists to average 5.5 helpers per game. The sophomore currently leads Ohio State in eight statistical categories, including scoring (17.0 ppg), rebounding (7.5 rpg), assists (72), steals (43), minutes played (780), field goals made (122), free throws made (122) and defensive rebounds (127).

Ohio State is off this week and will resume competition at Wisconsin Saturday (8p.m./ESPN). The game will be part of the network’s College Gameday event.

MBK: Turner Earns 3rd Big Ten Player of the Week Award - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com