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Minnesota Basketball: Payton Willis earns Big Ten co-Player of the Week honors

Sure, 32 points and 7 assists is a really good day.

Sure, hitting 8 threes is impressive.

But Willis also scored 34% of his team’s points when the Gophers were missing 3 starters and in desperate need of a win, he carried his team. Willis was nailing clutch shots with good defensive pressure all throughout the game. It was truly elite.

As a reward for his heroic game, Willis earned himself co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors, sharing it with Hunter Dickinson.

.@UnlimitedRange0 stepped up with a huge performance against Rutgers on Saturday and was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time this season!