Most freshman basketball players hit the wall in their first year of Division I hoops.
Nebraska freshman Yvan Ouedraogo seems to run into a wall every game in the form of one dominant Big Ten big man after another.
But Ouedraogo has kept going. And now the 17-year-old is being rewarded for his persistence.
Over his last four games, the 6-foot-9, 260-pounder has played the best basketball of his young career, and has done it against some of the best the Big Ten has to offer.
"He's got his hands full," Nebraska coach Fred Hoiberg said Wednesday.