Maryland men’s basketball guard Diggy Coit was named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week, the conference announced Monday.
It was easy to see this coming after the back-to-back performances the graduate student put together against USC and Penn State. First came 30 points against the Trojans in a 17-point loss — an impressive showing, but nothing compared to what came next.
Coit reached that 30-point mark in the first half against the Nittany Lions, and finished with 43 in total — the most ever scored at Xfinity Center and the second-most in a game in program history.
This is Coit’s second Big Ten Player of the Week nod this season — the first also came after a 40-piece. He’s the second player in Maryland history with two 40-point games, in both a season or career.
Wisconsin’s John Blackwell earned the other half of this week’s award for a 27-point, six-rebound and five-assist game against Minnesota, capitalized by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to win the game.
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