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The 6-foot-10 sophomore racked up 32 points on 12-for-23 shooting from the field and 8-for-9 shooting from the foul line, to go with 16 rebounds and three blocks in 36 minutes.
“He's a big-time player,” Penn State coach Pat Chambers said. “Long arms, he's athletic, and he's got great touch from 15 feet. He's a big time player.”
It was Oturu's second 30-point performance in Big Ten play, which included his previous career-best 30 points in a Jan. 12 win against Michigan. He was just the third major conference player to have at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a game this season, joining Purdue’s Trevion Williams and Georgetown’s Omer Yurtseven.
“The student section was on him early,” Pitino said after Saturday’s loss. “I didn’t know how he would respond. I think he was a little bit embarrassed from the first game (squabble with Lamar Stevens). They certainly were good, and everybody competed their [tail] off. You just never know how mentally somebody is going to be throughout the course of game. Daniel was terrific.”
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The 6-foot-10 sophomore racked up 32 points on 12-for-23 shooting from the field and 8-for-9 shooting from the foul line, to go with 16 rebounds and three blocks in 36 minutes.
“He's a big-time player,” Penn State coach Pat Chambers said. “Long arms, he's athletic, and he's got great touch from 15 feet. He's a big time player.”
It was Oturu's second 30-point performance in Big Ten play, which included his previous career-best 30 points in a Jan. 12 win against Michigan. He was just the third major conference player to have at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a game this season, joining Purdue’s Trevion Williams and Georgetown’s Omer Yurtseven.
“The student section was on him early,” Pitino said after Saturday’s loss. “I didn’t know how he would respond. I think he was a little bit embarrassed from the first game (squabble with Lamar Stevens). They certainly were good, and everybody competed their [tail] off. You just never know how mentally somebody is going to be throughout the course of game. Daniel was terrific.”
| Gophers big men 30-point games since 2000 |
| 36 Kris Humphries at Indiana 2004 |
| 35 Jordan Murphy vs. USC Upstate 2017 |
| 34 Dusty Rychart vs. Hawaii-Pacific 2000 33 Joel Przybilla vs. Indiana 2000 |
| 32 Daniel Oturu at Penn State 2020 |
| 32 Dusty Rychart vs. TCU 2000 30 Daniel Oturu vs. Michigan 2020 |
| *30 Jordan Murphy vs. North Carolina A&T 2018 *The last time a Gophers player had at least 30 points and 15 rebounds in a game before Oturu on Saturday. |
Where does Daniel Oturu's 32-point game rank among Gophers top big men performances?
Gophers sophomore center Daniel Oturu had 32 points and 16 rebounds in Saturday's loss at Penn State. His career-best scoring performance ranks among the best in the last 20 years for a U big man.
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