AYO 2020-21 SEASON HIGHS POINTS .........................................................36 11 DOSUNMU at Missouri (12/12/20) JUNIOR // GUARD // 6-5 // 185 FIELD GOALS ..................................................13 at Missouri (12/12/20) CHICAGO, ILL. // MORGAN PARK H.S. 2020-21 NOTES FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS ......................................23 • USA Today National Player of the Year twice; last at Nebraska (2/12/21) • Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year • NCAA Consensus First-Team All-American • Wooden Award Finalist 3-POINT FIELD GOALS ........................................5 • Naismith Trophy Finalist • Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalist vs. North Carolina A&T (11/25/20) • Wooden Award All-American Team • Associated Press First-Team All-American, the first-ever Illini voted to first team by AP • First-Team All-American by AP, NABC, USBWA, Sporting News (unanimous), Sports Illustrated (unanimous), CBS Sports, USA Today 3-POINT FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS ............................8 • Big Ten Tournament Most Outstanding Player • USBWA District V Player of the Year and First-Team All-District V vs. North Carolina A&T (11/25/20) • Unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten • NABC First-Team All-District 7 • No. 6 in kenpom.com National Player of the Year standings FREE THROWS ................................................10 • Only NCAA player in last 11 seasons to average at least 20 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists at Penn State (12/23/20) • Concluded junior season with scoring average of 20.1 points, the highest by an Illini in the last 30 years • 21st in the NCAA in scoring (20.1 ppg) • Seventh nationally with four games of 30+ points FREE THROW ATTEMPTS .....................................12 • Second in the Big Ten in assists (5.3 apg) and 13th in B1G in rebounding (6.3 rpg) • Ranks 12th on Illinois’ all-time scoring list (1,504 points) and No. 2 among players after three years at Missouri (12/12/20) • Naismith Trophy Player of Week (2/8) and four-time B1G Player of Week (12/14, 12/28, 2/1 & 2/8) • Sixth double-double of season with 17 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in NCAA Tournament win over Drexel (3/19) • 16 points and 9 rebounds in Big Ten Tournament title game win over No. 9 Ohio State (3/14) REBOUNDS .....................................................12 • 18 points, game-high nine assists, and 7 boards in Big Ten Tournament semifinal win over No. 5 Iowa (3/13) • 23 points in Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal win over Rutgers (3/12) twice; last vs. Wisconsin (2/6/21) • Missed three games due to injury on a flagrant 2 foul (2/23) then returned for final game of regular season, scoring 19 points on 7-10 FG in win at No. 7 Ohio State (3/6) • Second triple-double in four games and fourth in Illini history in win at Minnesota (2/20), recording 19 points, 10 boards and ASSISTS ........................................................12 10 assists to join MSU’s Magic Johnson as only players with multiple triple-doubles in B1G play vs. Wisconsin (2/6/21) • 31 points in win at Nebraska (2/12), setting career high in a Big Ten game • Had personal run of 15 straight points from 3:21 remaining in the second half through 4:00 left in OT to lead the Illini to the comeback win over the Huskers STEALS ...........................................................4 • Third triple-double in school history with 21 points, career-high tying 12 rebounds, and career-high 12 assists in win over No. 19 Wisconsin (2/6) at Nebraska (2/12/21) • Game-high 25 points on 11-18 FG and 3-3 from three in win over No. 7 Iowa (1/29) • 30 points on 11-17 shooting, 4-5 from three, and 5 assists in win over Indiana (12/26) • 30 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in win at Penn State (12/23) BLOCKED SHOTS ................................................2 • Career-high 36 points at Missouri (12/12) • Hit game-winning free throws with 2.3 seconds left vs. Ohio (11/27) and finished with 27 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists at Michigan State (2/23/21) GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS MINUTES ..................................................42:25 FIELD GOALS THREES FREE THROWS REBOUNDS POINTS Date Opponent GS MIN FG FG% 3FG 3% FT FT% OFF DEF REB RPG PF A TO B S PTS PPG at Nebraska (2/12/21) 11/25/20 North Carolian A&T * 26 11-18 .611 5-8 .625 1-3 .333 1 9 10 10.0 1 5 1 0 0 28 28.0 11/26/20 Chicago State * 27 8-13 .615 0-2 .000 6-7 .857 1 5 6 8.0 2 7 2 0 2 22 25.0 11/27/20 Ohio * 38 10-21 .476 1-4 .250 6-7 .857 4 3 7 7.7 3 8 3 0 1 27 25.7 12/02/20 vs Baylor * 38 6-18 .333 2-3 .667 4-5 .800 1 5 6 7.3 3 5 3 0 1 18 23.8 12/08/20 at Duke * 36 6-11 .545 0-2 .000 6-6 1.000 0 12 12 8.2 4 5 3 1 1 18 22.6 12/12/20 at Missouri * 38 13-20 .650 1-3 .333 9-12 .750 0 5 5 7.7 4 1 6 1 1 36 24.8 2020-21 SEASON TOTALS 12/15/20 Minnesota * 30 5-14 .357 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 1 6 7 7.6 2 5 4 0 0 10 22.7 12/20/20 at Rutgers * 38 10-20 .500 1-2 .500 1-3 .333 2 9 11 8.0 4 6 4 0 1 22 22.6 12/23/20 at Penn State * 37 9-18 .500 2-5 .400 10-11 .909 3 3 6 7.8 4 5 4 1 2 30 23.4 DOUBLE-DIGIT SCORING GAMES ..........................27 12/26/20 Indiana * 36 11-17 .647 4-5 .800 4-5 .800 0 2 2 7.2 2 5 2 0 0 30 24.1 DOUBLE-DOUBLES .............................................6 01/02/21 Purdue * 35 5-13 .385 0-2 .000 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 7.0 3 3 2 1 0 12 23.0 01/07/21 at Northwestern * 30 5-11 .455 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000 0 5 5 6.8 2 6 4 0 0 15 22.3 TRIPLE-DOUBLES ...............................................2 01/10/21 Maryland * 40 9-23 .391 2-5 .400 3-4 .750 2 6 8 6.9 2 2 3 0 0 23 22.4 01/16/21 Ohio State * 35 6-16 .375 1-3 .333 9-10 .900 2 2 4 6.7 3 5 1 0 2 22 22.4 20+ POINT GAMES .........................................13 01/19/21 Penn State * 32 6-12 .500 0-4 .000 1-2 .500 0 1 1 6.3 1 5 2 0 1 13 21.7 01/29/21 Iowa * 36 11-18 .611 3-3 1.000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 6.1 1 4 2 0 0 25 21.9 .500+ FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE GAMES...............16 02/02/21 at Indiana * 29 2-11 .182 0-1 .000 6-6 1.000 1 5 6 6.1 5 2 2 0 2 10 21.2 6+ FIELD GOAL GAMES ....................................21 02/06/21 Wisconsin * 35 6-12 .500 0-0 .000 9-11 .818 1 11 12 6.4 0 12 7 0 2 21 21.2 02/12/21 at Nebraska * 43 12-23 .522 2-6 .333 5-8 .625 2 1 3 6.2 1 6 4 0 4 31 21.7 5+ ASSIST GAMES ..........................................20 02/16/21 Northwestern * 38 5-9 .556 2-2 1.000 1-2 .500 0 2 2 6.0 1 5 5 0 1 13 21.3 02/20/21 at Minnesota * 32 9-16 .563 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 1 9 10 6.2 0 10 3 0 2 19 21.2 2+ STEAL GAMES ...........................................10 02/23/21 at Michigan State * 36 6-18 .333 1-6 .167 4-8 .500 3 6 9 6.3 1 5 4 2 2 17 21.0 LED TEAM IN SCORING ......................................16 02/25/21 Nebraska DNP - Inj. 02/27/21 at Wisconsin DNP - Inj. LED TEAM IN REBOUNDING ...................................6 03/02/21 at Michigan DNP - Inj. 03/06/21 at Ohio State * 36 7-10 .700 0-0 .000 5-6 .833 0 4 4 6.2 1 3 1 0 0 19 20.9 03/12/21 vs Rutgers * 32 8-11 .727 0-2 .000 7-9 .778 2 3 5 6.2 1 6 5 0 3 23 21.0 03/13/21 vs Iowa * 38 7-16 .438 0-1 .000 4-5 .800 0 7 7 6.2 1 9 5 0 0 18 20.9 03/14/21 vs Ohio State * 41 5-17 .294 3-7 .429 3-4 .750 2 7 9 6.3 2 4 5 0 0 16 20.7 03/19/21 vs Drexel * 33 8-14 .571 0-1 .000 1-1 1.000 0 11 11 6.5 1 6 0 0 3 17 20.6 03/21/21 vs Loyola Chicago * 38 4-10 .400 1-2 .500 0-0 .000 0 2 2 6.3 3 2 6 0 0 9 20.1 SEASON STATISTICS FIELD GOALS THREE-POINTERS FREE THROWS REBOUNDS G GS MIN AVG FG FGA PCT 3FG 3FGA PCT. FTM FTA PCT. OFF. DEF. TOT. AVG. PF FO AST AST/G TO BLK STL PTS PPG 2020-21 28 28 983 35.1 210 430 .488 32 83 .386 112 143 .783 31 146 177 6.3 58 2 147 5.3 93 6 31 564 20.1.