WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue junior center Zach Edey has been voted a unanimous selection to the preseason All-Big Ten first-team squad, the league office announced today.
Edey is one of 11 players voted to the squad, and is one of three players voted as a unanimous selection (Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson, Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis). The other players voted in were Terrence Shannon Jr. (Illinois), Kris Murray (Iowa), Malik Hall (Michigan State), Jamison Battle (Minnesota), Jalen Pickett (Penn State), Clifford Omoruyi (Rutgers), Chucky Hepburn (Wisconsin) and Tyler Wahl (Wisconsin).
Edey, a preseason All-American as well, was a second-team All-Big Ten honoree and honorable mention All-American (AP) a year ago after averaging 14.4 points, 7.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.2 blocks in just 19.0 minutes per game, while leading the Big Ten and ranking third nationally in field goal percentage at 64.8 percent – the fifth-best single-season percentage in school history.
He is the only player in the last 30 years to average 14.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.0 blocks in under 20 minutes per game. In fact, he is one of just five players to accomplish that in under 25.0 minutes per game.
Edey, a 7-foot, 4-inch center from Toronto, recorded 11 double-doubles during the 2021-22 season and was named to the Hall of Fame Tipoff Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging 15.0 points in wins over North Carolina and Villanova in November. He tallied a career-high 25 points against Michigan State in February and scored 20 or more points in nine games. He will carry a streak of 17 straight games in double-figures into this season.
He was at his best against ranked teams. In nine games against ranked squads, Edey averaged 16.3 points and 7.7 rebounds in just 20.2 minutes per game, while shooting 60.6 percent from the field.
The Boilermakers will open the regular season on Nov. 8, when Milwaukee visits Mackey Arena. Purdue’s lone exhibition game will be Nov. 2, when Truman State visits West Lafayette. Single-game tickets will go on sale to John Purdue Club members on Oct. 18, and to the general public Oct. 21.
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