Pickett, Lundy, Funk and Wynter earn Big Ten Postseason Accolades

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State men’s basketball senior guard Jalen Pickett has been selected as a consensus first-team All-Big Ten pick to lead the Nittany Lions’ conference postseason awards contingent. Seniors Seth Lundy and Andrew Funk were both selected as honorable mention All-Big Ten picks, while senior Camren Wynter is Penn State’s recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.  

Pickett becomes the sixth Nittany Lion in program history to be named consensus (coaches and media) first-team All-Big Ten and the first since Lamar Stevens in 2020. The Rochester, N.Y. native was a unanimous first-team selection by the conference media. Lundy and Funk both pick up their first-career Big Ten postseason honors, being named honorable mention All-Big Ten by both the conference coaches and media.  

 

JALEN PICKETT

All-Big Ten First Team (Coaches and Media; unanimous pick by media)

Pickett has put together one of the finest seasons in Penn State history. He is the only player in the country averaging at least 18 points (18.0) per game, seven rebounds per game (7.3) and seven assists (7.0) per game. Only one men’s college basketball player in the last 30 years (since 1992-93 season) has finished the season averaging 18/7/7. Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine finished the 2015-16 season averaging 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game en route to AP National Player of the Year accolades.

 

The six-foot-four guard played his best in Big Ten play, averaging 19.2 points per game, 7.7 rebounds per game and 6.6 assists per game while shooting 55.8% from the field. Pickett finished the conference season in the top five of the Big Ten in scoring (fourth), rebounding (fifth), assists (first), assist-to-turnover ratio (second), and field goal percentage (fourth) in Big Ten games.  

 

Pickett ranks in the top five nationally in both assists per game (7.0) and assist-to-turnover ratio (3.27) while engineering a Penn State offense that ranks third nation in fewest turnovers per game (8.8) and 15th in effective field goal percentage (.561).

 

The Rochester, N.Y. native’s season highlights include a 41-point game, a 32-point game, 12 20-point games, six double-doubles and one triple-double. He has already set a Penn State single-season assists record through 31 games this season, dishing 216 assists to this…