UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Penn State men's basketball guard Camren Wynter has been named the Big Ten Co-Player of the Week after hitting back-to-back game-winning shots in a huge 2-0 week for the Nittany Lions.
Wynter came up with back-to-back game-winning shots to send the Nittany Lions to a pair of Quad 1 victories last week. He nailed the game-winning 3-pointer with less than a second left in overtime Wednesday to send Penn State home with a 68-65 road win at Northwestern before making the game-winning put-back with 0.5 seconds left to lift Penn State to a 65-64 Senior Day comeback win over Maryland Sunday.
A lot of players never hit a game-winning buzzer-beater.@iamcamrenwynter had two of them, in as many games, last week. 😲
— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) March 6, 2023
The @PennStateMBB G's late-game heroics claim our 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬.
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Wynter scored a game-high 24 points in the win over the Wildcats while adding four rebounds and three assists. His game-winner against the Terrapins completed Penn State's rally from a 16-point deficit. Wynter finished the 2-0 week with two game-winning shots, a 60.0 FG% (12-20) and 80.0 3FG% (4-5) while averaging 15.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg and 2.0 apg.
The two wins helped Penn State finish the regular season winning five of their final six games to finish 10-10 in the Big Ten, just the eighth time in Penn State's 31 seasons in the conference that the Nittany Lions have finished .500 or better in Big Ten play.
Wynter has been a crucial piece to Penn State's late-season run, averaging 15.2 ppg while shooting 61.7% (29-47) from the field and 72.2% (13-18) from 3-point range over the last five games combined.
Wynter's Big Ten Co-Player of the Week honor marks the third time this season that a Nittany Lion has won the conference's Player of the Week honor. Jalen Pickett earned the accolade twice this season, on Dec. 27 and Feb. 20.
Wynter and the Nittany Lions open postseason play Thursday when Penn State takes on Illinois in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. Tipoff from the United Center in Chicago is set for 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT on the Big Ten Network.
The 2022-23 Penn State men's basketball season is presented by Highmark Health.