Former Pitt big man Federiko Federiko had the best game of his Texas Tech career on Monday night.
In a blowout win over Oral Roberts, Federiko played 27 minutes, scoring 23 points, grabbing 12 rebounds, and dishing out five assists. The Finnish forward made 11 of his 13 field-goal attempts and 1 of his four free-throw tries in the win. Federiko also blocked one shot.
Check out his highlights below.
He has now played in nine games this year for Texas Tech, starting three. He is shooting 4.3 shots per game, which is 0.3 more than he did at Pitt his rookie year. Federiko has made a career-high 76.9% of his field-goal attempts, and his average of 7.3 points per game is a career best. He is shooting just 35% from the free-throw line this season.
Federiko spent two seasons with Pitt from 2022-24. Federiko’s production and minutes decreased from his sophomore to his junior season with the Panthers. After averaging 6.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in year one (23.4 minutes per game), he went on to average 4.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game last season in 21.3 minutes per game. Federiko had seven games with at least eight points, including two games in double-digit scoring.
The 6’11” center started 53 of 68 games for Pitt and had back-to-back seasons with a top-3 block percentage in the ACC.
Federiko was the first Panther to hit the transfer portal after last season once Pitt finished 22-11 and 12-8 in conference play. He was then joined by Will Jeffress in the portal, who eventually committed to Louisiana Tech. Jeffress then suffered a season-ending injury just several games into his Louisiana Tech tenure.
