BiG Ten Women’s and Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Iowa and Nebraska Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Iowa’s Megan Gustafson and Nebraska’s Kate Cain are this week’s honorees

 

Player of the Week

Megan Gustafson, Iowa

F/C – Jr. – Port Wing, Wis. – South Shore

• Recorded her NCAA-leading 12^th double-double of the season with 27 points and 12 rebounds in the Hawkeyes’ win over in-state foe Drake on Dec. 21

• Connected on 11-of-17 shots from the field while adding four blocks and two steals

• Helped Iowa to a 12-1 non-conference record, matching its best start since a similar 12-1 record in 2010-11

• Earns her fifth career Player of the Week honor and fourth of the season

• Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (Dec. 18, 2017)

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Eleanna Christinaki, Jr., G/F, MD: Scored a career-high 32 points in her debut in a Maryland uniform, making 12-of-20 shots, including 6-of-13 three-pointers in the Terrapins’ win at Coppin State on Dec. 20

Kenisha Bell, Jr., G, MINN: Registered her second 30-point game of the season with a game-high 30 points and nine assists (without a turnover) in Minnesota’s victory over UC Riverside on Dec. 22

Ae’Rianna Harris, So., F, PUR: Named MVP of the Basketball Travelers, Inc., Invitational, averaging 16.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.0 blocks per game with two double-doubles and a .583 field-goal percentage in her final two games against UT Martin and Saint Mary’s (Calif.), leading Purdue to the tournament title

 

Freshman of the Week

Kate Cain, Nebraska

C – Middletown, N.Y. – Pine Bush

• Averaged 13.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 7.0 blocks per game with a .545 field-goal percentage as Nebraska split matchups with Florida Atlantic and Washington State last week

• Posted the third triple-double in school history (first involving blocked shots) with career highs of 22 points, 14 rebounds and a school-record 11 blocks in the win over FAU on Dec. 19

• Paced Nebraska to a 9-4 non-conference record, two more wins than the Huskers registered all of last season

• Earns her fourth career Freshman of the Week honor

• Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Kate Cain (Dec. 11, 2017)

 

2017-18 Big Ten Players of the Week

Nov. 13

P: Megan Gustafson, Jr., IOWA

F: Kate Cain, NEB

F: Karissa McLaughlin, PUR

 

Nov. 20

P: Kenisha Bell, Jr., MINN

P: Ae’Rianna Harris, So., PUR

F: Destiny Pitts, MINN

 

Nov. 27

P: Kelsey Mitchell, Sr., OSU

F: Destiny Pitts, MINN

 

Dec. 4

P: Megan Gustafson, Jr., IOWA

F: Kate Cain, NEB

 

Dec. 11

P: Hannah Whitish, So., NEB

F: Kate Cain, NEB

 

Dec. 18

P: Megan Gustafson, Jr., IOWA

P: Kelsey Mitchell, Sr., OSU

F: Destiny Pitts, MINN

 

Dec. 26

P: Megan Gustafson, Jr., IOWA

F: Kate Cain, NEB

 

Illinois, Michigan State Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Spartans’ Miles Bridges earns Player of the Week award; Fighting Illini’s Trent Frazier named Freshman of the Week

 

Player of the Week

Miles Bridges, Michigan State

G/F – So. – 6-7 – Flint, Mich. – Huntington Prep

• Averaged 25.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in two wins last week
• Tied a career high with 33 points in a 107-62 win vs. Houston Baptist and added six rebounds and five assists
• Nearly topped his single-game season high for points (21) in the first half vs. Houston Baptist with 20 points
• Scored 17 points and added nine rebounds in a 102-60 victory vs. Long Beach State
• Earns his first career Big Ten Player of the Week honor
• Last Michigan State Player of the Week: Nick Ward (Feb. 27, 2017)

Freshman of the Week

Trent Frazier, Illinois

G – 6-1 – Wellington, Fla. – Wellington

• Scored a career-high 22 points, had one rebound, one assist and one block in a 70-64 win vs. Missouri in St. Louis, Mo.
• Helped lead Illinois to a fifth-straight win in the annual Braggin’ Rights game by scoring the team’s final eight points
• Went 10-of-11 from the free throw line, setting a new career high, and made four straight free throws in the closing seconds to seal the win
• Scored in double figures for the fourth consecutive game and has averaged 17.8 points per game during the stretch
• Earns his first career Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Jalen Coleman-Lands (Feb. 29, 2016)

 

2017-18 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Nov. 13

P: Jordan Murphy, MINN

F: Luka Garza, IOWA

 

Nov. 20

P: Jordan Murphy, MINN

F: Darryl Morsell, MD

 

Nov. 27

P: Jordan Murphy, MINN

F: Jaren Jackson Jr., MSU

F: Brad Davison, WIS

 

Dec. 4

P: Isaac Haas, PUR

F: Kaleb Wesson, OSU

 

Dec. 11

P: Keita Bates-Diop, OSU

F: Jaren Jackson Jr., MSU

 

Dec. 18

P: Juwan Morgan, IND

F: Geo Baker, RU

 

Dec. 26

P: Miles Bridges, MSU

F: Trent Frazier, ILL