Northwestern, Illinois Score Men’s Basketball Weekly Accolades

November 11, 2024 Broadcast, College 0

Northwestern, Illinois Score Men’s Basketball Weekly Accolades
Wildcats’ Martinelli, Illini’s Riley net first Big Ten weekly honors of the season
ROSEMONT, Ill. (Nov. 11, 2024) – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Men’s Basketball Players of the Week for the week of November 4-10, 2024.
Player of the Week
Nick Martinelli, Northwestern
F – Jr. – 6-7 – Glenview, Ill. – Glenbrook South
  • Tallied 29.0 points on 75 percent shooting from the field, including 5-for-5 from three-point range, and 12.0 rebounds as the Wildcats split a pair of contests
  • Paired 32 points and 14 rebounds in 71-66 loss at Dayton
  • Garners his first Player of the Week award
  • Last Northwestern Player of the Week: Boo Buie (Jan. 29, 2024)
Freshman of the Week
Will Riley, Illinois
F – 6-8 – Kitchener, Ontario, Canada – The Phelps School (Pa.)
  • Averaged 22.5 points and 7.0 rebounds in the Illini’s two wins last week
  • Broke the Illinois freshman scoring record with 31 points on 10-for-13 shooting, including 5-for-6 from three-point range, in a 112-67 win over Eastern Illinois
  • Earns his first Freshman of the Week award
  • Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Jayden Epps (Feb. 6, 2023)
 
2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Nov. 11

P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL
 
The Big Ten Conference is an association of world-class universities whose member institutions share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching and public service. Founded in 1896, the Big Ten has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics in the lives of students competing in intercollegiate athletics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness and competitiveness. The Big Ten Conference sponsors 28 official sports, 14 for men and 14 for women, and the broad-based programs of the 18 Big Ten institutions provide direct financial support for more than 14,000 student-athletes. For more information, visit www.bigten.org.

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