BiG Ten Basketball Awards

Michigan and Michigan State Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Wolverines’ Naz Hillmon and Spartans’ Jenna Allen are this week’s honorees

 

Player of the Week

Jenna Allen, Michigan State

C – Sr. – Bedford, Ind. – Bedford North Lawrence

• Averaged 21.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game with a .708 field goal percentage and .625 three-point percentage last week as the Spartans earned wins over No. 3 Oregon and Oakland

• Scored a season-high 27 points on 11-of-14 shooting (3-of-4 on three-pointers) in Sunday’s win over the third-ranked Ducks, the highest-ranked opponent MSU has defeated since April 3, 2005 (No. 3 Tennessee in the NCAA Women’s Final Four national semifinals in Indianapolis)

• Also named espnW National Player of the Week on Monday, the first Big Ten student to receive that award since Nov. 27, 2017 (Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell)

• Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors the past two seasons

• Earns her first career Player of the Week award

• Last Michigan State Player of the Week: Taryn McCutcheon (Jan. 15, 2018)

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Megan Gustafson, Sr., F/C, IOWA: Registered 22.5 points, 13.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game with a .667 field goal percentage and two double-doubles in last week’s wins over Iowa State and IUPUI

Brianna Fraser, Sr., F, MD: Posted a double-double in the Terrapins’ win over James Madison on Dec. 8 with a career high-tying 24 points (9-12 FG) and 11 rebounds in 27 minutes

Destiny Pitts, So., G/F, MINN: Averaged 25.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game with a .636 field goal percentage and .647 three-point percentage last week, including a career-high 35 points in Sunday’s win at Boston College

 

Freshman of the Week

Naz Hillmon, Michigan

F – Cleveland, Ohio – Gilmour Academy

• Averaged 20.0 points and 9.5 rebounds per game with an .800 field goal percentage and a double-double last week, leading Michigan to wins over LIU Brooklyn and Oakland

• Had a near-perfect shooting night against LIU Brooklyn on Dec. 6, making 10-of-11 shots en route to her first career double-double with a career-high 24 points and 10 rebounds in 24 minutes

• Added 16 points and nine rebounds in Sunday’s win at Oakland

• Earns her first career Freshman of the Week honor

• Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Hailey Brown (Jan. 15, 2018)

 

2018-19 Big Ten Players of the Week

Nov. 12

P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA

F: Shakira Austin, MD

 

Nov. 19

P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA

F: Shakira Austin, MD

 

Nov. 26

P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA

F: Imani Lewis, WIS

 

Dec. 3

P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA

F: Dorka Juhász, OSU

 

Dec. 10

P: Jenna Allen, Sr., MSU

F: Naz Hillmon, MICH

 

Indiana, Michigan, Purdue, Wisconsin Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Purdue’s Carsen Edwards and Wisconsin’s Ethan Happ share Player of Week accolades;

Hoosiers’ Romeo Langford and Wolverines’ Ignas Brazdeikis share Freshman of the Week recognition

 

Co-Players of the Week

Carsen Edwards, Purdue

G – Jr. – 6-1 – Atascocita, Texas – Atascocita

• Averaged 30.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.0 rebounds in a pair of Purdue games last week
• In a homecoming game in his native state, matched his career high with 40 points at Texas, on 15-of-26 shooting from the floor, including 7-of-14 from 3-point range
• His 40 points are the most by a Big Ten player this season and match his 40-point game from 2017-18 as the most by a Big Ten player since the 2013-14 season
• Became the seventh Division I player and second major conference player to score 40-plus points in a game this season
• His 28 second-half points at Texas were the second-most ever scored in a half in the 42-year history of the Frank Erwin Center and his 40 points marked the seventh time in facility history a player recorded 40 or more points
• Tallied a game-high 20 points in Purdue’s win over No. 23 Maryland
• Earns his fourth career Big Ten Player of the Week honor and second of the season
• Last Purdue Player of the Week: Carsen Edwards (Nov. 12, 2018)

 

Ethan Happ, Wisconsin

F – Sr. – 6-10 – Milan, Ill. – Rockridge

• Averaged 27.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game while shooting 68.4 percent from the floor in leading the Badgers to a split of games last week
• Notched his nation-leading eighth double-double with a career-high 34 points and 11 rebounds in overtime game at Marquette on Saturday
• Shot 16-of-21 from the floor (76.2 percent), added four assists and three steals against the Golden Eagles
• Netted a game-best 20 points in leading the Badgers to a victory over Rutgers as Wisconsin started 2-0 in conference play
• Earns his sixth career Big Ten Player of the Week honor and fourth in five weeks this season
• Six career Player of the Week honors ties him for fifth in Big Ten history for most Player of the Week honors in a career and most by a Badger tied with Frank Kaminsky (2011-15)
• With four Player of the Week accolades, already stands in a tie for the fourth-most honors in a single-season
• Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: Ethan Happ (Nov. 26, 2018)

 

 

Co-Freshmen of the Week

Romeo Langford, Indiana

G – 6-6 – New Albany, Ind. – New Albany

• Averaged 19.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists, shooting 50.0 percent from the floor in two victories for the Hoosiers last week
• Tallied a team-high 21 points in leading Indiana’s comeback victory over Louisville as the Hoosiers erased an eight-point deficit
• Langford’s two free throws with 2.2 seconds remaining sealed the one-point win
• Netted a game-high 17 points in another comeback win at Penn State lifting Indiana to a 2-0 start in conference action
• Earns his second Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Romeo Langford (Nov. 19, 2018)

 

Ignas Brazdeikis, Michigan

G/F – 6-7 – Oakville, Ontario – Orangeville Prep

• Averaged 20.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in helping the Wolverines to a pair of wins last week
• Registered a game-best 23 points in Wolverines’ two-point win at Northwestern helping Michigan to a 2-0 start in Big Ten play
• Connected on 9-of-18 from the floor, including three 3-point goals in win over Wildcats
• Tallied 17 points, including 11-of-12 from the foul line, and grabbed six rebounds in non-conference win over South Carolina
• Earns his second Freshman of the Week honor, and second in as many weeks
• Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Ignas Brazdeikis (Dec. 3, 2018)

 

 

2018-19 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Nov. 12     

P: Carsen Edwards, Jr., PUR

P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS

F: Jalen Smith, MD

 

Nov. 19     

P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS

F: Romeo Langford, IND

 

Nov. 26     

P: Cassius Winston, Jr., MSU

P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS

F: Gabe Kalscheur, MINN

 

Dec. 3        

P: Jordan Poole, So., MICH

F: Ignas Brazdeikis, MICH

 

Dec. 10

P: Carsen Edwards, Jr., PUR

P: Ethan Happ, Sr., WIS

F: Romeo Langford, IND

F: Ignas Brazdeikis, MICH