BiG Ten Men and Women’s Weekly Basketball Honors

Iowa and Ohio State Earn Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Hawkeyes’ Kathleen Doyle and Buckeyes’ Kierstan Bell honored for second consecutive week

 

Player of the Week

Kathleen Doyle, Iowa

G – Sr. – La Grange Park, Ill. – Benet Academy – Major: Journalism

• Averaged 26.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game with a .541 field-goal percentage and a double-double in the Hawkeyes’ two wins over ranked opponents last week

• Nearly posted a triple-double in Iowa’s double-overtime win over No. 12/13 Indiana on Sunday, finishing with 31 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds

• Contributed a team-high 21 points in the Hawkeyes’ victory over No. 17/16 Maryland on Jan. 9

• Twice named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten selection (2017-18 and 2018-19)

• Earns her second Big Ten Player of the Week award, both in the past two weeks

• Last Iowa Player of the Week: Kathleen Doyle (Jan. 6, 2020)

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Petra Holešínská, Jr., G, ILL: Averaging 23.0 points per game with a .500 field-goal percentage last week, including a game-high 28 points in Illinois’ win over Minnesota on Sunday

Kamaria McDaniel, Jr., G, PSU: Registered 23.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game last week, highlighted by a near triple-double (24 points, plus career highs of 11 rebounds and nine assists) in the Lady Lions’ victory over Michigan State on Jan. 9

Arella Guirantes, Jr., G, RU: Tallied 18.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game with a .517 field-goal percentage last week, pacing the Scarlet Knights to a pair of Big Ten wins

 

Freshman of the Week

Kierstan Bell, Ohio State

F – Canton, Ohio – Canton McKinley – Major: Undeclared

• Averaged 12.3 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game with a .464 field-goal percentage in three conference games last week, helping the Buckeyes to two victories

• Posted 15 points, as well as team highs of six rebounds, three assists and two steals in a win over No. 24/RV Michigan on Jan. 9

• Added 17 points in Sunday’s win over Penn State, including 14 in the second half

• Collects her third Freshman of the Week award and second in as many weeks

• Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Kierstan Bell (Jan. 6, 2020)

 

2019-20 Big Ten Players of the Week

Nov. 11

P: Arella Guirantes, Jr., RU

F: Mackenzie Holmes, IND

 

Nov. 18

P: Nia Clouden, So., MSU

F: Ashley Owusu, MD

 

Nov. 25

P: Grace Berger, So., IND

F: Ashley Owusu, MD

 

Dec. 2

P: Arella Guirantes, Jr., RU

F: Sara Scalia, MINN

 

Dec. 9

P: Taiye Bello, Sr., MINN

P: Kamaria McDaniel, Jr., PSU

F: Kierstan Bell, OSU

 

Dec. 16

P: Destiny Pitts, Jr., MINN

F: Kennedi Myles, ILL

 

Dec. 23

P: Dorka Juhász, So., OSU

F: Jacy Sheldon, OSU

 

Dec. 30

P: Kaila Charles, Sr., MD

F: Mackenzie Holmes, IND

 

Jan. 6

P: Kathleen Doyle, Sr., IOWA

F: Kierstan Bell, OSU

 

Jan. 13

P: Kathleen Doyle, Sr., IOWA

F: Kierstan Bell, OSU

 Illinois, Minnesota and Purdue Claim Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Illinois’ Cockburn earns his sixth honor of the season

 

Players of the Week

Daniel Oturu, Minnesota

C – So. – 6-10 – Woodbury, Minn. – Cretin-Derham Hall – Major: Sports Management

• Set a new career high with 30 points and seven rebounds in a 75-67 victory versus No. 19 Michigan on Sunday
• Posted his 10th double-double of the year with 22 points and 10 rebounds at No. 8 Michigan State
• Has now scored 20 or more points nine times this season
• Averaged 26 points and 8.5 rebounds for the Gophers over the week
• Scored 16 of Minnesota’s 19 points in the first 15 minutes of the first half, finished the first half 9-for-12 from the floor versus the Wolverines
• Earns the second Player of the Week accolade of his career; claimed Freshman of the Week twice in 2018-19
• Last Minnesota Player of the Week: Daniel Oturu (Dec. 30, 2019)

Trevion Williams, Purdue

F – So. – 6-9 – Chicago, Ill. – Henry Ford Academy (Mich.) – Major: Organizational Leadership

• Recorded career highs in points (36) and rebounds (20) versus Michigan, becoming the first Purdue player since Bob Ford (36 points, 20 rebounds on Feb. 16, 1971, vs. Minnesota) to have a 35-point and 20-rebound game
• Posted the first 35-point and 20-rebound game in college basketball this season and becomes the first player since 2010-11 to have a 35-20 game with no turnovers
• The performance marked his fourth double-double in the last seven games
• Led Purdue with 16 points, seven rebounds and four assists (leader in all categories) in Purdue’s 71-42 win over No. 8 Michigan State
• Averaged 26.0 points, 13.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in two Purdue games this week … shot 23-of-42 from the field in the two games
• Earns the first Player of the Week accolade of his career
• Last Purdue Player of the Week: Carsen Edwards (Feb. 4, 2019)

Freshman of the Week

Kofi Cockburn, Illinois

C – Fr. – 7-0 – Kingston, Jamaica – Oak Hill Academy (Va.) – Major: General Studies

• Recorded a double-double on the week, averaging 13.0 points and 11.5 rebounds in a pair of Illini wins
• Scored 15 points on 6-of-9 from the field and grabbed a team-high six rebounds in win at Wisconsin
• Helped the Illini storm back from a six-point deficit to claim a 71-70 victory, snapping a 15-game losing streak against the Badgers and earning their first victory in Madison in 10 years
• Recorded his seventh double-double of the season with 11 points and game-high and career-high tying 17 rebounds in comeback win over Rutgers
• 17 boards tied his school single-game freshman rebound record, a mark which he first set on Nov. 20
• Set the Illinois freshman record for double-doubles in a season, tallying his seventh against the Scarlet Knights in 17 games, breaking the previous Illini freshman record of six double-doubles that had stood since the 1982-83 season
• Earns the sixth Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor of his career
• Becomes the first Illinois player in Big Ten history to earn Freshman of the Week six times in one season
• Last Illinois Freshman of the Week: Kofi Cockburn (Dec. 30, 2019)

2019-20 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week

Nov. 11

P: Nate Reuvers, Jr., F, WIS

F: Kofi Cockburn, C, ILL

 

Nov. 18

P: Kaleb Wesson, Jr., C, OSU

F: Trayce Jackson-Davis, F, IND

F: Malik Hall, F, MSU

 

Nov. 25

P/F: Kofi Cockburn, Fr., C, ILL

 

Dec. 2

P: Anthony Cowan Jr., Sr., G, MD

P: Jon Teske, Sr., C, MICH

F: Trayce Jackson-Davis, F, IND

 

Dec. 9

P: Luka Garza, Jr., C, IOWA

F: Kofi Cockburn, C, ILL

 

Dec. 16

P: Lamar Stevens, Sr., F, PSU

F: Kofi Cockburn, C, ILL

F: Trayce Jackson-Davis, F, IND

 

Dec. 23

P: Gabe Kalscheur, So., G, MINN

P: D’Mitrik Trice, Jr., G, WIS

F: Armaan Franklin, G, IU

F: D.J. Carton, G, OSU

 

Dec. 30

P: Daniel Oturu, So., F, MINN

F: Kofi Cockburn, ILL

 

Jan. 6

P: Cassius Winston, Sr., G, MSU

F: Joe Toussaint, G, IOWA

 

Jan. 13

P: Daniel Oturu, So., F, MINN

P: Trevion Williams, So., F, PUR

F: Kofi Cockburn, ILL