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

December 18, 2017 Broadcast, College 0

Indiana, Rutgers Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Honors

Hoosiers’ Juwan Morgan earns Player of the Week award; Scarlet Knights’ Geo Baker named Freshman of the Week

 

Player of the Week

Juwan Morgan, Indiana

F – Jr. – 6-8 – Waynesville, Mo. – Waynesville

  • Scored a career-high 34 points, including the last 12 points of regulation, and grabbed 11 rebounds (tied career high) in Indiana’s win vs. No. 18 Notre Dame
  • Went 13-of-17 from the field and notched his third double-double this season
  • Made a layup with 13 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime and his dunk with eight seconds left in overtime proved to be the game-winning tally
  • He is the first Hoosier to score 30 points since Thomas Bryant scored 31 in a triple overtime win against Penn State last season (Feb. 1, 2017)
  • Earns his first career Big Ten Player of the Week honor
  • Last Indiana Player of the Week: James Blackmon Jr. (Jan. 23, 2017)

Freshman of the Week

Geo Baker, Rutgers

G – 6-4 – Derry, N.H. – Proctor Academy

  • Averaged 14.5 points, 4.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds in wins vs. Fordham and No. 15 Seton Hall last week
  • Scored in double figures for the 10th time this season in the win vs. Seton Hall
  • Rutgers defeated a nationally-ranked team for the first time since topping No. 4 Wisconsin, 67-62, on Jan. 11, 2015
  • Leads all Big Ten freshmen in minutes played per game (31.5) and assists per game (3.8)
  • Earns his first career Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
  • Last Rutgers Freshman of the Week: Corey Sanders (Feb. 8, 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

Iowa, Minnesota and Ohio State Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Iowa’s Megan Gustafson, Minnesota’s Destiny Pitts and Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell are this week’s honorees

 

Co-Player of the Week

Megan Gustafson, Iowa

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

• Registered her nation-leading 11th double-double of the season with 26 points and 10 rebounds in the Hawkeyes’ win at in-state foe Northern Iowa on Sunday

• Connected on 11-of-15 shots from the field en route to her sixth 20-point game of the season

• Helped Iowa improve to 11-1 this season, its best start since 2010-11, when the Hawkeyes opened with a similar 11-1 record

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

• Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (Dec. 4, 2017)

 

Co-Player of the Week

Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State

G – Sr. – Cincinnati, Ohio – Princeton

• Averaged 26.5 points, 7.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game last week while pacing the Buckeyes to victories over Dartmouth and Cincinnati

• Recorded her sixth 30-point game of the season on Sunday in her hometown of Cincinnati, scoring 31 points and adding a career-high nine assists and season-best seven rebounds against the Bearcats

• Collected Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2016 and 2017

• Earns her 10th career Player of the Week honor (second of the season), passing former Minnesota All-American Lindsay Whalen (nine from 2001-04) for fourth in Big Ten history

• Last Ohio State Player of the Week: Kelsey Mitchell (Nov. 27, 2017)

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Katelynn Flaherty, Sr., G, MICH: Averaged 24.0 points per game with a .552 field-goal percentage and .556 three-point percentage last week in Michigan’s wins over North Florida and Fort Wayne

Kenisha Bell, Jr., G, MINN: Scored 26 points in Minnesota’s victory over Cal Poly on Dec. 13, while adding eight assists, six rebounds and four steals

Teniya Page, Jr., G, PSU: Registered a game-high 27 points on 10-of-18 shooting in the Lady Lions’ road win Sunday at in-state rival Pittsburgh

 

Freshman of the Week

Destiny Pitts, Minnesota

F – Detroit, Mich. – Detroit Country Day

• Scored 23 points and grabbed four rebounds in the Golden Gophers’ win over Cal Poly on Dec. 13

• Made 7-of-13 three-point field goals, including 3-of-5 in the third quarter when Minnesota scored a season-high 33 points

• Led the Golden Gophers’ season-best 16-of-38 performance from the three-point line, the second-most three-pointers made and attempted by a Big Ten school this season

• Earns her third career Freshman of the Week honor

• Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Destiny Pitts (Nov. 27, 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

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