Ohio State and Michigan Net Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Ohio State and Michigan Net Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Buckeyes’ Petty and Wolverines’ Swords capture weekly honors

Player of the Week

Ajae Petty, Ohio State

Graduate – Forward – Baltimore, Md. – Baltimore Polytechnic Institute

Averaged 20.5 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals while shooting 76.0 percent from the field during Ohio State’s 2-0 week
Named MVP of the Daytona Beach Classic
Racked up a season-high 24 points and added 11 rebounds for her first double-double as a Buckeye against Old Dominion
Went 11-for-13 from the floor against the Monarchs
Paced the team versus Utah State with 17 points and nine rebounds
Earns her first Big Ten Player of the Week award
Last Ohio State Player of the Week: Cotie McMahon (Jan. 22, 2024)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

JuJu Watkins, USC: Acrisure Holiday Invitational MVP behind 27.0 points and 6.5 rebounds for the Trojans

Julia Ayrault, MSU: Acrisure Classic MVP with 23.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.0 blocks in a pair of comeback Spartan wins

Gracie Merkle, PSU: Dropped 31 points and 11 rebounds in the Lady Lions’ victory over Drexel

Freshman of the Week

Syla Swords, Michigan

Guard – Sudbury, Ontario – Long Island Lutheran

Led Michigan to the Fort Myers Tip-Off Shell Division Championship averaging 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds
Selected as the tournament MVP
Went for 14 points and eight boards against Belmont
Chipped in 24 points and six rebounds versus Virginia Tech
Became the 10th Wolverine in program history to hit at least six three-pointers in a single game with a career-high six triples against the Hokies
Collects her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week laurel
Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Mila Holloway (Nov. 18, 2024)

2024-25 Big Ten Players of the Week

Nov. 11

P: Destiny Adams, Sr., RU

F: Syla Swords, MICH

Nov. 18

P: Lauren Betts, Jr., UCLA

F: Mila Holloway, MICH

Nov. 25

P: Kendall Bostic, 5th-Yr., ILL

F: Lana McCarthy, PUR

Dec. 2

P: Ajae Petty, Gr., OSU

F: Syla Swords, MICH