Rutgers and Michigan Net Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Rutgers and Michigan Net Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Scarlet Knights’ Adams and Wolverines’ Swords capture conference’s first weekly honors

 

Player of the Week

Destiny Adams, Rutgers

Sr. – Forward – Manchester, N.J. – Manchester

• Averaged 26.7 points, 15.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks to help Rutgers open its season with wins over Manhattan, Cornell and NJIT
• Went 25-for-33 (.758) from the charity stripe
• Netted 30 points versus Cornell and a career-high 36 against NJIT for the first back-to-back 30-plus game performances since Sue Wicks (1988) and only the third in program history
• Also grabbed 22 rebounds against the Highlanders, the first Scarlet Knight to record 30+ points and 20+ rebounds in over 12 seasons
• Her 36 points tied a Jersey Mike’s Arena record that was previously set by 2024 Olympian Arella Guirantes in 2020
• Tied for eighth all-time for most points in a single game with Guirantes and Caroline DeRoose (1994)
• Earns her first Big Ten Player of the Week award
• Last Rutgers Player of the Week: Arella Guirantes (Dec. 28, 2020)

 

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Deja Kelly, ORE: Propelled Oregon to a 3-0 week, including a 76-74 upset of No. 12 Baylor, behind 17.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists

Jaloni Cambridge, OSU: Totaled 31 points, six rebounds, six assists, five steals and a pair of blocks in 26 minutes in her collegiate debut as Ohio State beat Cleveland State

Serah Williams, WIS: Picked up two double-doubles against Wright State (29 points, 12 rebounds) and Georgetown (17 points, 16 rebounds)

 

Freshman of the Week

Syla Swords, Michigan

Guard – Sudbury, Ontario – Long Island Lutheran 

• Burst onto the scene with a 27-point, 12-rebound performance against No. 1 South Carolina
• Only the third player since 2009-10 to have at least 27 points and 12 rebounds against the Gamecocks
• Tallied the most points scored by a Michigan freshman in a debut in the NCAA era and the second-most ever behind Peg Harte (1981 – 28 points)
• Added 20 points, six rebounds and five assists in the 86-55 win over Lehigh
• Collects her first Big Ten Freshman of the Week laurel
• Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Laila Phelia (Feb. 7, 2022)

 

2024-25 Big Ten Players of the Week

Nov. 11

P: Destiny Adams, Sr., RU

F: Syla Swords, MICH