Nittany Lions’ Dunn and Spartans’ Richardson score Big Ten weekly awards
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Men’s Basketball Players of the Week for the week of March 3-9,2025.
Player of the Week
D’Marco Dunn, Penn State
G – Sr. – 6-5 – Tucson, Ariz. – Westover (N.C.)
- Scored a career-best and game-high 25 points in Penn State’s 86-75 win at No. 12 Wisconsin, the Nittany Lions’ first win at Wisconsin in over 30 years
- Shot 10-for-12 (83.3%) from the field and 4-for-5 (80%) from three-point range
- Recorded 15 of his 25 points in the second half as Penn State erased an early double-digit deficit
- Earns first Player of the Week honor
- Last Penn State Player of the Week: Camren Wynter (March 6, 2023)
Freshman of the Week
Jase Richardson, Michigan State
G – 6-3 – Denver, Colo. – Columbus (Fla.)
- Averaged 20 points, 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and one steal per game, as the No 7-ranked Spartans scored a pair of wins
- Scored a game-high 22 points in a 91-84 win at Iowa
- Tallied 18 points in Michigan State’s 79-62 win over No. 17 Michigan
- Claims third consecutive Freshman of the Week award
- Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: Jase Richardson (March 3, 2025)
2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
March 10, 2025
P: D’Marco Dunn, PSU
F: Jase Richardson, MSU
March 3
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Jase Richardson, MSU
Feb. 24
P: Nate Bittle, ORE
F: Jase Richardson, MSU
Feb. 17
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD
Feb. 10
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Will Riley, ILL
F: Derik Queen, MD
Feb. 3
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Will Riley, ILL
Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD
Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RUT
Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC
Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith, PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RUT
Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU
Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RUT
Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD
Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RUT
Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD
Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RUT
Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL
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