Indiana and Rutgers Earn Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

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Hoosiers’ Mackenzie Holmes and Scarlet Knights’ Arella Guirantes are the first weekly honorees of the 2019-20 season
Player of the Week
Arella Guirantes, Rutgers
G – Jr. – Bellport, N.Y. – Bellport – Major: Journalism & Media Studies
Averaged 22.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game last week to help Rutgers open its season with a pair of wins
Scored a career-high 27 points (including a career-best four three-pointers) on Nov. 5 in the Scarlet Knights’ season-opening victory at South Alabama
Added 17 points and eight rebounds on Nov. 9 in RU’s win at home over Coppin State
Earns her first Big Ten Player of the Week award
Last Rutgers Player of the Week: Kahleah Copper (Nov. 16, 2015)
Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Mackenzie Holmes, Fr., F, IND: See below
Amy Dilk, So., G, MICH: Averaged 12.5 points and 10.0 rebounds in two wins, posting her first career double-double (12 points/career-high 11 rebounds) in Nov. 8 season opener against Western Michigan
Sam Haiby, So., G, NEB: Registered 18.0 points per game with a .538 field goal percentage in two wins last week, highlighted by career-high 28 points and game-tying three-pointer in regulation to pace the Huskers in Sunday’s overtime win at Missouri
Freshman of the Week
Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
F – Gorham, Maine – Gorham – Major: Social Work
Tallied 18.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 blocks per game with an .833 field goal percentage last week, pacing the No. 24/RV Hoosiers in two victories
Scored a career-high 22 points (on a perfect 9-of-9 shooting) while adding five rebounds and five blocks (fourth-most by an Indiana freshman in school history) in Sunday’s win over Nicholls State
Contributed 15 points and seven rebounds in her college debut on Nov. 7, a win over Mount St. Mary’s
Collects her first Freshman of the Week award
Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Jaelynn Penn (Jan. 29, 2018)

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