Indiana, Minnesota and Northwestern Earn Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

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Hoosiers’ Mackenzie Holmes, Golden Gophers’ Sara Scalia and Wildcats’ Abi Scheid are this week’s honorees
Player of the Week
Abi Scheid, Northwestern
F – Sr. – Elk River, Minn. – Elk River – Major: Learning and Organizational Change
Averaged 20.0 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game with a .789 field-goal percentage and .800 three-point percentage in Northwestern’s two Big Ten wins last week
Tied a Big Ten record on Sunday’s victory over Penn State, going 6-of-6 from three-point range while scoring a season-high 24 points and grabbing a season high-tying seven rebounds
Scored a team-high 16 points along with seven rebounds and four assists on Jan. 16 in an overtime win at No. 15/16 Indiana
Named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree last season
Earns her first Big Ten Player of the Week award
Last Northwestern Player of the Week: Nia Coffey (Dec. 5, 2016)
Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Monika Czinano, So., F/C, IOWA: Averaged 20.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game with a .900 field-goal percentage in the Hawkeyes’ two conference victories last week
Kaila Charles, Sr., G, MD: Gathered 23 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and three steals on Jan. 16 to help the No. 20/20 Terrapins defeat Nebraska
Nia Clouden, So., G, MSU: Scored 20 points and dished out six assists on Jan. 16 as the Spartans rallied past Ohio State
Co-Freshman of the Week
Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
F – Gorham, Maine – Gorham – Major: Social Work
Tied her career high with 22 points and added nine rebounds for the No. 15/16 Hoosiers on Jan. 16 in a two-point overtime loss to Northwestern
Converted 9-of-14 shots from the field in 27 minutes of action
Posted her 12th double-digit scoring game this season
Collects her third Freshman of the Week award
Last Indiana Freshman of the Week: Mackenzie Holmes (Dec. 30, 2019)
Sara Scalia, Minnesota
G – Stillwater, Minn. – Stillwater – Major: Undeclared (Business)
Averaged 18.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game with a double-double last week as the Golden Gophers split a pair of conference games
Recorded her first career double-double on Jan. 16 in a one-point loss to No. 22/24 Iowa, finishing with a team-best 18 points and a career-high 10 rebounds
Added a team-high 18 points in Minnesota’s win at Purdue on Sunday afternoon
Receives her second Freshman of the Week accolade
Last Minnesota Freshman of the Week: Sara Scalia (Dec. 2, 2019)

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