Iowa and Michigan Earn Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

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Hawkeyes’ Megan Gustafson and Wolverines’ Naz Hillmon are this week’s honorees

Player of the Week

Megan Gustafson, Iowa

F/C – Sr. – Port Wing, Wis. – South Shore – Majors: Marketing & Finance

Also named the espnW National Player of the Week on Monday

Averaged 35.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game with a .721 field goal percentage and two double-doubles last week, helping No. 16/16 Iowa to a pair of Big Ten victories

Scored 41 points (her second 40-point game this season) while adding 14 rebounds and four blocks on Feb. 7 in a win over No. 23/21 Michigan State

Tied a Big Ten record with her 77th career double-double (a mark set by Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender from 2008-11) on Sunday at OSU, registering game highs of 29 points and 16 rebounds in the Hawkeyes’ victory

Received Academic All-Big Ten recognition in 2017-18

Earns her 21st career Big Ten Player of the Week award and 11th this season, extending her conference single-season and career records in both categories

Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (Feb. 4, 2019)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Naz Hillmon, Fr., F, MICH: See below

Kenisha Bell, Sr., G, MINN: Averaged 23.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game in two Minnesota wins last week, including 24 points and a season-high 11 rebounds in Sunday’s victory over Northwestern

Leigha Brown, Fr., G, NEB: Averaged 18.0 points per game with a .556 three-point percentage in the Huskers’ two wins last week, highlighted by a career-best 30 points on Sunday in a victory over Purdue

Freshman of the Week

Naz Hillmon, Michigan

F – Cleveland, Ohio – Gilmour Academy – Major: Undeclared

Came off the bench to average 18.5 points and 11.0 rebounds per game with a .632 field goal percentage and two double-doubles as the Wolverines earned two conference wins

Posted a game-high 19 points and 11 rebounds in Sunday’s victory at Penn State, including six consecutive points late in the fourth quarter to help Michigan erase a four-point deficit

Added 18 points and 11 rebounds (including a career-high 10 defensive rebounds) in a win over Nebraska on Feb. 7

Collects her fifth Freshman of the Week award

Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Naz Hillmon (Feb. 4, 2019)

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