Iowa and Nebraska Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

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Iowa’s Megan Gustafson and Nebraska’s Kate Cain are this week’s honorees

Player of the Week

Megan Gustafson, Iowa

F/C – Jr. – Port Wing, Wis. – South Shore

Averaged 26.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game with a .742 field-goal percentage and a double-double in the Hawkeyes’ two games last week

Scored a career-high 34 points (on 15-of-18 shooting) and added nine rebounds, three assists and two blocks in Iowa’s one-point loss to No. 13/11 Florida State on Wednesday in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Posted a double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds in the Hawkeyes’ win over Samford on Sunday

Earns her third career Player of the Week honor and second of the season

Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (Nov. 13, 2017)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Kaila Charles, So., G, MD: Averaged 18.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game last week to help the Terrapins to road wins at Virginia (in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge) and Akron, collecting 23 points and a career-high 14 rebounds in Saturday’s win over the Zips

Tyler Scaife, Sr., G, RU: Recorded 22.5 points per game in a pair of Rutgers wins last week, including a career-high 27 points in Thursday’s win over N.C. State in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Marsha Howard, Jr., F, WIS: Averaged 13.5 points and 13.0 rebounds per game with two double-doubles last week, leading the Badgers to victories at Pitt (in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge) and at home over La Salle

Freshman of the Week

Kate Cain, Nebraska

C – Middletown, N.Y. – Pine Bush

Registered 13.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game with a .647 field-goal percentage and a double-double in two games for the Huskers last week

Had 11 points, eight rebounds and a career-high six blocks (most by a Nebraska freshman since 1979) in Thursday’s one-point loss to Clemson in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge

Contributed a double-double with 16 points (on 7-of-10 shooting), a career-high 11 rebounds and three blocks in Nebraska’s win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff on Saturday

Earns her second career Freshman of the Week honor

Last Nebraska Freshman of the Week: Kate Cain (Nov. 13, 2017)

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