Iowa and Northwestern Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

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Iowa’s Megan Gustafson and Northwestern’s Lindsey Pulliam are the final weekly honorees for the 2017-18 season

Player of the Week

Megan Gustafson, Iowa

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

Averaged 31.5 points and 14.5 rebounds per game with a .714 field-goal percentage and two double-doubles last week, helping the Hawkeyes extend their current winning streak to seven games with two victories

Scored 36 points on 15-of-21 shooting and grabbed 15 rebounds in Iowa’s win over Indiana on Sunday

Opened the week with 27 points and 14 rebounds in a victory at Rutgers, setting the Hawkeyes’ program single-season records for points and rebounds

Earns her 10th career Player of the Week honor and ninth of the season, extending her Big Ten record in the latter category

Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (Feb. 12, 2018)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Kaila Charles, So., G/F, MD: Averaged 23.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game last week in a pair of close games, as the Terrapins lost at Michigan followed by a home win over Nebraska

Carlie Wagner, Sr., G, MINN: Registered 27.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.0 steals per game in a 1-1 week for the Golden Gophers, including 34 points and a career-high six steals in last Tuesday’s loss to Indiana

Dominique Oden, So., G, PUR: Averaged 22.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game last week, as the Boilermakers split their final two Big Ten games of the regular season

Freshman of the Week

Lindsey Pulliam, Northwestern

G – Silver Spring, Md. – Our Lady of Good Counsel

Averaged 19.0 points and 3.5 rebounds per game last week to help Northwestern defeat Rutgers in its regular-season finale following a midweek loss at Big Ten champion Ohio State

Scored 23 points on 10-of-19 shooting in the Wildcats’ victory over Rutgers

Added 15 points and four rebounds at Ohio State

Earns her second career Freshman of the Week honor

Last Northwestern Freshman of the Week: Lindsey Pulliam (Feb. 5, 2018)

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