Iowa and Ohio State Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

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Hawkeyes’ Megan Gustafson and Buckeyes’ Dorka Juhász are this week’s honorees

Player of the Week

Megan Gustafson, Iowa

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

Averaged 29.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game with a .774 field goal percentage and two double-doubles last week as the No. 14/15 Hawkeyes split a pair of contests

Scored 26 points (11-16 FG) and grabbed 10 rebounds in a midweek loss at top-ranked Notre Dame

Registered 32 points (13-15 FG), 12 rebounds and two blocks in just 23 minutes of Sunday’s victory over Robert Morris

Received Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2017-18

Earns her 14th career Player of the Week award, tying Ohio State’s Jessica Davenport for third-most in Big Ten history, and collects her fourth of the season

Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (Nov. 26, 2018)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll

Ali Patberg, Jr., G, IND: Averaged 23.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 2.5 steals per game with a .519 field goal percentage in leading the unbeaten Hoosiers to road wins at Wake Forest and UCLA

Kenisha Bell, Sr., G, MINN: Logged 25.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game last week, helping the No. 20 Golden Gophers remain unbeaten with victories over No. 12 Syracuse and Air Force

Dominique Oden, Jr., G, PUR: Scored a career-high 27 points on 8-of-13 shooting (career-best 6-of-10 from three-point range) as the Boilermakers toppled No. 21/20 Miami in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge

Freshman of the Week

Dorka Juhász, Ohio State

F – Pecs, Hungary – PTE Babits

Averaged 17.5 points and 14.0 rebounds per game with a .560 field goal percentage and two double-doubles last week to help Ohio State earn two wins

In the Buckeyes’ first action in 18 days, collected 18 points and 16 rebounds as OSU defeated North Carolina in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 29

Added game highs of 17 points and 13 rebounds in Sunday’s win over in-state rival Cincinnati

Earns her first career Freshman of the Week honor

Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Tori McCoy (Dec. 12, 2016)

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