Iowa and Wisconsin Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards
Hawkeyes’ Megan Gustafson and Badgers’ Imani Lewis are this week’s honorees
Player of the Week
Megan Gustafson, Iowa
F/C – Sr. – Port Wing, Wis. – South Shore
• Averaged 22.0 points and 12.0 rebounds per game with an .800 field goal percentage last week as No. 12/14 Iowa defeated No. 25/20 West Virginia and dropped a narrow decision to Florida State at the Junkanoo Jam in Bimini, Bahamas
• Posted a double-double in the win over WVU on Nov. 23, registering 28 points (12-17 FG) and 16 rebounds as the Hawkeyes set a Big Ten record by rallying from a 24-point first-half deficit to earn the victory
• Added 16 points (8-8 FG) and eight rebounds against FSU on Nov. 24, logging her second perfect shooting game of the season (conference-record 13-for-13 at Western Kentucky on Nov. 13)
• Chosen for Academic All-Big Ten honors in 2017-18
• Earns her 13th career Player of the Week award, breaking a tie with Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell for fourth-most in Big Ten history, and receives her third of the season
• Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (Nov. 19, 2018)
Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Alex Wittinger, Sr., F, ILL: Averaged 21.0 points, 11.0 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game last week, including a career-high 32 points and 14 rebounds in a last-second loss to Sacramento State on Nov. 24
Kenisha Bell, Sr., G, MINN: Helped the Golden Gophers to two wins last week, registering 21.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game with a .565 field goal percentage
Teniya Page, Sr., G, PSU: Recorded 25.0 points and 2.5 rebounds per game last week, including a season-high 34 points (her eighth career 30-point game) on Sunday against Stony Brook
Freshman of the Week
Imani Lewis, Wisconsin
F – Willingboro, N.J. – Life Center Academy
• Averaged 13.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game with two double-doubles last week, helping Wisconsin to three wins in four outings (including the Challenge in Music City title) and the Badgers’ best start (6-0) since 2006-07
• Had double-doubles in a one-point win vs. IUPUI on Nov. 19 (12 points/11 rebounds) and a one-point loss vs. Arkansas on Sunday at the Challenge in Music City (13 points/12 rebounds)
• Contributed 18 points and six rebounds in win over Pittsburgh on Nov. 23 to open the Challenge in Music City
• Earns her first career Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Wisconsin Freshman of the Week: Nicole Bauman (Dec. 10, 2012)
2018-19 Big Ten Players of the Week
Nov. 12
P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA
F: Shakira Austin, MD
Nov. 19
P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA
F: Shakira Austin, MD
Nov. 26
P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA
F: Imani Lewis, WIS