Iowa’s Megan Gustafson, Michigan’s Hailey Brown and Michigan State’s Taryn McCutcheon are this week’s honorees
Co-Player of the Week
Megan Gustafson, Iowa
F/C – Jr. – Port Wing, Wis. – South Shore
Scored a career-high 37 points on 17-of-23 field goals, while adding 14 rebounds for her NCAA-leading 17th double-double of the season in last Saturday’s loss at home to Purdue
Tied a school record with her 17 made field goals, matching Amy Herrig’s total against Northwestern on Feb. 14, 1999
Also tied for the second-most field goals made in a Big Ten game and most since Minnesota’s Rachel Banham made a conference-record 19 field goals against Northwestern on Feb. 7, 2016
Earns her seventh career Player of the Week honor and sixth of the season, tying the Big Ten record for the most Player of the Week awards in a single season set by Ohio State’s Jantel Lavender in 2010-11
Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (Jan. 2, 2018)
Co-Player of the Week
Taryn McCutcheon, Michigan State
G – So. – East Lansing, Mich. – East Lansing
Registered a career-high 25 points, including 6-of-10 three-pointers while adding five assists, four rebounds and four steals in the Spartans’ win at No. 11 Maryland last Thursday
Her six three-pointers tied for seventh in school history and were the most by an MSU student since Tori Jankoska made eight treys against Ohio State on Jan. 10, 2017
Helped Michigan State to its first-ever win over Maryland and became the first Big Ten school other than Ohio State to defeat the Terrapins in their four seasons as a conference member
Collects her first career Player of the Week award
Last Michigan State Player of the Week: Tori Jankoska (Feb. 20, 2017)
Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Katelynn Flaherty, Sr., G, MICH: Averaged 24.5 points and 4.0 assists per game in two Wolverine wins last week, while also becoming Michigan’s all-time leading scorer (male or female) with 2,457 career points, passing former Wolverine men’s standout Glen Rice (2,442 from 1985-89)
Stephanie Mavunga, Sr., F, OSU: Collected her third consecutive double-double and ninth of the season with 20 points and 18 rebounds last Saturday in the Buckeyes’ win at Indiana
Andreona Keys, Sr., G, PUR: Instrumental in Purdue’s two victories over ranked opponents last week, averaging 22.0 points and 4.5 rebounds per game with a .571 field-goal percentage and a .714 three-point percentage, including a career-high 34 points in last Saturday’s win at No. 18/17 Iowa
Freshman of the Week
Hailey Brown, Michigan
F – Hamilton, Ontario – The RISE Centre
Averaged 17.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game with a .682 field-goal percentage, including 4-of-4 three-point attempts in leading No. 23/20 Michigan to a pair of Big Ten wins last week
Scored a career-high 23 points on 10-of-12 shooting (and made all three of her three-point tries) while grabbing eight rebounds in last Wednesday’s victory over Indiana
Added 12 points and 10 rebounds for her second double-double of the season in last Saturday’s overtime win at Nebraska
Earns her first career Freshman of the Week honor
Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Kysre Gondrezick (Feb. 27, 2017)
