Maryland and Michigan Score Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards
Terrapins’ Smikle and Wolverines’ Swords capture weekly honors
Player of the Week
Kaylene Smikle, Maryland
Junior – Guard – Bay Shore, N.Y. – Westtown
- Averaged 28.5 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting 89.5 percent at the free throw line in Maryland’s pair of road victories
- Scored 21 points and went 10-for-10 at the charity stripe with nine rebounds against Oregon
- Shot 72.2 percent from the field on her way to a career-high 36 points versus Washington
- Her 36 points were the most scored by a Terp since 2019
- Earns the second Big Ten Player of the Week award of her career
- Last Maryland Player of the Week: Shyanne Sellers (Jan. 20, 2025)
Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Kiki Iriafen, USC: Chipped in 19.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists to pace the Trojans in a pair of wins
Syla Swords, MICH: Helped Michigan to a 2-0 week, including an upset of No. 20 Michigan State, behind 17.0 points, 5.5 assists and 5.0 rebounds
Freshman of the Week
Syla Swords, Michigan
Guard – Sudbury, Ontario – Long Island Lutheran
- Posted 15 points, five rebounds and five assists at Nebraska
- Dropped a game-high 19 points with six assists and five boards to lead the Wolverines past the Spartans
- Collects her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week laurel
- Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Olivia Olson (Feb. 3, 2025)
2024-25 Big Ten Players of the Week
Nov. 11
P: Destiny Adams, Sr., RU
F: Syla Swords, MICH
Nov. 18
P: Lauren Betts, Jr., UCLA
F: Mila Holloway, MICH
Nov. 25
P: Kendall Bostic, 5th-Yr., ILL
F: Lana McCarthy, PUR
Dec. 2
P: Ajae Petty, Gr., OSU
F: Syla Swords, MICH
Dec. 9
P: JuJu Watkins, So., USC
F: Olivia Olson, MICH
Dec. 16
P: Serah Williams, Jr., WIS
F: Kiyomi McMiller, RU
Dec. 23
P: JuJu Watkins, So., USC
F: Kiyomi McMiller, RU
Jan. 6
P: Kaylene Smikle, Jr., MD
P: JuJu Watkins, So., USC
F: Tori McKinney, MINN
Jan. 13
P: JuJu Watkins, So., USC
F: Jaloni Cambridge, OSU
Jan. 20
P: Shyanne Sellers, Sr., MD
F: Jaloni Cambridge, OSU
F: Britt Prince, NEB
Jan. 27
P: Lauren Betts, Jr., UCLA
F: Avery Howell, USC
Feb. 3
P: Lucy Olsen, Sr., IOWA
P: Genesis Bryant, 5th-Yr., ILL
F: Olivia Olson, MICH
Feb. 10
P: Kaylene Smikle, Jr., MD
F: Syla Swords, MICH