Wisconsin and Maryland Score Men’s Basketball Weekly Honors
Badgers’ Tonje and Terps’ Queen collect Big Ten weekly awards
ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Big Ten Conference has announced its Men’s Basketball Players of the Week for the week of February 10-16, 2025.
Player of the Week
John Tonje, Wisconsin
G – Grad. – 6-5 – North Omaha, Neb. – Omaha Central
- Paired 32 points, six rebounds, and three assists in leading the Badgers to a 94-84 win at Purdue
- Shot 10-for-15 from the floor, including 4-for-9 from three-point range, and 8-for-9 from the free throw line
- Including his 41 points vs. No. 9 Arizona, Tonje is the nation’s only player to post multiple 30-point games vs. top 10 opponents this season
- Claims third Player of the Week honor
- Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: John Tonje (November 25, 2024)
Freshman of the Week
Derik Queen, Maryland
C – 6-10 – Baltimore, Md. – Montverde
- Averaged 21.0 points on 15-for-20 shooting from the floor and 12-for-13 at the free throw line, and 12.0 rebounds in a 2-0 week for Maryland
- Shot 9-for-11 from the field in a 24-point, 11-rebound performance in the 83-75 win at Nebraska
- Paired 18 points and 13 rebounds in a 101-75 victory over Iowa
- Earns his fifth Freshman of the Week award
- Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: Derik Queen (February 10, 2025)
2024-25 Big Ten Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Feb. 17
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD
Feb. 10
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Will Riley, ILL
F: Derik Queen, MD
Feb. 3
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Will Riley, ILL
Jan. 27
P: Dawson Garcia, MINN
F: Derik Queen, MD
Jan. 20
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Ace Bailey, RUT
Jan. 13
P: Payton Sandfort, IOWA
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Wesley Yates III, USC
Jan. 6
P: Braden Smith. PUR
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Ace Bailey, RUT
Dec. 23
P: Bruce Thornton, OSU
F: John Mobley Jr., OSU
Dec. 16
P: Brice Williams, NEB
F: Kasparas Jakucionis, ILL
F: Dylan Harper, RUT
Dec. 9
P: Vladislav Goldin, MICH
F: Derik Queen, MD
Dec. 2
P: Trey Kaufman-Renn, PUR
F: Dylan Harper, RUT
Nov. 25
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Derik Queen, MD
Nov. 18
P: John Tonje, WIS
F: Dylan Harper, RUT
Nov. 11
P: Nick Martinelli, NU
F: Will Riley, ILL