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Basketball Big Ten Players of the Week

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Player of the Week
G - Peter Jok, Iowa (SR)
- Averaged 19.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game in leading the Hawkeyes to wins over Stetson and nationally-ranked Iowa State
- Shot 43.3 percent from the field, including five three-point field goals and was 7-of-10 from the free throw line
- Scored 15 points, pulled down eight rebounds and handed out seven assists against zero turnovers against Stetson
- Poured in 23 points on nine field goals, including four three-pointers, corralled nine defensive rebounds and handed out three assists to go along with a pair of steals against the Cyclones
- Earns his third career Player of the Week honor and second of this season
- Last Iowa Player of the Week: Peter Jok (Nov. 21, 2016)

Freshman of the Week
G - Isaiah Moss, Iowa (FR)
- Averaged 17.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game in the Hawkeyes' victories over Stetson and #25/25 Iowa State
- For the week, shot 58.3 percent from the floor, including a 6-of-12 output from three-point range
- Scored a season-high 21 points, pulled down a season-best six rebounds and swiped a season-high two steals against Stetson
- Chipped in 14 points on 6-of-11 shooting and corralled four rebounds versus Iowa State
- Earns his first career Freshman of the Week Award
- Last Iowa Freshman of the Week: Nicholas Baer (Dec. 21, 2015)

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Player of the Week
C - Brionna Jones, Maryland (SR)

- Averaged 24.5 points and 6.0 rebounds per game with a .750 field-goal percentage (21-of-28) in Maryland's two wins last week
- Scored a career-high 30 points on 14-of-16 shooting and added four steals in the Terrapins' victory over St. Peter's last Thursday
- Currently leads the Big Ten and ranks second in the nation with a .700 field-goal percentage this season
- Earns her first career Player of the Week honor
- Last Maryland Player of the Week: Shatori Walker-Kimbrough (Feb. 29, 2016)

Freshman of the Week
F - Tori McCoy, Ohio State (FR)
- Averaged 21.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game with a .944 field-goal percentage (17-of-18) in two Ohio State victories last week
- Scored a career-high 25 points on a flawless 10-of-10 shooting in the Buckeyes' win over Southern, tying the Big Ten and Ohio State single-game field-goal percentage records (Jessica Davenport is the only other OSU player and Big Ten freshman to pull off that feat, going 10-for-10 against West Virginia on March 20, 2004 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament)
- Became the eighth Big Ten student to shot 10-for-10 or better from the field in a game, and the first since Jan. 22, 2015, when Minnesota's Amanda Zahui B went 11-of-11 against Purdue
- Added her first career double-double (17 points, 11 rebounds) in Saturday's victory over Canisius
- Earns her first career Freshman of the Week honor
- Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Kelsey Mitchell (March 2, 2015)

Honor Roll

G - Tori Jankoska, Michigan State (SR)
Averaged 17.0 points, 11.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.5 steals per game in two Michigan State wins last week, including her third double-double of the season (18 points, 14 rebounds) at Quinnipiac

F - Jessica Shepard, Nebraska (SO)
Collected 25.5 points and 15.0 rebounds per game with two double-doubles in a 1-1 week for Nebraska, grabbing a season-high 16 rebounds against Drake


G - Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State (JR)
Logged 21.0 points and 4.5 assists per game for Ohio State in two wins last week, becoming the fastest student in NCAA Division I history to reach 2,000 career points (79 games) with her 23-point outing against Southern last Wednesday
 
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