Maryland and Michigan State Earn Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards
Terrapins’ Sellers and Spartans’ Clouden recognized for last week’s performances
Player of the Week
Nia Clouden, Michigan State
Sr. – G – Owings Mills, Md. – St. Frances Academy – Major: Advertising and Public Relations
• Averaged 36.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game in a pair of contests last week
• Broke the program record with 50 points against FGCU on Dec. 20, matching the most points in a single game by any Michigan State men’s or women’s basketball player (Terry Furlow of the men’s program scored 50 in
1976)
• Added 22 points, two rebounds and two steals against West Virginia on Dec. 21
• Earns her second career Big Ten Player of the Week award and first of the season
• Last Michigan State Player of the Week: Nia Clouden (Nov. 18, 2019)
Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Mackenzie Holmes, Jr., F, IND: Led with a team-high 18 points on 8-for-12 shooting in Indiana’s non-conference finale against Southern Illinois on Dec. 23, adding seven rebounds
Katie Benzan, Gr., G, Maryland: Went 6-for-9 from outside the arc and 8-for-12 from the field to lead the Terrapins with 22 points, six assists and no turnovers at Coppin State on Dec. 21
Annika Stewart, So., C/F, Nebraska: Erupted for career highs of 21 points and three blocked shots in just 15 minutes of action to help Nebraska head to the holidays with a perfect 12-0 record with a 72-61 win over defending Mountain West Conference champion Wyoming on Dec. 22
Freshman of the Week
Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
G – Aurora, Ohio – Aurora – Major: Undeclared
• Scored nine points with five assists and zero turnovers off the bench in the Terps’ dominant 98-52 win at Coppin State on Dec. 21
• Went 4-for-9 from the field and grabbed two rebounds as well
• Scored five of her points in the first quarter as the Terps built a 15-point lead and never looked back
• Collects her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week award
• Last Maryland Freshman of the Week: Shyanne Sellers (Nov. 22, 2021)
2021-22 Big Ten Players of the Week
Nov. 15
P: Mackenzie Holmes, Jr., IND
F: DeeDee Hagemann, MSU
Nov. 22
P: Ashley Owusu, Jr., MD
P: Makenna Marisa, Jr., PSU
F: Shyanne Sellers, MD
Nov. 29
P: Naz Hillmon, Sr., MICH
F: Alexis Markowski, NEB
Dec. 6
P: Caitlin Clark, So., IOWA
F: Alanna Micheaux, MINN
Dec. 13
P: Mackenzie Holmes, Jr., IND
F: Matilda Ekh, MSU
Dec. 20
P: Sara Scalia, Jr., MINN
F: Laila Phelia, MICH
F: Alexis Markowski, NEB
Dec. 27
P: Nia Clouden, Sr., MSU
F: Shyanne Sellers, MD
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