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Ohio State 66, Michigan 55Ohio State was bound and determined to send its seniors out in style
Sunday and they made sure to do just that with a 66-55 win over Michigan
Sunday at Value City Arena -- its third straight win over an NCAA
Tournament-caliber team. RECAPMinnesota 59, Indiana 53Junior Micaella Riche posted
her fifth-career double-double with 17 points and a career-high 15
rebounds to lead the University of Minnesota (18-12, 7-9 B1G) women's
basketball team to a 59-53 victory at Indiana (11-18, 2-14 B1G) Sunday
afternoon from Assembly Hall. RECAPMichigan State 54, Wisconsin 48
The Breslin Center careers of the three Michigan State women's
basketball seniors ended on Sunday with a 54-48 victory over Wisconsin.
The Spartans, 22-7 overall, finished the Big Ten season at 10-6, in a
tie for third place, and will enter the Big Ten Tournament with a
first-round bye as the No. 4 seed. RECAPIowa 62, Northwestern 45The University of Iowa women's basketball team defeated Northwestern 62-45 on Sunday in Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Hawkeyes (19-11 overall, 8-8 Big Ten) are the No. 7 seed and
open the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday, March 7, against Northwestern
(13-16, 5-11), the No. 10 seed. Tip-off is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. (CT)
at Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. RECAP
Purdue 76, Illinois 65
Courtney Moses scored 21 points, leading four Purdue players in double figures, and
the 25th-ranked Boilermakers defeated Illinois 76-65 on Sunday. Drey Mingo scored 18 and Sam Ostarello and KK Houser
had 12 points apiece. Ostarello had nine rebounds while Houser
contributed seven rebounds and eight assists for Purdue (21-8, 10-6 Big
Ten). It was the regular-season finale for both teams; the Big Ten
tournament begins Thursday in Hoffman Estates, Ill. RECAP Penn State 82, Nebraska 67
Junior guard Maggie Lucas ended the regular-season in style with a career-best
eight three-pointers en route to 34 points as the #7/7 Penn State Lady
Lions (24-4, 14-2 Big Ten) claimed the Big Ten regular-season title
outright with an 82-67 win over #20/25 Nebraska (22-7, 12-4) Sunday.
Penn State shot 69.2% from the field in the second half and connected on
66.7% of their three-pointers in the closing frame. RECAP
All times are ET. Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches
Fifteen Big Ten student-athletes in nine different sports collected awards from the conference office during the week of Feb. 25. Below is the complete list of honorees. Men's BasketballPlayer of the Week - Victor Oladipo, IND Freshman of the Week - Shavon Shields, NEB Women's Basketball
Player of the Week - Maggie Lucas, PSU Freshman of the Week - Maggie Lyon, NU Men's GolfGolfer of the Week - Kolton Lapa, NEB
Women's Golf Golfer of the Week - Kristen Schelling, IND
Men's Gymnastics
Gymnast of the Week - Wasef Burbar, PSU
Freshman of the Week - Trevor Howard, PSU
Women's Gymnastics
Co-Gymnasts of the Week - Katie Zurales, MICH & Emily Wong, NEB
Event Specialistof the Week - Sarah Miller, OSU
Freshman of the Week - Lindsay Mable, MINN
Men's Tennis
Athlete of the Week - Peter Kobelt, OSU
Women's Tennis
Athlete of the Week - Emina Bektas, MICH
Wrestling
Wrestler of the Week - Logan Storley, MINN
March 1
MINNESOTA at Washington Last Chance - Seattle, Wash.
PURDUE at Wisconsin NCAA Qualifier - Madison, Wis.
WISCONSIN at Wisconsin NCAA Qualifier - Madison, Wis.
March 1-2
#8 ILLINOIS at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
INDIANA at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
#21 MICHIGAN at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
#21 MICHIGAN at Virginia Tech Qualifier - Blacksburg, Va.
MICHIGAN STATE at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
MINNESOTA at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
OHIO STATE at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
PENN STATE at Last Chance Weekend - TBA
PURDUE at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
WISCONSIN at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
March 2
IOWA at Last Chance Meet - Ames, Iowa/South Bend, Ind.
MINNESOTA at Iowa State Qualifier - Ames, Iowa
NEBRASKA at Iowa State Qualifier - Ames, Iowa
March 1
#18 MINNESOTA at Washington Last Chance - Seattle, Wash.
PURDUE at Wisconsin NCAA Qualifier - Madison, Wis.
#4 WISCONSIN at Wisconsin NCAA Qualifier - Madison, Wis.
March 1-2
#7 INDIANA at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
MICHIGAN at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
MICHIGAN at Virginia Tech Qualifier - Blacksburg, Va.
MICHIGAN STATE at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
#18 MINNESOTA at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
OHIO STATE at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
#10 PENN STATE at Last Chance Weekend - TBA
PURDUE at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
#4 WISCONSIN at Alex Wilson Invitational - South Bend, Ind.
March 2
IOWA at Last Chance Meet - Ames, Iowa/South Bend, Ind.
#18 MINNESOTA at Iowa State Qualifier - Ames, Iowa
#6 NEBRASKA at Iowa State Qualifier - Ames, Iowa
March 2#3 MICHIGAN at MICHIGAN STATE - 4 p.m. #22 PENN STATE at #19 ILLINOIS - 5 p.m. #14 MINNESOTA at #2 Florida - 7 p.m. March 3#18 OHIO STATE at Illinois State - 6 p.m.
All times are ET.
March 2#1 PENN STATE at #7 ILLINOIS - 6 p.m. #8 IOWA at #6 MINNESOTA - 8 p.m.
March 3
#3 Oklahoma at #10 NEBRASKA - 2 p.m.
All times are ET.
Michigan State 68, Purdue 61
The Michigan State women's basketball team earned its first win over a
ranked opponent this season, in a critical 68-61 upset over No. 25/22
Purdue on Thursday night at Mackey Arena. Senior Jasmine Thomas,
and juniors Klarissa Bell and Annalise Pickrel all scored at last 17
points in the win, helping improve the Spartans'
record to 21-7 overall and moved them into a tie for third in the Big
Ten at 9-6. Pickrel scored a game-high 18 points in 29 minutes off the
bench,
shooting 6-for-11 from the field and 4-for-7 from 3-point. She also
added a team-best six rebounds. Thomas and Bell each added 17 points,
while Thomas chipped in three assists, and Bell was strong defensively
with three steals and two blocks. Sophomore Kiana Johnson led the squad
with six assists to just two turnovers, and picked up eight points and
three steals. RECAP
Michigan 55, Northwestern 50
The University of
Michigan women's basketball team claimed the fifth
20-win season in program history, defeating Northwestern, 55-50, behind a
52-point effort from the Wolverines' five senior starters on Senior
Night Thursday (Feb. 28) inside Crisler Center. U-M led by 11 midway
through the second half, before the Wildcats cut it to one late; but the
Wolverines hung on in their final home game to close out the season
with a 13-4 mark in Ann Arbor. On the offensive end, Michigan senior
forward Rachel Sheffer scored a team-high 17 points to go with six
rebounds. Senior forward Nya Jordan recorded her third straight
double-double (11 points, 11 rebounds). Senior guard Jenny Ryan scored
12 points and dished out eight assists. For the game, U-M shot 38.9
percent (21-for-54) from the field and outscored Northwestern, 34-14 in
the paint. RECAP
Ohio State 64, Illinois 53
Tayler
Hill scored 18 of her team-high 21 points in the second half and Ashley
Adams added a season-high 17 points and 10 rebounds as Ohio State
picked up a big road win Thursday, 64-53, over the Illini. The win
improves Ohio State to 6-9 in the Big Ten and 16-12 overall,
keeping its slim NCAA tournament hopes alive. Illinois falls to 16-11
and 9-6 in Big Ten play. Darryce Moore added 12 points off the bench and Ameryst Alston eight points for the Buckeyes, who made 19 of 24 from the free throw line. RECAP
Iowa 75, Indiana 70
On a night when the UI program
honored seniors Morgan Johnson, Trisha Nesbitt and Jaime Printy, a
sophomore sharpshooter came off the bench to score a team-high 22 points
and help dig the Hawkeyes out of an 18-point hole. Melissa Dixon made
5-of-13 3-point field goals, as Iowa outscored the Hoosiers 22-0 in
bench points, and all 22 came
from Dixon. The Hawkeyes shot 60.9 percent from the field in the second
half
(14-of-23) and outscored Indiana 41-26 over the final 20 minutes.
Johnson scored 17 points with nine rebounds, Printy added 14 points and
six assists, and junior Theairra Taylor scored 11 points with three
assists and two blocked shots. A 3-pointer
by Taylor with 2:39 left gave Iowa a 68-65 lead, and it would not trail
again. RECAP
Nebraska 55, Wisconsin 53
Hailie
Sample's layup off an assist from Lindsey Moore with 43 seconds left
brought No. 20 Nebraska all the way back from a five-point deficit in
the closing minutes for a 55-53 win at the Kohl Center on Thursday
night. The late heroics by Sample, Moore and Rachel Theriot were enough
to stretch Nebraska's winning streak to 10 straight games and improve to
22-6 overall and 12-3 in the Big Ten. NU's 12 league wins are the
second most in school history. Sample, who also teamed with Moore to
secure another one-possession road win at Iowa during Nebraska's winning
streak, finished with six points. Moore, who added the front end of a
one-and-one free throw with 9.9 seconds left, led Nebraska with 13
points, while adding six rebounds, four assists and two steals. RECAPMinnesota 89, Penn State 81Four Gophers scored in double-figures to help the University of Minnesota (17-12, 6-9 Big Ten) women's basketball team upset #7/7 Penn State, 89-81, Thursday night in Big Ten action from Williams Arena. Micaella Riche led the team with 24 points and five rebounds, while Rachel Banham, Sari Noga and Shayne Mullaney added 23, 19 and 10 points, respectively. It was the first time the Golden gophers defeated a nationally ranked opponent this season, and the first time it took down a team ranked in the top-7 nationally since they defeated Ohio State, 66-63, in overtime on March 6, 2005. RECAP
The NCAA announced its qualifier allocations for the 2013 Wrestling Championships on Thursday, with the Big Ten matching a conference record and receiving the most of any conference with 74. The Big Ten will send at least six automatic qualifiers in all 10 weight classes, including nine automatic bids at heavyweight, and boasts the highest amount of qualifiers of any conference in each class. The automatic bids will determine 290 of the 330 qualifiers for the NCAA Championships, while the remaining 40 slots will be filled by four at-large selections in each class. The final coaches' panel and RPI rankings were also released on Thursday, with 86 grapplers appearing in the top 33 of their weight class. Five Big Ten wrestlers hold the top coaches' panel ranking in their class, as Ohio State's Logan Stieber (133 pounds), Northwestern's Jason Welch (157), Minnesota's Logan Storley (174), Penn State's Ed Ruth (184) and Minnesota's Tony Nelson (HWT) each close the regular season as the top-ranked wrestlers in the country. The conference also boasts 74 wrestlers in the top 33 of their respective classes in the second and final edition of the RPI rankings, with five taking the top spots. Ohio State's Stieber (133), Penn State's Dylan Alton (157) and David Taylor (165), Minnesota's Kevin Steinhaus (184) and Nelson (HWT) each hold No. 1 RPI rankings to close the regular season. For the complete breakdown of qualifier allocations, final coaches' panel and RPI rankings, click HERE.
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