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Three Big Ten women's basketball standouts were named to the John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 list by the Los Angeles Athletic Club, it was announced on Tuesday. Ohio State's Tayler Hill and Penn State's Alex Bentley and Maggie Lucas were selected to the prestigious list, which is comprised of players who based on their performances in November, December and January, are the frontrunners for selection to the ballot of college basketball's top award. Penn State is one of six schools to have multiple players named to the list. Ohio State ReleasePenn State Release
For the eighth consecutive week, at least six Big Ten women's basketball squads are ranked or receiving votes in the latest national polls. Penn State leads the way for conference teams, checking in at No. 8 in both the Associated Press (AP) and USA Today Coaches Poll. Purdue follows, clocking in at No. 13 in the USA Today ranking and No. 15 in the AP Poll. In the AP poll, Michigan sits at No. 23, while Michigan State rounds out the ranking at No. 25 and Iowa and Nebraska are receiving votes. The Hawkeyes, Wolverines, Spartans and Huskers are also receiving votes in the USA Today poll.
Penn State 59, Michigan 49 The #8/8 Penn State Lady Lions (15-2, 5-0 Big Ten) used a late 12-0
run to secure a 59-49 win over the #23/RV Michigan Wolverines (15-3,
4-1) Monday night to take sole possession of first place in the Big Ten
and secure their spot as the lone unbeaten team in Big Ten play (men or
women). With the win, the Lady Lions extended their winning streak to
nine games and snapped Michigan's streak at 10-straight wins. Penn State
improves to 15-2 on the season, the best start since the 1999-00 squad
started 16-2. Junior guard Maggie Lucas connected on a trio of threes en route to 19 points with four rebounds and a steal, while Alex Bentley chipped in 16 points with a pair of rebounds, three assists and a game-best five steals. Senior center Nikki Greene posted her fourth consecutive double digit rebounding
performance with 11 caroms to go with eight points and three blocks.
Fellow senior Mia Nickson contributed seven points, including two key buckets in
PSU's 12-3 run to end the game. Nickson also had four rebounds, a block
and two steals. RECAP
Michigan State 56, Indiana 46The Michigan State women's basketball team continued its success at
Assembly Hall, winning its 10th straight game in the building with a
56-46 win over Indiana on Sunday. Sophomore Kiana Johnson posted 15 points, five assists and four steals, all team highs, while
playing 36 minutes off the bench. The Spartans improve to 16-2 overall
and 4-1 in the Big Ten. RECAP
Northwestern 62, Illinois 58Northwestern played in-state rival Illinois for the second time in 11
days and picked up the 62-58 victory Sunday afternoon in Champaign. It
was a close battle throughout with six lead changes and eight ties but
the 'Cats broke a 58-58 tie late in the game by scoring the final four
points. Four Wildcats finished in double-figures, as senior forward Kendall Hackney
led NU with 21 points. Alex Cohen posted her first career double-double,
scoring a career-high 12 points to go with another career-best 10
rebounds. Maggie Lyon chipped in 11 points while Dannielle Diamant had 13 points, including 7-of-10 from the free throw line. RECAPWisconsin 68, Ohio State 49Wisconsin used a strong second half to earn a commanding 68-49 win over the Buckeyes at the Kohl Center on Sunday afternoon. Morgan Paige led all scorers with 28 points and Jacki Gulczynski scored all 14 of her points in the second half. Wisconsin used tough defense to put a stop to the league's leading
scorer, Tayler Hill, to 16 points, nearly five points below her season
average. RECAPIowa 62, Purdue 46 Iowa improved to
5-0 against ranked teams this season with a 62-46 win against No. 11
Purdue on Sunday on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The win
boosted the Hawkeyes to 14-5 overall, 3-2 in the Big Ten Conference; it
was win No. 600 for head coach Lisa Bluder, who is now 244-149 at the UI.
Iowa is now 5-0 against ranked opponents this season, including two wins
over top-15 teams (No. 11 Purdue, No. 12 West Virginia). RECAPNebraska 84, Minnesota 63Nebraska played its most complete game of the season, rolling to an 84-63 win over Minnesota at Williams Arena on Sunday evening. Senior Lindsay Moore put together her best game of the year with a season-high 26 points and a season-high seven rebounds to go along with seven assists and three steals. Moore hit 9-of-15 shots from the field, including 2-of-5 three-pointers and 6-of-7 free throws. Jordan Hooper added 17 points and eight rebounds, while Emily Cady contributed her third double-double in Big Ten play with 12 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. RECAP
Michigan State (rv/-) at Indiana, 2 p.m., BTN.com Northwestern at Illinois, 3 p.m., BTN.com Ohio State at Wisconsin, 3 p.m., BTN.com #12/11 Purdue at Iowa (rv/rv), 4 p.m., BTN Nebraska (rv/rv) at Minnesota, 6 p.m., BTN All times are ET Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches
Michigan State 65, Iowa 54The Michigan State women's basketball team closed the game on a 14-3 run over the final 3:37 to pull away from Iowa, 65-54 tonight at the Breslin Center. The Spartans, who improve to 15-2 overall and 3-1 in the Big Ten, were led by Klarissa Bell's career-high 25 points and nine rebounds. RECAPOhio State 68, Indiana 45Ohio State righted the ship and recorded its first Big Ten victory
with a 68-45 win over visiting Indiana tonight at Value City Arena. Tayler Hill led
four Buckeyes in double-figures with 15 points and eight rebounds as
the Buckeyes improved to 1-4 in the Big Ten and 11-7 overall. Indiana
falls to 10-7 and 1-3 in the Big Ten. RECAP
Purdue 75, Minnesota 67Sam Ostarello had 19 points and 14 rebounds as No. 12 Purdue defeated Minnesota 75-67 Thursday night. Courtney Moses added 18 points and six assists, Drey Mingo scored 14 points and KK Houser had 10 assists for the Boilermakers (15-2, 4-0 Big Ten), who had gone into overtime to win each of their last three games. Rachel Banham and Leah Cotton led Minnesota (13-5, 2-2) with 17 points apiece, and Shayne Mullaney had 12. RECAPPenn State 84, Wisconsin 40The #8/8 Penn State Lady Lions (14-2, 4-0 Big Ten) jumped out to an
11-0 lead and never looked back in an 84-40 wire-to-wire victory over
the Wisconsin Badgers (8-10, 0-5) on Thursday night in the Bryce Jordan
Center. The 44-point victory is the largest for the Lady Lions in a Big
Ten game since defeating Michigan State by 48 (97-49) on Jan. 28, 2001.
Additionally, Penn State has won its last three games by 20 or more
points for the first time since the 2004-05 season.
Leading the way for the Lady Lions was senior Nikki Greene, who scored 23 points to go along with 14 rebounds for
her 12th career double-double and fifth career 20-point game. RECAP
Illinois 62, Nebraska 52Illinois forced Nebraska into a season-high 26 turnovers and held on for
a 62-52 win at the Devaney Center, as the Illini won their
third-straight Big Ten road game for the first time since 2000-01 and
their first victory in Lincoln in school history. Senior guard Adrienne Godbold led all scorers, putting in 19 points in only 25 minutes while added seven rebounds. Senior forward Karisma Penn contributed 12 points and 18 rebounds, including a career-high 10
offensive boards, for her ninth double-double of the season and 37th of
her career. Sophomore guard Ivory Crawford added 15 points, six rebounds and four steals for the Illini. RECAP
Michigan 67, Northwestern 53Behind a school-record seven three-pointers from senior guard Kate Thompson,
the No. 25-ranked University of Michigan women's basketball team won
its 10th consecutive game with a 67-53 victory over Northwestern on
Thursday night (Jan. 17) at Welsh-Ryan Arena. Michigan is now 4-0 in Big
Ten action for the first time in school history.
Thompson led the way for Michigan offensively, scoring 23 points on
7-for-14 shooting from the field, including a 7-for-10 showing from
behind the arc. Senior forward Nya Jordan joined her in double figures, scoring 12 points with eight rebounds, while sophomore guard Nicole Elmblad scored eight points and grabbed nine rebounds. RECAP
Iowa (rv/rv) at Michigan State (rv/-), 6 p.m., BTN Indiana at Ohio State, 7 p.m., BTN.comMinnesota at #12/11 Purdue, 7 p.m., BTN.comWisconsin at #8/8 Penn State, 7 p.m., BTN.comIllinois at Nebraska (rv/rv), 8 p.m., BTN.com#25/rv Michigan at Northwestern, 8 p.m., BTN.comAll times are ET Rankings: AP/USA Today Coaches
Purdue 82, Ohio State 75 (3 OT) Sam Ostarello had 22 points and 19 rebounds Monday night and No. 12 Purdue defeated Ohio State 82-75 in triple overtime. Courtney Moses led the Boilermakers (14-2, 3-0) with 24 points. Her layup late in the second extra period tied it at 68 after Ohio State had a 68-62 lead. All three of the Boilermakers' Big Ten wins were in overtime. Ameryst Alston, who played all 55 minutes, had 24 points for Ohio State (10-7, 0-4), off to its worst Big 10 start. The Buckeyes played without Tayler Hill, out with an illness. Hill is averaging 21.3 points, best in the conference. RECAP
Ohio State at #12/11 Purdue, 7:30 p.m. ET, BTN
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