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The Big Ten leads all conferences with five players named finalists for the men's and women's basketball Lowe's Senior Class Awards.
Michigan's Zack Novak, Michigan State's Draymond Green, Ohio State's William Buford and Purdue's Robbie Hummel were named among the 10 finalists for the men's honor, while the Boilermakers' Brittany Rayburn is a finalist for the women's award.
The Big Ten is the only conference with multiple finalists for the men's accolade, while Purdue is the only school with a finalist for the men's and women's honors. The awards are given to Division I seniors with notable achievements in the areas of community, character and competition.
Nationwide fan voting begins immediately to determine the winners. Fans are encouraged to vote on either the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award website or the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Facebook fan page through March 18. COMPLETE RELEASE
Purdue 67, Michigan State 49 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Alex Guyton and Chelsea Jones each scored 12 points to help No. 13 Purdue defeat Michigan State 67-49 on Monday night. Brittany Rayburn scored 11 points, KK Houser finished with 10 and Courtney Moses added eight points and six assists for the Boilermakers (17-3, 7-0), who won their 10th straight and remained alone atop the Big Ten standings. Jones had 10 points in the second half and finished with six rebounds. Lykendra Johnson had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Kiana Johnson added 14 points for the Spartans (12-8, 4-3), who lost their third straight after a 4-0 start in league play. Purdue held Michigan State to 28.1 percent shooting and a season-low point total. The Boilermakers have held every opponent under 38 percent shooting during their winning streak. RECAP
The Big Ten is one of only two conferences in the nation to have four or more teams ranked in the top 20 of the Associated Press (AP) poll that was released on Monday, trailing the Big East's five top-20 squads. It will mark the seventh time this season the Big Ten has had four teams ranked in one or both weekly polls. Ohio State climbs one spot to No. 9 after a pair of home wins last week, while Purdue remains steady at No. 13 heading into Monday's game against Michigan State. Penn State jumps four spots to No. 18 after claiming two wins last week, while Nebraska moves up one spot to No. 19. Michigan is among other squads also receiving votes.
Michigan 66, Indiana 48 ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan women's basketball team utilized balanced scoring en route to a 66-48 victory over Indiana on Sunday afternoon at Crisler Center. Junior Rachel Sheffer led the Wolverines with 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the floor, including 2-of-2 from the line. Senior Courtney Boylan chipped in 15 points on 7-of-13 shooting while contributing five rebounds. Junior Jenny Ryan notched seven points, along with a team-high eight rebounds, to go with three assists and two steals. RECAP
Nebraska 64, Minnesota 49
Lincoln - Jordan Hooper notched her 10th 20-point scoring performance of the season with 23 points to lead three Huskers in double figures, as the No. 20 Nebraska women's basketball rolled to a 64-49 win over Minnesota at the Devaney Center on Sunday evening. Freshman forward Emily Cady added 13 points, including a career-best three three-pointers, while pitching in seven rebounds. Fellow freshman forward Hailie Sample contributed a career-high 10 points to go along with seven rebounds for the Huskers. Hooper, a 6-2 sophomore forward, knocked down four three-pointers and grabbed seven rebounds for NU, while matching her career high with two first-half assists. RECAP
Ohio State 96, Illinois 84
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With the game teetering on the brink, the Big Ten's dynamic duo took over for Ohio State. Tayler Hill hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and Samantha Prahalis scored eight straight Buckeyes points in the waning moments to lead 10th-ranked Ohio State past pesky Illinois 96-84 on Sunday. Prahalis finished with 28 points, Hill added 26 and Amber Stokes 16 for the Buckeyes (19-1, 6-1 Big Ten), who have won four in a row since their lone loss. RECAP
Penn State 68, Iowa 52
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. - The No. 22/21 Penn State Lady Lions (15-4, 5-2) used a 20-2 run over the final 6:32 to erase a two-point deficit and claim a 68-52 victory over the Iowa Hawkeyes (11-9, 3-4) Sunday afternoon in front of 4,714 fans at the Bryce Jordan Center. Sophomore forward Ariel Edwards posted her first career double-double with a personal bests of 17 points and 11 rebounds. Edwards was 4-for-8 from the field and 9-for-10 from the free throw line in the best performance of her career. Junior Alex Bentley led the Lions with 21 points and tied her career-best with seven boards. Bentley also nabbed six steals, including three on Iowa's first three possessions of the game. RECAP
Wisconsin 75, Northwestern 55
MADISON, Wis. -- It all came together for the Wisconsin women's basketball team Sunday afternoon as it put up a season-high 75 points to defeat Northwestern, 75-55, in front of 8,585 fans at the Kohl Center. Anya Covington's career-high 23 points and 12 rebounds paced the Badgers. A slow start turned into an offensive showcase when Covington put Wisconsin (6-13 overall, 2-5 Big Ten) on the scoreboard with the Badgers' first bucket at 17:14. Covington scored again, giving UW the lead, 4-3, with a jumper at 15:41 and the Badgers never looked back. RECAP
Penn State 71, Illinois 65 CHAMPAIGN, ILL. - The No. 22/21 Penn State Lady Lions (14-4, 4-2) used to gritty performance to battle a tough Illinois (6-13, 0-6) team to the end and managed to come away with the 71-65 win in Champaign Thursday night. Sophomore guard Maggie Lucas (Narberth, Pa.) was a perfect 10-for-10 from the field en route to a game-high 19 points. With the effort, Lucas surpasses the 900-point mark for her career. RECAP
Purdue 82, Indiana 60
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP)--Purdue's Antionette Howard had all the answers Thursday night. If the Boilermakers needed a defensive stop, she got it. If they needed an offensive rebound, she grabbed it. If they needed a physical presence inside, Howard was willing to scuffle. The fifth-year senior scored a season-high 20 points, had eight rebounds and a career-high four steals, leading No. 13 Purdue past archrival Indiana 82-60 with the best all-around game of her career. It was no surprise to her coach or teammates. RECAP
Iowa 69, Wisconsin 57
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- It was a game that the University of Iowa women's basketball team had to have, and the Hawkeyes found a way to get it done, downing Wisconsin, 69-57, Thursday night on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The victory snapped Iowa's two game losing streak, improving the Hawkeyes' record to 11-8 overall and 3-3 in Big Ten play. Wisconsin falls to 5-13 and 1-5 in conference play. RECAP
Minnesota 71, Michigan State 65
The University of Minnesota women's basketball team played a strong game start to finish Thursday night to hand Michigan State its second Big Ten loss of the season, 71-65, in front of the home crowd at Williams Arena. The victory was the first vs. Michigan State since Feb. 26, 2009, and the first at Williams Arena since Feb. 2 that same year, while it also gave the Spartans back-to-back losses for the first time since Jan. 2010. Minnesota shot .478 from the field in the contest, its highest field goal percentage in Big Ten play this season and its best mark since shooting .533 vs. Harvard on Dec. 10, while it also shot an impressive .711 from the free throw line, making 27 of its 38 attempts. RECAP
Michigan 58, Northwestern 48
EVANSTON, Ill. -- The University of Michigan women's basketball team picked up a 58-48 win at Northwestern on Thursday evening (Jan. 19) at the Welsh-Ryan Arena. Rachel Sheffer led the Wolverines with 12 points to go with five rebounds. Jenny Ryan tallied 10 points, a team-high eight rebounds and a game-high six steals. Sam Arnold pitched in nine points from 4-of-9 shooting from the floor. Courtney Boylan and Carmen Reynolds pitched in eight points each, with Boylan tying a career best with a game-high seven assists. Kendra Seto posted seven rebounds off the bench. RECAP
Ohio State 82, Nebraska 68
Tayler Hill had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Samantha Prahalis added 19 points and nine assists for the Buckeyes (18-1, 5-1). The game featured four of the top six scorers in the conference in Hill (first at 21.4 points per game) and Prahalis (fourth at 18.3), along with Hooper (third at 19.8) and Moore (sixth at 16.6). RECAP
#20/24 Nebraska at #10/12 Ohio State, 6 p.m., BTN #22/21 Penn State at Illinois, 8 p.m., BTN.com#13/18 Purdue at Indiana, 8 p.m., BTN Wisconsin at Iowa, 8 p.m., BTN.comMichigan State (rv/-) at Minnesota, 8 p.m., BTN.comMichigan (-/rv) at Northwestern, 8 p.m., BTN.com
Illinois' Brandon Paul and Purdue's Brittany Rayburn have each been honored by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association for their respective performances last week, as both were named national players of the week. Paul was selected as the Oscar Robertson Player of the Week after scoring 43 points to lead Illinois to a win over No. 5 Ohio State, while Rayburn was tabbed the Women's National Player of the Week after tying an NCAA record and setting a Big Ten mark with 12 three-pointers against Minnesota. The pair of national awards marks the first time this season that both honors have been given to players from the same conference.
Click here to read more about Paul's performance and here to read about Rayburn.
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