BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana redshirt senior guard Lamar Wilkerson was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday afternoon.
Wilkerson shared the distinction with Iowa senior guard Bennett Stirtz.
The veteran guard averaged 29.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.5 assists, and 2.0 per game as the Hoosiers split games at USC (75-81 on Jan. 3) and against Wisconsin (78-77 (OT) on Feb. 7).
Wilkerson opened the week with 33 points at USC, the most by a Hoosier in a road game since Jalen Hood-Schifino scored 35 at Purdue on Feb. 25, 2023. He added four rebounds and three steals in the contest. The game marked his third 30-point effort of the season, the most in a single season since Trayce Jackson-Davis (4, 2022-23).
He followed that performance with 25 points, four rebounds, and four assists in the win over Wisconsin. Wilkerson made two free throws with 16 seconds left to send the game into OT and then scored all six Hoosier points in the extra period, including the game-winning free throws with under 2.0 seconds remaining.
In the midst of a historic season, Wilkerson has averaged 23.2 points per game in Big Ten Conference play through 13 games, the most by a Hoosier player since George McGinnis (29.9 points per game) during the 1970-71 season.
The honor is his second of the season (Dec. 15). Redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries claimed Co-Player of the Week honors on Nov. 10.
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Indiana women’s basketball senior guard Shay Ciezki earned her third Big Ten Player of the Week honor on Monday as she helped Indiana to a pair of wins last week.
Ciezki is the co-Player of the Week with UCLA’s Kiki Rice. In wins at Wisconsin and over Purdue last week, the Buffalo, N.Y. native averaged 30.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and shot 57.9 percent from the floor for the Hoosiers. She also went 46.2 percent from the 3-point line and 83.3 percent at the free throw line while playing 40 minutes in both contests.
In Madison, Ciezki dropped 31 points by going 12-fo-19 from the floor where she also had nine rebounds and a season-high five steals in a 77-74 win for IU. In Sunday’s second meeting against Purdue, Ciezki dazzled with her second double-double of the season with 29 points, a career-high 12 rebounds and a career-high eight assists.
The Big Ten’s leading scorer had her seventh 30-point scoring game this season and increased her double-figure scoring streak to 34 games. Ciezki is also well on her way to becoming IU’s 34th member of the 1,000-point club as she sits with 991 career points scored in two seasons at Indiana.
Action resumes on the west coast on Thursday when IU faces USC on Thursday, February 12 at 10 p.m. ET on Big Ten Network.