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BIG TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DAILY UPDATE • NOVEMBER 28, 2020 Primary Contact: Chris Masters, Associate Director, Communications • Office: 847-696-1010, ext. 146 • Cell: 574-532-4166 • E-mail: [email protected] • Twitter: @B1GWBBall Secondary Contact: Leigh McGuirk, Bob Hammel Communications Intern • Office: 847-696-1010, ext. 142 • E-mail: [email protected] 2020-21 BIG TEN STANDINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE Conference Games All Games Top Last Saturday, Nov. 28 W-LT PC H A Streak W-L PCT H A N 25* 10 Stk (1) #12/11 MARYLAND vs. #24/25 Missouri State (FloHoops) ...5:30 p.m. Michigan 0-0 — — — — 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 W2 Sunday, Nov. 29 Illinois 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Western Illinois at WISCONSIN (BTN+) ............3 p.m. Indiana 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 (2) Duquesne at #20/22 OHIO STATE (BTN+) ...4 p.m. Iowa 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 (1) #12/11 MARYLAND vs. #14/14 Arkansas (FloHoops) ...5:30 p.m. Maryland 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 W18 North Alabama at PURDUE (BTN+) ..................6 p.m. Michigan State 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Penn State 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Monday, Nov. 30 Rutgers 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Saint Francis (Pa.) at PENN STATE (BTN+) ........6 p.m. Minnesota 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L1 Wednesday, Dec. 2 Nebraska 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L2 Eastern Illinois at MINNESOTA (BTN+) .............. Noon Northwestern 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L1 Valparaiso at ILLINOIS (BTN+) ..........................6 p.m. Ohio State 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L1 #NR/RV IOWA at Drake ....................................7 p.m. Purdue 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L1 Detroit Mercy at MICHIGAN STATE (BTN+) ......7 p.m. Wisconsin 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L1 All times Eastern (dates, times and TV subject to change) * - Associated Press or USA Today/WBCA polls (1) - #BeachBubble at the Gulf Coast Showcase (Fort Myers, Fla.) (2) - Game to be played at Covelli Center (Columbus, Ohio) BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. NOTES: BTN games also on the FOX Sports app, with Big Ten Net- • No. 12/11 Maryland will be the lone Big Ten program in action Saturday. as the Terrapins take on No. work+ games at btnplus.com … Games on ESPN networks also 24/25 Missouri State on the second day of the #BeachBubble at the Gulf Coast Showcase in Fort on the ESPN app. Myers, Fla. Rankings from Associated Press/USA Today polls at tipoff (RV - • Offense has been the story in the Big Ten through the opening week of the 2020-21 season. Conference receiving votes/NR - not ranked; if only one rank is listed, it’s from teams have scored at least 80 points in seven of nine games thus far (and Michigan State scored 77 the AP poll) points in its season-opening win over Saint Francis-Pa. on Friday), highlighted by five 90-point games. • Led by a career-high 35 points from Big Ten Preseason Co-Player of the Year Naz Hillmon, No. 25/24 LATEST RESULTS Michigan rolled to its second straight 90-point performance, a 95-62 win at Oakland on Friday. It’s the Friday, Nov. 27 first time the Wolverines have scored 90 points in back-to-back games since Nov. 11-18, 2016, when at #RV/RV RUTGERS 82, Monmouth 38 they opened the season with three consecutive 100-point outings. (1) #12/11 MARYLAND 94, Davidson 72 • Several Big Ten freshmen made a splash in their collegiate debuts this week. Iowa’s Caitlin Clark led the at MICHIGAN STATE 77, Saint Francis (Pa.) 44 way with a game-high 27 points in Wednesday’s win over Northern Iowa, believed to be the most by #25/24 MICHIGAN 95, at Oakland 62 a conference freshman in her first game since Dec. 1, 1992, when Illinois’ Robin Preacely scored 27 against Illinois State. Maryland’s Angel Reese scored 20 points Friday in the Terrapins’ season-opening Wednesday, Nov. 25 win over Davidson, while Michigan State’s Kendall Bostic and Rutgers’ Diamond Johnson both scored at #25/24 MICHIGAN 93, Central Michigan 75 15 points Friday in victories over Saint Francis (Pa.) and Monmouth, respectively. at #16/15 INDIANA 100, Eastern Kentucky 51 at PENN STATE 84, Coppin State 45 • Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes tied a Big Ten record Wednesday, going 13-for-13 from the field to help at #NR/RV IOWA 96, Northern Iowa 81 the No. 16/15 Hoosiers to a 100-51 win over visiting Eastern Kentucky. The only other Big Ten player at ILLINOIS 68, Indiana State 49 to go 13-for-13 from the field was Iowa All-America center Megan Gustafson, who pulled off the feat on Nov. 13, 2018, at Western Kentucky. • Holmes’ teammate, Grace Berger, tallied the first triple-double in Indiana women’s basketball history FOLLOW THE BIG TEN on Wednesday with 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Berger also recorded the 29th triple-double The Big Ten women’s basketball page on bigten.org in Big Ten history and first since Jan. 23, 2018 (Illinois’ Alex Wittinger at Penn State). features daily notes, recaps, statistics, standings and more. You can also keep track of Big Ten women’s • Iowa scored 38 points in the third quarter of its 96-81 win over UNI on Wednesday. It tied for the third- basketball in real time by following the conference most points in a single quarter in Big Ten history (the quarter system was introduced in NCAA women’s on social media through Twitter @B1GWBBall or by basketball in 2015-16) and the most by a conference team since Nov. 13, 2016, when Penn State scored becoming a fan of the Big Ten Conference on Face- 39 points in the first quarter of its 106-50 win over Saint Peter’s. book and Instagram. • With Wednesday’s win over UNI, Iowa also extended its home winning streak to 37 games, the second- longest active string in the nation behind Baylor (57). The Hawkeyes’ run began on Feb. 4, 2018, with a 92-84 win over Minnesota. /BigTenConference • The Big Ten shared top honors among all conferences with five Top 25 teams in both the Associated Press and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)/USA Today preseason polls (plus two others receiving votes). Both polls can be found in full on page 2 of this update. @B1GWBBall • On Monday, the Big Ten released its 2020-21 conference schedule, which will see schools play 20 Big Ten games, up two from the previous two seasons. Schools will play seven opponents twice (home and away) and the other six once (three at home and three on the road). To account for the additional games and preserve flexibility in the schedule, the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament has been moved to March 9-13 and will continue to be played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. @bigten • For the 13th consecutive season, Big Ten women’s basketball honored more than 45 Academic All-Big Ten standouts as a record-setting 87 women’s basketball students were recognized in 2019-20. BIG LIFE. BIG STAGE. BIG TEN. The Big Ten Academic Alliance is an academic consortium of all 14 Big Ten universities, which is widely considered to be the model for effective and voluntary collaboration among top research universities. 2020-21 BIG TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DAILY UPDATE 2 ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL USA TODAY COACHES POLL BIG TEN Poll #1 (Preseason) — Nov. 10, 2020 Poll #1 (Preseason) — Nov. 19, 2020 Rk. Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Pts. Rk. Team (1st-Place Votes) Record Pts. MEDIA CONTACTS 1. South Carolina (29) 0-0 749 1. South Carolina (31) 0-0 799 ILLINOIS NEBRASKA 2. Stanford (1) 0-0 698 2. Stanford (1) 0-0 740 Contact: Danny Mattie Contact: Jeff Griesch 3. UConn 0-0 695 3. UConn 0-0 732 Phone: (970) 217-3140 Phone: (402) 472-7775 4. Baylor 0-0 663 4. Baylor 0-0 702 [email protected] [email protected] 5. Louisville 0-0 597 5. Louisville 0-0 663 INDIANA NORTHWESTERN 6. Mississippi State 0-0 589 6. NC State 0-0 601 Contact: Megan Kramper Contact: Amit Mallik 7. Arizona 0-0 575 7. Mississippi State 0-0 567 Phone: (812) 856-4053 Phone: (847) 467-3274 8. NC State 0-0 556 8. Arizona 0-0 548 [email protected] [email protected] 9. UCLA 0-0 499 9. Oregon 0-0 539 10. Oregon 0-0 472 10. UCLA 0-0 535 IOWA OHIO STATE 11. Kentucky 0-0 464 11. MARYLAND 0-0 456 Contact: Hannah Ossman Contact: Candace Johnson 12. MARYLAND 0-0 395 12. Kentucky 0-0 451 Phone: (319) 335-9411 Phone: (614) 247-0011 13. Texas A&M 0-0 383 13. Texas A&M 0-0 377 [email protected] [email protected] 14. Arkansas 0-0 354 14. Arkansas 0-0 360 15. Iowa State 0-0 284 15. INDIANA 0-0 347 MARYLAND PENN STATE 16. INDIANA 0-0 278 16. NORTHWESTERN 0-0 287 Contact: Rose DiPaula Contact: Chelsea Vielhauer 17.