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BIG TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE • DECEMBER 1, 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 Wednesday, Dec. 2 W-LT PC H A Streak W-L PCT H A N 25* 10 Stk (1) Kent State at #19/22 OHIO STATE (BTN+) .... Noon Michigan 0-0 — — — — 2-0 1.000 1-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 W2 Eastern Illinois at MINNESOTA (BTN+) .............3 p.m. Penn State 0-0 — — — — 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 W2 Valparaiso at ILLINOIS (BTN+) ..........................6 p.m. Illinois 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 #NR/RV IOWA at Drake (ESPN+) ......................7 p.m. Indiana 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Detroit Mercy at MICHIGAN STATE (BTN+) ......7 p.m. Iowa 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Thursday, Dec. 3 Michigan State 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Samford at #13/15 INDIANA (BTN+) ................6 p.m. Ohio State 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Towson at #14/11 MARYLAND (BTN) ..............6 p.m. Purdue 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 #24/24 MICHIGAN at #RV/23 Notre Dame (ACCN) .. 6 p.m. Rutgers 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Rhode Island at PENN STATE (BTN+) ................6 p.m. Wisconsin 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Miami (Ohio) at PURDUE (BTN+) .....................6 p.m. Maryland 0-0 — — — — 2-1 .667 0-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 2-1 W1 Friday, Dec. 4 Minnesota 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L1 Oral Roberts at NEBRASKA (BTN+) ..................7 p.m. Nebraska 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L2 Northwestern 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L1 Saturday, Dec. 5 * - Associated Press or USA Today/WBCA polls Coppin State at #14/11 MARYLAND (BTN+) ....1 p.m. • WISCONSIN at #NR/RV IOWA (BTN+) ...........3 p.m. BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. Sunday, Dec. 6 • The Big Ten went 14-1 (.933) through the first week of the 2020-21 season, with 11 of the 14 schools Wright State at #24/24 MICHIGAN (BTN+) .. 12:30 p.m. having seen action to date. Minnesota and Nebraska will open their seasons later this week, with No. Northern Kentucky at #19/22 OHIO STATE (BTN+) .. 2 p.m. 15/16 Northwestern slated to tip off Dec. 10 against Eastern Illinois. Valparaiso at PURDUE (BTN+)..........................2 p.m. • The Big Ten continues to share top honors among all conferences with five Top 25 teams in both the Omaha at ILLINOIS (BTN+) ...............................3 p.m. Associated Press and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)/USA Today polls, plus two Drake at MINNESOTA (BTN+) ...........................3 p.m. others receiving votes. Both polls can be found in full on page 3 of this update. #13/15 INDIANA at #11/12 Kentucky (ESPNU) .. 4 p.m. Idaho State at NEBRASKA (BTN+) ....................6 p.m. • Big Ten women’s basketball will make its season debut on BTN at 6 p.m (ET) Thursday when No. 14/11 Maryland opens its home schedule against Towson at the XFINITY Center. All BTN games this season All times Eastern (dates, times and TV subject to change) can also be seen on the FOX Sports app. • - Big Ten Conference game (1) - Game to be played at Covelli Center (Columbus, Ohio) • No. 19/22 Ohio State had a recent addition to its schedule and will play host to Kent State at noon (ET) Wednesday at the Covelli Center in Columbus. The game will be streamed live on Big Ten Network+. NOTES: BTN games also on the FOX Sports app, with Big Ten Net- work+ games at btnplus.com … Games on ESPN networks also • The conference portion of the Big Ten season gets underway Saturday when Wisconsin travels to Iowa on the ESPN app. for a 3 p.m. (ET) game that will also be streamed live on Big Ten Network+. 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 11 of 15 games thus far (and Michigan State scored 77 points the AP poll) in its season-opening win over Saint Francis-Pa. on Nov. 27), highlighted by six 90-point games and two 100-point outings. LATEST RESULTS Monday, Nov. 30 • Maryland recorded the Big Ten’s first win over a ranked opponent this season on Sunday night with a 115-96 victory over No. 14 Arkansas on the final day of the #BeachBubble at the Gulf Coast Showcase at PENN STATE 87, Saint Francis (Pa.) 54 in Fort Myers, Fla. The Terrapins set Big Ten records for points against a ranked team and points in a Sunday, Nov. 29 single quarter (41 in the third), while their 16 three-pointers tied for sixth in Big Ten history and were at WISCONSIN 73, Western Illinois 66 the most since Dec. 3, 2017, when Minnesota also had 16 treys in a win over Cal Poly. (2) at #20/22 OHIO STATE 82, Duquesne 47 • Penn State has won its first two games this season by at least 30 points, the first time the Lady Lions (1) #12/11 MARYLAND 115, #14/14 Arkansas 96 have recorded back-to-back 30-point wins since Dec. 8 & 12, 2010, when they defeated Army West at PURDUE 80, North Alabama 69 Point and Maine. It’s also the first time PSU has opened a season with consecutive 30-point victories in nearly 40 years, dating back to Dec. 2 & 5, 1980, when it started off with wins over Howard and Saturday, Nov. 28 Fairleigh Dickinson. (1) #24/25 Missouri State 81, #12/11 MARYLAND 72 • Four Big Ten student-athletes were named to the John R. Wooden Award Watch List on Tuesday, Friday, Nov. 27 makng them prime candidates for national player-of-the-year honors. Indiana’s Ali Patberg, Michigan’s at #RV/RV RUTGERS 82, Monmouth 38 Naz Hillmon, Northwestern’s Lindsey Pulliam and Rutgers’ Arella Guirantes all were chosen for the (1) #12/11 MARYLAND 94, Davidson 72 watch list, adding to previous preseason watch list honors for the quartet and other Big Ten student- at MICHIGAN STATE 77, Saint Francis (Pa.) 44 athletes (as noted on page 2 of this release). #25/24 MICHIGAN 95, at Oakland 62 • On Monday, Michigan junior forward Naz Hillmon was named the first Big Ten Player of the Week this Wednesday, Nov. 25 season, while Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Maryland’s Angel Reese were chosen as the Big Ten Co-Freshman at #25/24 MICHIGAN 93, Central Michigan 75 of the Week. A recap of their performances last week, as well as a look at the latest Big Ten Weekly at #16/15 INDIANA 100, Eastern Kentucky 51 Honor Roll, can be found on page 4 of this release. at PENN STATE 84, Coppin State 45 • Led by a career-high 35 points from Hillmon, No. 25/24 Michigan rolled to its second straight 90-point at #NR/RV IOWA 96, Northern Iowa 81 performance, a 95-62 win at Oakland on Friday. It’s the first time the Wolverines have scored 90 points at ILLINOIS 68, Indiana State 49 in back-to-back games since Nov. 11-18, 2016, when they opened the season with three consecutive (1) - #BeachBubble at the Gulf Coast Showcase (Fort Myers, Fla.) 100-point outings. (2) - Game played at Covelli Center (Columbus, Ohio) 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 WEEKLY RELEASE 2 BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. • Several Big Ten freshmen made a splash in their collegiate debuts last week. • With its Nov. 25 win over UNI, Iowa extended its home winning streak to 37 Iowa’s Caitlin Clark led the way with a game-high 27 points in the Hawkeyes’ games, the second-longest active string in the nation behind Baylor (57). The Nov. 25 win over Northern Iowa. It is believed to be the most by a conference Hawkeyes’ run began on Feb. 4, 2018, with a 92-84 win over Minnesota. freshman in her first game since Dec. 1, 1992, when Illinois’ Robbyn Preacely scored 27 at Illinois State. Reese scored 20 points on Nov. 27 in the Terrapins’ • Rutgers head coach C. Vivian Stringer began her 50th season and 26th at season-opening win over Davidson, while Michigan State’s Kendall Bostic Rutgers on Nov. 27 when the Scarlet Knights downed Monmouth, 82-38. The and Rutgers’ Diamond Johnson both scored 15 points on Nov.