BIG TEN WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WEEKLY RELEASE • DECEMBER 8, 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 Tuesday, Dec. 8 W-LT PC H A Streak W-L PCT H A N 25* 10 Stk No games scheduled Iowa 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 W1 3-0 1.000 2-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 W3 Wednesday, Dec. 9 Michigan 0-0 — — — — 4-0 1.000 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0 4-0 W4 Butler at #19/20 MICHIGAN (BTN+) ................1 p.m. Ohio State 0-0 — — — — 3-0 1.000 3-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 W3 #NR/RV Buffalo at PURDUE (BTN+) .................6 p.m. Michigan State 0-0 — — — — 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 W2 #RV/24 Iowa State at #NR/RV IOWA (BTN+) .. 7:30 p.m. Nebraska 0-0 — — — — 2-0 1.000 2-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-0 W2 • MICHIGAN STATE at MINNESOTA (BTN) ........9 p.m. Rutgers 0-0 — — — — 1-0 1.000 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 W1 Maryland 0-0 — — — — 3-1 .750 1-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 3-1 W2 Thursday, Dec. 10 Penn State 0-0 — — — — 3-1 .750 3-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 3-1 L1 Miami (Ohio) at #18/19 OHIO STATE (BTN+) ...6 p.m. Illinois 0-0 — — — — 2-1 .667 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 W1 Eastern Illinois at #17/17 NORTHWESTERN (BTN+) ...7 p.m. Indiana 0-0 — — — — 2-1 .667 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-1 L1 • ILLINOIS at NEBRASKA (BTN) ........................8 p.m. Minnesota 0-0 — — — — 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 L1 Friday, Dec. 11 Purdue 0-0 — — — — 1-1 .500 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1 L1 • #NR/RV RUTGERS at WISCONSIN (BTN) ........3 p.m. Northwestern 0-0 — — — — 0-0 — — — — — — L1 Wisconsin 0-1 .000 0-0 0-1 L1 1-1 .500 1-0 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1 L1 Saturday, Dec. 12 * - Associated Press or USA Today/WBCA polls • #NR/RV IOWA at MICHIGAN STATE (BTN+) ...1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13 BIG TEN. BIG NEWS. Bowling Green at PURDUE (BTN+)...................2 p.m. • Big Ten women’s basketball programs will be busy over the coming week, with games daily through Butler at #15/15 INDIANA (BTN+) ...................5 p.m. Dec. 14. Highlighting that stretch are four BTN broadcasts and appearances by nearly all 14 conference teams, including defending Big Ten co-champion Northwestern, which will be the final conference Monday, Dec. 14 squad to tip off its season when it plays host to Eastern Illinois Thursday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena. • #14/14 MARYLAND at #NR/RV RUTGERS (BTN+) .. 6 p.m. NEBRASKA at Creighton ...................................6 p.m. • Several Big Ten women’s basketball games were added to the BTN and the FOX Sports app schedule • MINNESOTA at #17/17 NORTHWESTERN (BTN) .. 9 p.m. for the month of December, the network announced. These latest additions include four conference matchups in the next week — Wednesday (Michigan State at Minnesota - 9 p.m. ET), Thursday (Illinois All times Eastern (dates, times and TV subject to change) at Nebraska - 8 p.m. ET), Friday (Rutgers at Wisconsin - 3 p.m. ET) and Dec. 14 (Minnesota at • - Big Ten Conference game Northwestern - 9 p.m. ET). All Big Ten home games not airing on BTN in December will be streamed NOTES: BTN games also on the FOX Sports app, with Big Ten Net- live on Big Ten Network+. Further television designations and tip times will be released at a later date. work+ games at btnplus.com … Games on ESPN networks also For the latest Big Ten women’s basketball television schedule, visit bigten.org/B1GWBBTV. on the ESPN app. • As of Tuesday, the Big Ten is one of three NCAA Division I conferences with a non-conference winning Rankings from Associated Press/USA Today polls at tipoff (RV - percentage (against D-I opponents) of better than .800 with an .818 (27-6) mark to date. That includes receiving votes/NR - not ranked; if only one rank is listed, it’s from two wins over Top 25 opponents — Maryland 115-96 over No. 14 Arkansas on Nov. 29 (setting a Big the AP poll) Ten record for points against a ranked team); Michigan 76-66 at No. RV/23 Notre Dame on Dec. 3. • The Big Ten continues to share top honors among all conferences with five Top 25 teams in both the LATEST RESULTS Associated Press and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA)/USA Today polls, plus two Sunday, Dec. 6 others receiving votes. Both polls can be found in full on page 3 of this update. at #24/24 MICHIGAN 82, Wright State 59 • Iowa guard Caitlin Clark was named the Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Week on Monday, at #19/22 OHIO STATE 96, Northern Kentucky 63 becoming the first conference freshman to sweep both honors in the same week since Jan. 30, 2017 at #22/21 Syracuse 82, PENN STATE 72 (Michigan’s Kysre Gondrezick). Clark averaged 26.5 points, 9.0 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game in Valparaiso 52, at PURDUE 47 the Hawkeyes’ wins last week at Drake and at home against Wisconsin. at ILLINOIS 53, Omaha 50 Drake 99, at MINNESOTA 66 • Clark had 30 points and 13 assists in the Hawkeyes’ 103-97 win at Drake on Dec. 2. According to Her at #11/12 Kentucky 72, #13/15 INDIANA 68 Hoop Stats, Clark is the only NCAA Division I freshman since 2015-16 to have 30 points and 10 assists at NEBRASKA 64, Idaho State 51 in a game. BTN research also notes Clark is the first Big Ten freshman with a 30-point game since Jan. 31, 2016 (Michigan’s Hallie Thome scored 31 points against Minnesota) and a 13-assist game since Feb. Saturday, Dec. 5 9, 2017 (Maryland’s Destiny Slocum had 13 assists against Illinois). • at #NR/RV IOWA 85, WISCONSIN 78 • Big Ten teams are No. 1 in the nation in a number of NCAA statistical categories (as of Tuesday), led by Friday, Dec. 4 the country’s top scoring offense (Maryland - 98.2 ppg) and scoring defense (Rutgers - 38.0 ppg). at NEBRASKA 90, Oral Roberts 61 Rutgers is also first in the nation in turnover margin (+17.00) and turnovers forced (30.0), while Michigan State leads the country in assists (25.5 apg) and is essentially tied for the top spot in assist/ Thursday, Dec. 3 turnover ratio (both MSU and Stanford are at 2.22). at #13/15 INDIANA 71, Samford 26 • No. 14/11 Maryland made a Big Ten-record 21 three-pointers (tying for eighth on the NCAA Division I at #14/11 MARYLAND 112, Towson 78 single-game list) in its 112-78 home-opening win over Towson on Dec. 3. The Terrapins topped the #24/24 MICHIGAN 76, at #RV/23 Notre Dame 66 previous conference record of 19 treys, shared by Iowa (at Northwestern, Jan. 29, 2015) and at PENN STATE 70, Rhode Island 69 Minnesota (at Illinois, Jan. 7, 2016). Wednesday, Dec. 2 • Maryland’s 21 three-pointers and .677 three-point percentage in the Dec. 3 win over Towson both are at #19/22 OHIO STATE 103, Kent State 47 the best by any NCAA Division I program this season. In addition, Ohio State’s three turnovers in a Dec. at MINNESOTA 72, Eastern Illinois 68 2 win over Kent State are tied for the fewest in the nation this year. Valparaiso 62, at ILLINOIS 59 #NR/RV IOWA 103, at Drake 97 • Indiana’s Mackenzie Holmes’ Big Ten record-tying 13-for-13 (1.000) field-goal percentage and seven blocked shots against Eastern Kentucky on Nov. 25 both rank as tops in the nation in those categories at MICHIGAN STATE 82, Detroit Mercy 45 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. this season. Maryland’s Katie Benzan made eight three-pointers in a Nov. 29 • On Dec. 3, Indiana shut down Samford in a 71-26 victory, tying for the fifth- win over No. 14 Arkansas, tying for the most in the country this year, while fewest points allowed in a game in school history and fewest since the 1973- Michigan’s Naz Hillmon made a nation-leading 16 field goals in the 74 season (a 62-25 win over Ball State). It was also the fewest points allowed Wolverines’ Nov. 27 victory at Oakland. by a Big Ten program since Nov. 30, 2019, when Maryland posted a 90-26 win over Belmont at the Daytona Beach (Fla.) Invitational, and the third time • Indiana junior guard Grace Berger, tallied the first triple-double in Indiana in four years a Big Ten team held an opponent to 26 points or fewer women’s basketball history on Nov.