WBB weekly Big 12 awards thread

[Buster28]

Thought we could create one thread where we can note when an ISU wbb player wins a weekly award.

Ashley claims her first one for 2020-21 this week, averaging 32.5 points, 8 rebounds:

 

[Clonefan32]

Thought we could create one thread where we can note when an ISU wbb player wins a weekly award.

Ashley claims her first one for 2020-21 this week, averaging 32.5 points, 8 rebounds:

32 and 8 is downright silly.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Not exactly going out on a limb here but she's likely to get a lot of them this year. Nabbed six last year.

And, if we are going to have an ongoing thread than lets keep score!

Scoreboard 2020

Player of Week
Joens 1 Dec 7
Collier 1 Nov 30

Freshman of the week
Ioanna Chatzileonti (Kansas) 2 Nov 30, Dec 7

Never heard of Chatzileonti, maybe because she is from Greece, as I found looking her up. 6-2 and averaging a double-double, right at 10 and 10. Going to be fun listening to the PBY peeps roll with a pronunciation. @brentblum I'd probably just go with her first name.

BTW, we didn't have any Freshman of the Week awards last year but Espenmiller-McGraw was all freshman team. Also, weeklies are voted by a media panel and All-Big 12 stuff is coaches voting.

 

[Buster28]

MEM *did* claim one Freshman of the Week award last year. For some reason, it's not in her bio. I found it in the archived articles on Cyclones.com. I was sure she had, so I had to go find it to make sure I wasn't hallucinating (again).

Espenmiller-McGraw Named Big 12 Freshman of the Week - Iowa State University Athletics

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State freshman Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the first time in her career after helping Iowa State go

cyclones.com

 

[Buster28]

Ashely claims her second consecutive PoW award, while Donarski snags her first weekly nod.

Joens, Donarski Earn Big 12 Weekly Honors - Iowa State University Athletics

IRVING, Texas – The Iowa State women's basketball team picked up a pair of Big 12 honors with junior guard Ashley Joens winning Big 12 Co-Player of the Week and

cyclones.com

 

[VeloClone]

Ashely claims her second consecutive PoW award, while Donarski snags her first weekly nod.

Joens, Donarski Earn Big 12 Weekly Honors - Iowa State University Athletics

IRVING, Texas – The Iowa State women's basketball team picked up a pair of Big 12 honors with junior guard Ashley Joens winning Big 12 Co-Player of the Week and

cyclones.com

They are starting early this season with the co-player of the week thing since they know that it is going to be rare that a player outplays Ashley.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Scoreboard 2020

Player of Week
Ashley Joens (2) Dec 7, Dec 14
Charli Collier, Texas (1) Nov 30
Lauren Heard, TCU (1) Dec 14

Freshman of the week
Ioanna Chatzileonti, Kansas (2) Nov 30, Dec 7
Lexi Donarski (1) Dec 14

 

[BoxsterCy]

Player of the Week, December 21
NaLyssa Smith, F, Jr., Baylor

Freshmen of the Week, December 21
Hannah Gusters, C, Baylor
Lexy Keys, G, Oklahoma State


Scoreboard

Player of Week
Ashley Joens (2) Dec 7, Dec 14
Charli Collier, Texas (1) Nov 30
Lauren Heard, TCU (1) Dec 14
NaLyssa Smith, Baylor (1) Dec 21

Freshman of the week
Ioanna Chatzileonti, Kansas (2) Nov 30, Dec 7
Lexi Donarski (1) Dec 14
Hannah Gusters, Baylor (1) Dec 21
Lexy Keys, Oklahoma State (1) Dec 21

 

[BoxsterCy]

Big 12 Sports:

Oklahoma State’s Natasha Mack collected Big 12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for Week 5, while Iowa State’s Emily Ryan earned Freshman of the Week.​

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Oklahoma State’s Natasha Mack collected Big 12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for Week 5, while Iowa State’s Emily Ryan earned Freshman of the Week.​

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Mack recorded her third double-double of the season by finishing with a career-high 31 points and grabbing 14 rebounds in a season-high 38 minutes played at North Texas. She connected on a career-high 15 field goals and shot 63 percent (15-of-24) from the floor. Mack has shot 63 percent or better in four games this season. The senior connected on six of her eight attempts from the floor in the final period en route to a 13-point quarter to help OSU secure its second road win of the year.​

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Ryan registered her first double-double, her first 20-point game and her first game with 10+ assists, netting 20 points and 10 dimes versus Drake. The starting point guard shot 77.8 percent (7-of-9) from the field and made 4-of-6 (66.7%) from beyond the arc, as ISU rolled past Drake, 85-67. Her 10 assists marked the first time a Cyclone has dished over 10 in a game since 2019.​

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The weekly award is the first for Mack this season and the second in her career, while Ryan is a first-time honoree.​

 

[BoxsterCy]

Season Totals

Player of Week
Ashley Joens, ISU (2) Dec 7, Dec 14
Charli Collier, Texas (1) Nov 30
Lauren Heard, TCU (1) Dec 14
NaLyssa Smith, Baylor (1) Dec 21
Natasha Mack, OSU (1) Dec 28

Freshman of the week
Ioanna Chatzileonti, Kansas (2) Nov 30, Dec 7
Lexi Donarski, ISU (1) Dec 14
Hannah Gusters, Baylor (1) Dec 21
Lexy Keys, Oklahoma State (1) Dec 21
Emily Ryan, ISU (1) Dec 28

 

[BoxsterCy]

At the rate games are being postponed we may not have awards next week Only one game for us again this week so not looking for us on the list next week unless someone is crazy good at Tech.

Here's the weeklies for this week and the Big 12 summary (we already knew Gaston had a good game).

Oklahoma guard Madi Williams garnered Big 12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Texas forward DeYona Gaston collected Freshman of the Week. A five-person media panel selects the award winners.​

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Williams set the OU single-game scoring record, as she dropped 45 points against West Virginia. Williams passed OU's all-time leading scorer and current assistant coach Courtney Paris’ previous record of 43. Williams shot 17-for-30 (.567) from the floor, 3-for-7 (.429) from deep and 8-for-9 (.889) from the charity stripe. Additionally, Williams' 45 points against WVU were good for the most by a Division I women's basketball player this season and tied for fifth all-time in the Big 12. She also recorded four rebounds, two assists and a steal against the Mountaineers.​

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Gaston helped Texas to a perfect 2-0 week by averaging 15.5 points and 9.0 rebounds (in 25 mpg), while adding a combined five blocks and three steals in wins over Lamar (77-49) and Iowa State (74-59). She started off the week by registering her first collegiate double-double with a career-high 18 points and 10 rebounds, as well as a career-high eight made field goals, in the victory over Lamar. Against Iowa State, Gaston scored 13 points (10 in the first half), grabbed eight boards and blocked three Cyclone shots to raise her team-leading stuff total to 17.​

Season Totals

Player of Week
Ashley Joens, ISU (2) Dec 7, Dec 14
Charli Collier, Texas (1) Nov 30
Lauren Heard, TCU (1) Dec 14
NaLyssa Smith, Baylor (1) Dec 21
Natasha Mack, OSU (1) Dec 28
Madi Williams, OU (1) Jan 4

Freshman of the week
Ioanna Chatzileonti, Kansas (2) Nov 30, Dec 7
Lexi Donarski, ISU (1) Dec 14
Hannah Gusters, Baylor (1) Dec 21
Lexy Keys, Oklahoma State (1) Dec 21
Emily Ryan, ISU (1) Dec 28
DeYona Gaston, Texas (1) Jan 4

 

[Buster28]

Side note on the POW: I looked at the box score for the OU/WVU game. Williams had 45, next highest scorer had 13, third highest scorer(s) had 3 each. WVU won 90-72.

 

[VeloClone]

Side note on the POW: I looked at the box score for the OU/WVU game. Williams had 45, next highest scorer had 13, third highest scorer(s) had 3 each. WVU won 90-72.

Kind of reminds me of Kansas letting Brackins go off for 40+ but still getting the win.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Side note on the POW: I looked at the box score for the OU/WVU game. Williams had 45, next highest scorer had 13, third highest scorer(s) had 3 each. WVU won 90-72.

Made me look up the ISU single game records, complete with Connie Yori throwback.

Stuck on 42 for almost four decades.

Points
42, Tonya Burns vs. Nebraska (1-18-84)

Opponent Points
42, Connie Yori, Creighton (12-12-82)
42, Sharon Upshaw, Drake (12-1-76)

 

[Buster28]

Made me look up the ISU single game records, complete with Connie Yori throwback.

Stuck on 42 for almost four decades.

Points
42, Tonya Burns vs. Nebraska (1-18-84)

Opponent Points
42, Connie Yori, Creighton (12-12-82)
42, Sharon Upshaw, Drake (12-1-76)

Lindsey Wilson and Ashley Joens have both come within a point of tying the single game scoring record and within a basket of breaking it. So close! But that's definitely a long time for a record like that to stand.

 

[VeloClone]

Made me look up the ISU single game records, complete with Connie Yori throwback.

Stuck on 42 for almost four decades.

Points
42, Tonya Burns vs. Nebraska (1-18-84)

Opponent Points
42, Connie Yori, Creighton (12-12-82)
42, Sharon Upshaw, Drake (12-1-76)

Upshaw really flourished in that 6 on 6 game.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Not a huge surprise after her game yesterday.

 

[BoxsterCy]

From Big 12:

A pair of career-best performances were honored in Week 7 of Big 12 Women’s Basketball. Oklahoma State’s Natasha Mack was tabbed the Big 12 Player of the Week, while Iowa State’s Lexi Donarski earned Freshman of the Week. A five-person media panel selects the award winners.

Mack logged just the second triple-double in program history and the 10th with points, rebounds and blocks in the Big 12 during OSU's midweek win at TCU. She finished with 28 points, a season-high 17 rebounds and a career-high 10 blocks. Mack dished out three assists and had a career-best six steals in the contest. In Saturday’s win over TCU, she scored 17 points in the third quarter (7-7 FG) and finished the contest with 19 points, 10 rebounds, four blocked shots and two steals.

Donarski tied her career high with 25 points off 9-of-12 (75%) from the field in the win at Texas Tech. Donarski helped Iowa State set a school record in 3-pointers per game, draining a career high seven 3-pointers, as the Cyclones knocked down 19 as a team. She added two boards and an assist in just 23 minutes of action.

This is Mack’s second weekly award of the season and third of her career, while Donarski earned the freshman nod for the second time.

Updated Season Totals

Player of Week
Ashley Joens, ISU (2) Dec 7, Dec 14
Charli Collier, Texas (1) Nov 30
Lauren Heard, TCU (1) Dec 14
NaLyssa Smith, Baylor (1) Dec 21
Natasha Mack, OSU (2) Dec 28, Jan 11
Madi Williams, OU (1) Jan 4

Freshman of the week
Ioanna Chatzileonti, Kansas (2) Nov 30, Dec 7
Lexi Donarski, ISU (2) Dec 14, Jan 11
Hannah Gusters, Baylor (1) Dec 21
Lexy Keys, Oklahoma State (1) Dec 21
Emily Ryan, ISU (1) Dec 28
DeYona Gaston, Texas (1) Jan 4

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

Bump the thread. Fully expect that Ashley to be named Big12 Player of the Week later today. There's a chance Lexi gets her 3rd Freshman of the Week as well. Let's go twister sisters!

 

[CyclonesFan4ever]

My prediction of Lexi being the Freshman of the Week is off. But if you count the Okie State game in the evaluation, Lexi deserves a share of this week's honor.