Maryland and Michigan Score Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Player of the Week
Kaylene Smikle, Maryland
Junior – Guard – Bay Shore, N.Y. – Westtown
• Averaged 28.5 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting 89.5 percent at the free throw line in Maryland’s pair of road victories
• Scored 21 points and went 10-for-10 at the charity stripe with nine rebounds against Oregon
• Shot 72.2 percent from the field on her way to a career-high 36 points versus Washington
• Her 36 points were the most scored by a Terp since 2019
• Earns the second Big Ten Player of the Week award of her career
• Last Maryland Player of the Week: Shyanne Sellers (Jan. 20, 2025)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Kiki Iriafen, USC: Chipped in 19.5 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists to pace the Trojans in a pair of wins
Syla Swords, MICH: Helped Michigan to a 2-0 week, including an upset of No. 20 Michigan State, behind 17.0 points, 5.5 assists and 5.0 rebounds

Freshman of the Week
Syla Swords, Michigan
Guard – Sudbury, Ontario – Long Island Lutheran  
• Posted 15 points, five rebounds and five assists at Nebraska
• Dropped a game-high 19 points with six assists and five boards to lead the Wolverines past the Spartans
• Collects her third Big Ten Freshman of the Week laurel
• Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Olivia Olson (Feb. 3, 2025)

2024-25 Big Ten Players of the Week
Nov. 11
P: Destiny Adams, Sr., RU
F: Syla Swords, MICH

Nov. 18
P: Lauren Betts, Jr., UCLA
F: Mila Holloway, MICH

Nov. 25
P: Kendall Bostic, 5th-Yr., ILL
F: Lana McCarthy, PUR

Dec. 2
P: Ajae Petty, Gr., OSU
F: Syla Swords, MICH

Dec. 9
P: JuJu Watkins, So., USC
F: Olivia Olson, MICH

Dec. 16
P: Serah Williams, Jr., WIS
F: Kiyomi McMiller, RU

Dec. 23
P: JuJu Watkins, So., USC
F: Kiyomi McMiller, RU

Jan. 6
P: Kaylene Smikle, Jr., MD
P: JuJu Watkins, So., USC
F: Tori McKinney, MINN

Jan. 13
P: JuJu Watkins, So., USC
F: Jaloni Cambridge, OSU

Jan. 20
P: Shyanne Sellers, Sr., MD
F: Jaloni Cambridge, OSU
F: Britt Prince, NEB

Jan. 27
P: Lauren Betts, Jr., UCLA
F: Avery Howell, USC

Feb. 3
P: Lucy Olsen, Sr., IOWA
P: Genesis Bryant, 5th-Yr., ILL
F: Olivia Olson, MICH

Feb. 10
P: Kaylene Smikle, Jr., MD
F: Syla Swords, MICH