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B1G announces men’s basketball Players of the Week
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The B1G has named this week’s men’s basketball Players of the Week, after the league returned to conference play.
Michigan State guard Cassius Winston was named the B1G Player of the Week, after outstanding performances against Illinois and Michigan, leading the Spartans to a 2-0 record in B1G games. Winston had a career-high 32 points in Sunday’s 87-69 victory over Michigan in East Lansing.
Winston was also named the Naismith Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for averaging 26.5 points and 7.5 assists over the last week.
Iowa freshman Joe Toussaint was named the B1G Freshman of the Week following a big day against Penn State. Toussaint scored a career-high 18 points in the Hawkeyes’ 89-86 loss to Penn State on Saturday.
Toussaint also grabbed four rebounds.
Cassius Winston of @MSU_Basketball is the #B1GMBBall Player of the Week after scoring a career-high 32 points & tallying nine assists in a win over #12 Michigan, becoming the first player in Big Ten history with 1,600 career points and 800 career assists. https://t.co/D2sZSoF62Q pic.twitter.com/QmaW63e0iS
— Big Ten Men's Basketball (@B1GMBBall) January 6, 2020
Joe Toussaint of @IowaHoops collected #B1GMBBall Freshman of the Week for the first time after scoring a career-high 18 points versus No. 21 Penn State at The Palestra. https://t.co/D2sZSonuEg pic.twitter.com/SnNoxHvFcE
— Big Ten Men's Basketball (@B1GMBBall) January 6, 2020
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