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The Associated Press announced its national players of the week in men’s and women’s basketball for Week 10 of the season. On the men’s basketball side:
The 6-foot-3 senior guard was named co-player of the week in the Big Ten after helping the Badgers stun previously unbeaten Michigan on the road. Boyd had 22 points, six assists, three rebounds, one block and one steal with no turnovers in 31 minutes against the then-No. 2 Wolverines. Earlier in the week, he had 20 points, eight rebounds and five assists in a win against UCLA.
Runner-up
Richie Saunders, No. 11 BYU. The 6-5 senior was named Big 12 player of the week after big scoring outputs in wins against Arizona State and Utah. Saunders had a career-high 31-points on 10-for-13 shooting with eight rebounds and six 3-pointers in the win against the Sun Devils. He followed with 24 points and 14 rebounds against the Utes. He also had three assists in each win while shooting 19 for 29 (.655) in the two games.
Honorable mention
Silas Demary Jr., No. 3 UConn; Tre Donaldson, Miami; Joshua Jefferson, No. 2 Iowa State.
[Men’s College Basketball Top 10 NET Rankings: Michigan Still No. 1 After L]
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Cruz Davis, Hofstra. The 6-3 junior guard has been placing up huge numbers all season for the Satisfaction, which has received eight straight video games and began 4-0 in Coastal Athletic Affiliation play. He had 32 factors in Thursday’s win at Towson, a efficiency that included him going 13 of 14 on the foul line. He adopted that by scoring 16 of his 19 factors after halftime in an additional time win in opposition to Monmouth, and he is snagged at the very least 5 rebounds in 4 straight video games.
Davis — who has thrice received or shared CAA participant of the week honors this 12 months — ranks eleventh in Division I in scoring (21.7) and scored 36 factors in a win at Pittsburgh in early December. He additionally ranks third in Division I in minutes per sport (37:48).
And the ladies’s:
The sophomore guard started the week with a career-high 41 factors within the win at Illinois, turning into the primary Buckeyes participant to attain 40 factors in a sport in opposition to a Massive Ten opponent since Kelsey Mitchell had 43 in opposition to Rutgers in 2016. She additionally had six rebounds, six assists and two steals. Cambridge adopted that up with a 28-point effort in a win over then-No. 8 Maryland. She had a career-best 9 rebounds and eight assists for No. 14 Ohio State.
Runner-up
Mikaylah Williams, LSU. The junior guard had 20 factors, seven rebounds and 5 steals in LSU’s victory over No. 2 Texas, which was the Longhorns first lack of the season. The 5 steals had been a profession finest. She hit two huge 3-pointers, together with one with a second left on the shot clock and 1:20 left within the sport that gave the Tigers a 66-59 lead. It was No. 6 LSU’s first win over a top-two crew since 2008.
Honorable point out
Mikayla Blakes, No. 5 Vanderbilt; Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame; Sarah Sturdy, No. 1 UConn.
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UNLV sophomore ahead Meadow Roland averaged 18 factors and 13 rebounds because the Woman Rebels beat Utah State and Wyoming. She had 18 factors, 14 rebounds and three blocks within the win over the Aggies and adopted that up with a 18-point, 12-rebound effort in opposition to Wyoming.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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