Mikesell Named Big Ten Player of the Week
1/9/2023 2:02:44 PM | Women's Basketball
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Big Ten Conference announced its weekly awards on Monday. Senior guard Taylor Mikesell was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the first time this season after leading Ohio State to two wins last week. She was previously named to the Big Ten weekly honor roll on Dec. 5.
Mikesell led the Ohio State offense last week to improve the Buckeyes’ record to 17-0 overall and 6-0 in conference play. Mikesell averaged 26.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals last week while shooting 48.8 percent from the floor and 40.9 percent from long range, leading both games (among all players) in scoring and playing every minute on the court.
At Minnesota, Mikesell had her fifth 20-point game of the season, totaling 22 points, seven rebounds and a season-high seven assists. Against RV/RV Illinois, Mikesell recorded her second 30-point game of the season with a season-high 31 points (just two shy of her career-high) and shot 7-of-14 (one three-pointer shy of her career-high) from behind the arc. She had eight points in the third quarter and seven in the fourth quarter as the Buckeyes erased a 17-point third-quarter deficit for the largest second-half comeback in program history.
This season, Mikesell leads the Buckeyes with 18.8 points per game and is averaging 3.4 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.6 steals per game. She’s improved those numbers to 21.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game during conference play. Mikesell is approaching 2,000 career points (has 1,954) and 1,000 as a Buckeye (has 916) despite playing in only 49 games at Ohio State.
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