Genesis Bryant<\/a><\/dfn> has earned ESPN’s Player of the Week award and repeated as a Big Ten Co-Player of the Week.<\/p>\nAcross the Illini’s 2-0 week, Bryant averaged 19 PPG, 3.5 RPG and 3.5 APG. She turned in 14 points at Wisconsin before registering a career-high 24 in the Illini’s upset of No. 12\/10 Iowa. Making the most of the opportunities, the Wisconsin and Iowa games marked just the third and fourth starts of the junior’s career.<\/p>\n
Across the week, Bryant shot 68.4\u00a0percent (13-of-19)\u00a0from the field, 71.4 percent (5-of-7)\u00a0from 3-point range, and 1.000 (7-of-7) from the free throw line. The junior NC State transfer has been hard at work,\u00a0drawing 10 fouls across the pair of wins – resulting in her 13th and 14th games of not missing a free throw.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bryant is the first Illini to earn multiple Big Ten Player of the Week honors in the same season since Amber Moore did so in 2013-14 (11\/18\/13 and 12\/16\/13). Additionally, Bryant is the first Illini to repeat as B1G Player of the Week since Karisma Penn in 2012-13 (12\/31\/12 and 1\/7\/13).<\/p>\n
With the pair of wins, Illinois is out to a 13-2 start under first-year head coach Shauna Green<\/a><\/dfn> – the best 15-game start in program history.\u00a0<\/p>\nBryant’s ESPN honor joins her with Coach Green, who was recognized as the outlet’s Coach of the Week following the win at Missouri, who was receiving votes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n