ROSEMONT, IL — Three members of the Maryland girls’s basketball workforce (23-7) earned All-Big Ten honors from the league’s media panel and head coaches Tuesday.
Junior guard Oluchi Okananwa was named to the All-Big Ten First Team by the league’s head coaches and media panel. Senior guard Yarden Garzon was named to the Third Team by the coaches and earned Honorable Mention honors from the media. Guard Addi Mack was named to the All-Freshman Team by each teams and Saylor Poffenbarger earned a Sportsmanship Award.
Okananwa leads the Terrapins and is 10th within the league in scoring with 17.7 factors per recreation, 19.7 in Big Ten video games. She additionally leads the league in fastbreak factors (5.2), is second in steals (2.3) and is fourth in free throws made (81). She was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week honor roll twice and was named to the Naismith Trophy Late Season Watch List.
Okananwa has scored in double figures in 26 of 30 video games and has scored 20 or extra factors in 12 video games. She set her career-high in scoring 4 occasions this 12 months.
Garzon averaged 13.0 factors, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 39% from exterior the arc. She leads the Big Ten and is No. 12 within the nation in three-pointers made (86). Garzon was named to the Naismith Trophy Watch List, the Cheryl Miller Award Final 10 and earned Preseason All-Big Ten honors.
Garzon has scored in double figures in 22 of 30 video games this season and in 14 of 18 video games in Big Ten play.
Mack began in 23 of 28 video games performed this 12 months, averaging 11.0 factors, 3.0 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 85% from the free throw line. Mack has scored in double figures in 19 video games, together with the final 5 straight and 12 of 18 convention video games.
Maryland is the No. 6 seed and earned a bye on this week’s Allstate Big Ten Tournament at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. Click right here for the total bracket and match data.
The Terrapins will play both 11th-seeded Oregon (20-11) or 14th-seeded Purdue (13-16) within the fourth recreation Thursday, March 5 at roughly 9 p.m. ET. The recreation will tip off 25 minutes after the third recreation, which suggestions off at 6:30 p.m. ET.
Thursday’s recreation shall be televised on the Big Ten Network and streamed on the FOX Sports app.
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