Rutgers and Michigan Net Big Ten Weekly Women’s Basketball Awards

Scarlet Knights’ Adams and Wolverines’ Swords capture conference’s first weekly honors

Player of the Week
Destiny Adams, Rutgers
Sr. – Forward – Manchester, N.J. – Manchester
• Averaged 26.7 points, 15.0 rebounds and 2.0 blocks to help Rutgers open its season with wins over Manhattan, Cornell and NJIT
• Went 25-for-33 (.758) from the charity stripe
• Netted 30 points versus Cornell and a career-high 36 against NJIT for the first back-to-back 30-plus game performances since Sue Wicks (1988) and only the third in program history
• Also grabbed 22 rebounds against the Highlanders, the first Scarlet Knight to record 30+ points and 20+ rebounds in over 12 seasons
• Her 36 points tied a Jersey Mike’s Arena record that was previously set by 2024 Olympian Arella Guirantes in 2020
• Tied for eighth all-time for most points in a single game with Guirantes and Caroline DeRoose (1994)
• Earns her first Big Ten Player of the Week award
• Last Rutgers Player of the Week: Arella Guirantes (Dec. 28, 2020)

Big Ten Women’s Basketball Weekly Honor Roll
Deja Kelly, ORE: Propelled Oregon to a 3-0 week, including a 76-74 upset of No. 12 Baylor, behind 17.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists
Jaloni Cambridge, OSU: Totaled 31 points, six rebounds, six assists, five steals and a pair of blocks in 26 minutes in her collegiate debut as Ohio State beat Cleveland State
Serah Williams, WIS: Picked up two double-doubles against Wright State (29 points, 12 rebounds) and Georgetown (17 points, 16 rebounds)

Freshman of the Week
Syla Swords, Michigan
Guard – Sudbury, Ontario – Long Island Lutheran
• Burst onto the scene with a 27-point, 12-rebound performance against No. 1 South Carolina
• Only the third player since 2009-10 to have at least 27 points and 12 rebounds against the Gamecocks
• Tallied the most points scored by a Michigan freshman in a debut in the NCAA era and the second-most ever behind Peg Harte (1981 – 28 points)
• Added 20 points, six rebounds and five assists in the 86-55 win over Lehigh
• Collects her first Big Ten Freshman of the Week laurel
• Last Michigan Freshman of the Week: Laila Phelia (Feb. 7, 2022)

2024-25 Big Ten Players of the Week
Nov. 11
P: Destiny Adams, Sr., RU
F: Syla Swords, MICH