Brionna Jones Named National Player of the Week
1/16/2017 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Senior Brionna Jones of the third-ranked Maryland women's basketball team (17-1, 5-0 B1G) was named ESPNW's National Player of the Week Monday.
Read about her national honor here. She was also named the Big Ten Player of the Week for the third time this season and was named Naismith Trophy Player of the Week Monday as well.
Jones continued her dominant season and led the Terps to a pair of important Big Ten wins this week. She averaged 33.5 points, 12.0 rebounds in their victories over Penn State and at Iowa. Jones went 24-for-33 from the field for a percentage of 72.7 and 19-for-22 from the free throw line.
Against Penn State, Jones played a career-high 37 minutes and tied the program record of 42 points in a game to go along with 14 boards. She made a career-best 15 field goals and went a career-high 12-for-14 from the foul line as Maryland won 89-83. She also became the fifth Terp to reach 1,000 career boards in the game.
At Iowa, she led the Terps' second half surge with 25 points, 10 rebounds, two steals and a block. She scored 15 of her points in the second half en route to a 98-82 road win.
Jones is currently leading the Big Ten in double-doubles with 12 this season, including a current streak of eight straight.
Jones earned her first conference Player of the Week honor earlier this season on Dec. 12, then her second on Jan. 2.
The Terrapins are ranked No. 3 in the Associated Press poll and in the USA Today Division I Coaches poll.
Next, the Terps will return home to host Michigan (15-4, 4-1) Thursday at 6 p.m. ET at the XFINITY Center. For tickets, visit the Terrapin Ticket Office online at umterps.com or call 1-800-IM-A-TERP.
The Maryland-Michigan game will be televised around the world on the Big Ten Network. Click here for your channel number for BTN. Fans can also watch at BTN2Go.com and the BTN2Go app. Fans outside the U.S. can watch here.
Live stats will be available and live updates will be posted to the Terrapins' Twitter feed here.
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