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Lauren Betts Named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week
February 24, 2025 | Women's Basketball
LOS ANGELES – Junior Lauren Betts of UCLA Women's Basketball has been named Co-Player of the Week, the Big Ten announced Monday.
Betts averaged 22.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game in No. 3 UCLA's 2-0 week. The center had 22 points, seven rebounds and six blocks against No. 25 Illinois on Feb. 20 in the Bruins' eighth ranked win of the season. Betts brought her season blocks total to 67 against the Fighting Illini, surpassing Monique Billings for UCLA Women's Basketball's single-season blocks record in the victory. She followed that performance with a 22-point, 12-rebound double-double in front of a hostile Iowa crowd on the road. Betts was the game's leading scorer in UCLA's 67-65 win against the Hawkeyes, helping the Bruins overcome a 12-point second-half deficit in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Monday's award marks the third player of the week nod for Betts this season; she also earned the conference weekly honor on Nov. 18 and Jan. 27.
Big Ten Women's Basketball Weekly Awards
Co-Player of the Week: JuJu Watkins, USC & Lauren Betts, UCLA
Freshman of the Week: Jaloni Cambridge, OSU
Honor Roll: Alexis Markowski, NEB; Elle Ladine, WASH; Grace Grocholski, MINN
Betts averaged 22.0 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game in No. 3 UCLA's 2-0 week. The center had 22 points, seven rebounds and six blocks against No. 25 Illinois on Feb. 20 in the Bruins' eighth ranked win of the season. Betts brought her season blocks total to 67 against the Fighting Illini, surpassing Monique Billings for UCLA Women's Basketball's single-season blocks record in the victory. She followed that performance with a 22-point, 12-rebound double-double in front of a hostile Iowa crowd on the road. Betts was the game's leading scorer in UCLA's 67-65 win against the Hawkeyes, helping the Bruins overcome a 12-point second-half deficit in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Monday's award marks the third player of the week nod for Betts this season; she also earned the conference weekly honor on Nov. 18 and Jan. 27.
Big Ten Women's Basketball Weekly Awards
Co-Player of the Week: JuJu Watkins, USC & Lauren Betts, UCLA
Freshman of the Week: Jaloni Cambridge, OSU
Honor Roll: Alexis Markowski, NEB; Elle Ladine, WASH; Grace Grocholski, MINN
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