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Imani Lewis named Big Ten Freshman of the Week
November 26, 2018 | Women's Basketball
First Badger recognized since 2012
MADISON, Wis. – Imani Lewis of the Wisconsin women's basketball team has been named the Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Week, the conference office announced on Monday. She is the first Badger rookie honored since Nicole Bauman was named the Freshman of the Week on Dec. 2, 2012.
Lewis, a 6-foot-1 forward, averaged 13.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game for the week while shooting .475 (19-40) from the field on the week. She also added four assists, one block and one steal over four contests, aiding the Badgers to the tournament title at the Challenge in the Music City in Nashville over the weekend. Wisconsin is 6-1 on the season, its best start since 2009-10.
The Willingboro, New Jersey, native recorded two double-doubles last week, recording 11 rebounds and 12 points vs. IUPUI on Nov. 19, and 13 points and a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Arkansas on Sunday. Lewis also scored 18 points, shooting a personal best .700 (7-10), vs. Pitt on Nov. 23 and added nine points against Tennessee State on Nov. 24. She tallied a career-high two assists vs. the Razorbacks.
On the season, Lewis ranks second on the UW team with 13.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, which ranks 19th and eighth, respectively, in the Big Ten. Among conference freshman, she ranks second in both categories.
Wisconsin returns home to host Duke (3-3) on Wednesday as part of the 12th-annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Tip time is 8 p.m. from the Kohl Center and the game airs live on the Big Ten Network. The Badgers are 6-5 all time in the Challenge and have faced the Blue Devils once, falling at home, 59-51, on Dec. 2, 2010.
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Lewis, a 6-foot-1 forward, averaged 13.0 points and 9.3 rebounds per game for the week while shooting .475 (19-40) from the field on the week. She also added four assists, one block and one steal over four contests, aiding the Badgers to the tournament title at the Challenge in the Music City in Nashville over the weekend. Wisconsin is 6-1 on the season, its best start since 2009-10.
The Willingboro, New Jersey, native recorded two double-doubles last week, recording 11 rebounds and 12 points vs. IUPUI on Nov. 19, and 13 points and a career-high 12 rebounds vs. Arkansas on Sunday. Lewis also scored 18 points, shooting a personal best .700 (7-10), vs. Pitt on Nov. 23 and added nine points against Tennessee State on Nov. 24. She tallied a career-high two assists vs. the Razorbacks.
On the season, Lewis ranks second on the UW team with 13.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game, which ranks 19th and eighth, respectively, in the Big Ten. Among conference freshman, she ranks second in both categories.
Wisconsin returns home to host Duke (3-3) on Wednesday as part of the 12th-annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge. Tip time is 8 p.m. from the Kohl Center and the game airs live on the Big Ten Network. The Badgers are 6-5 all time in the Challenge and have faced the Blue Devils once, falling at home, 59-51, on Dec. 2, 2010.
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