Nebraska center Alexis Markowski named All-Big Ten First Team
Nebraska Women’s Basketball players Alexis Markowski and Britt Prince received All-Big Ten honors on Tuesday, March 4.
Nebraska center Alexis Markowski is a First Team All-Big Ten selection by the media and a second-team pick by the coaches. The senior from Lincoln is a two-time First Team All-Big Ten pick. She is the first Husker to earn four first- or second-team all-conference honors.
Markowski is averaging 16.8 points per game and 8.1 rebounds. She leads Nebraska history with 51 career double-doubles.
Husker freshman guard Britt Prince is a Big Ten All-Freshman honoree and was an honorable mention All-Big Ten pick. The 5-foot-11 guard averages 13.0 points, 4.4 rebounds and a team-high 3.5 assists per game.
Prince missed two games with a lower right leg injury but returned to play vs. Northwestern. Nebraska defeated the Wildcats 98-77 in Evanston, Ill., on Sunday, March 2, in its final regular season game.
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Callin Hake was the Huskers Sportsmanship honoree. The junior guard averages 6.7 points per game, 3.0 rebounds and 3.14 assists per game.
No. 10 Nebraska (19-10, 10-8) faces No. 15 Rutgers (11-18, 3-15) on Wednesday, March 5 at 5:30 p.m. CT in the first round of the TIAA Big Ten Tournament in Indianapolis, Ind.
USC’s JuJu Watkins is the Big Ten Player of the Year and UCLA’s Lauren Betts earned the Defensive Player of the Year honor. USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb is the conference’s Coach of the Year. UCLA forward Janiah Barker is the Sixth Player of the Year.
Jaloni Cambridge (Ohio State) and Olivia Olson (Michigan) are the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year.
