The Big Ten honored Iowa women’s basketball players Makenzie Meyer and Ally Disterhoft on Monday with weekly awards.

Meyer was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after averaging 15 points over the course of two games last week.

In contests against Michigan State and Ohio State, she scored 14 points and 16 points.
She shot lights out as well — 70 percent overall for the week (7-of-10) and 75 percent from downtown (3-of-4).

Meyer’s uptick in production couldn’t have come at a better time for the Hawkeyes. The game against Michigan State on Feb. 9 was the team’s first without starting point guard Tania Davis, who tore her ACL in a game versus Michigan on Feb. 5.

Davis had contributed 11 points per game and was the team’s leading assister.

Senior Disterhoft was also recognized by the Big Ten, being named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll. It was the fourth time in her career she was so honored.

Disterhoft was the catalyst in the Michigan State win, dropping 25 points on the Spartans and grabbing 12 rebounds to record her second double-double of the season.

She followed up that performance with a 22-point, 7-rebound effort against No. 13 Ohio State on Feb. 12.

— by Blake Dowson