ROSEMONT, IL – Sophomore Shyanne Sellers of the 10th-ranked Maryland women’s basketball team (16-4, 7-2 B1G) was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the first time in her career Monday.
Sellers, the 2022 Big Ten Sixth Player of the Year, led the Terrapins to a pair of dominant road wins, leading the team in scoring and rebounding with 20.5 points and 9.0 rebounds per game on the week. She shot 62.5 percent from the field (15-24), 50 percent from outside the arc (4-8) and went 7-for-8 at the foul line.
In a 77-64 win at Wisconsin Thursday, Sellers tied her career-high 21 points with seven rebounds. Sellers scored 13 of her 21 points in the first quarter and 11 of the Terps’ first 13 points as they led 28-15 at the end of the period. She went 3-for-4 from outside the arc in the quarter. The Badgers never got within 10 the rest of the way.
In a convincing 69-54 win at Nebraska Sunday, Sellers notched the second double-double of her career and first of the season with 20 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. She went 7-for-8 from the foul line and added three assists with two steals and a block. Sellers and the Terrapins’ defense held the Huskers to a season-low 14 points in the first half – the Huskers’ lowest in a half and the fewest points allowed by the Terrapins this season.
Sellers is averaging 14.9 points per game, nearly doubling her 7.2 points per game as a rookie last year. She is second on the Maryland squad in scoring and has scored in double figures in 17 of 20 games this season.
Sellers was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice last year – Nov. 22, 2021 and Dec. 27, 2021.
Sellers and the Terrapins return home for two matchups this week. They will take on No. 13 Michigan Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the XFINITY Center. Click here for tickets. Then, the Terps will host Penn State Monday at 6:30 p.m. Both games will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
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