Allen and Clouden Garner Big Ten Weekly Honors

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State's Jenna Allen and Nia Clouden both captured Big Ten honors on Monday as announced by the league office. Allen earned Big Ten Player of the Week accolades, while Clouden garnered the Freshman of the Week honor.

This is Allen's second Player of the Week award this season and second of her career. Clouden captured her first Freshman of the Week honor and became the first Spartan to earn the award since Victoria Gaines on Jan. 2, 2017. This is the first time since the Freshman of the Week award began during the 2009-10 season that MSU has received both honors in the same week. The Spartans are also the first team to sweep the awards this year.

Allen, a native of Bedford, Indiana, scored 20 points, going 9-for-14 from the field on Sunday in the then-No. 21/22 Spartans' victory against No. 16/16 Iowa in both schools' Big Ten opener. She also added career-high 17 rebounds in the win. She now has four double-double this season and six for of her career. She was massive on the boards collecting 14 defensive and three offensive rebounds. She was the last Spartan to earn Player of the Week on Dec. 10 when MSU beat then-No. 3 Oregon.

Clouden, who hails from Owings Mills, Maryland, has been stellar all season for the Spartans. Against Iowa, she set a new career high with 27 points in 39 minutes in the victory against No. 16/16 Iowa. She shot 10-of-19 (.526) from the field and 6-of-9 (.667) from the free throw line to seal the win. In a solid all around game, she added five assists, four rebounds, and two steals to her stat line.

After the win against Iowa, the Spartans moved up to No. 15 in the Associated Press poll this week. Michigan State now hits the road to take on Northwestern in the B1G road opener on Thursday, Jan. 3 at 8 p.m ET.

Big Ten Players of the Week
Dec. 10
P: Jenna Allen, MSU
F: Naz Hillmon, MICH

Nov. 12
P: Megan Gustafson, IOWA
F: Shakira Austin, MD

Nov. 19
P: Megan Gustafson, IOWA
F: Shakira Austin, MD

Nov. 26
P: Megan Gustafson, IOWA
F: Imani Lewis, WIS

Dec. 3
P: Megan Gustafson, IOWA
F: Dorka Juhasz, OSU

Dec. 10
P: Jenna Allen, Sr., MSU
F: Naz Hillmon, MICH

Dec. 17
P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA
F: Shakira Austin, MD
F: Naz Hillmon, MICH

Dec. 24
P: Megan Gustafson, Sr., IOWA
F: Shakira Austin, MD

Dec. 31
P: Jenna Allen, Sr., MSU
F: Nia Clouden, MSU

Players Mentioned

Jenna Allen

Nia Clouden

Victoria Gaines

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