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Hooper Earns Second Straight Big 10 Player of Week Honor
By John Nixon
Copyright: Many Signals Communications
02/13/2013

Nebraska's Jordan Hooper captured her second straight Big Ten Player-of-the-Week honor and the sixth of her career when the conference office announced its winner on Tuesday morning.

Hooper, a 6-2 junior forward from Alliance, Neb., poured in a game-high 29 points and added eight rebounds in Nebraska's 76-75 win at Iowa on Monday night. She hit 11-of-23 shots from the field, including a pair of early three-pointers to allow the Huskers to lead the game from start to finish.

For the week, Hooper averaged 24.0 points and 7.5 rebounds while shooting Nebraska to a pair of road wins, including a 55-50 victory at Northwestern on Feb. 7. Hooper had 19 points and seven rebounds in a low-scoring affair with the Wildcats.

During Nebraska's Big Ten-best six-game winning streak, Hooper has carried the Huskers with 24.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game to increase her team-leading averages to 19.5 points and 8.5 boards on the year. Hooper is shooting 49 percent from the field and 42.9 percent from long range during the surge.

Hooper and the red-hot Huskers return home to take on Ohio State on Thursday night at the Devaney Center. Tip time in NU's Play4Kay game is set for 8 p.m.


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