AP School Basketball Gamers of the Week: TTU's Anderson, Iowa State's Crooks

[ad_1] The Related Press introduced its nationwide gamers of the week in males's and girls's basketball for Week 7 of the season. On the boys's basketball facet:

Anderson scored 23 of his 27 factors within the second half and hit two free throws with 3.4 seconds left to cap Texas Tech's rally from a 17-point deficit to beat No. 6 Duke 82-81 Saturday at Madison Sq. Backyard. The 6-foot-3 sophomore guard additionally transformed a three-point play with 1:14 left to provide the Purple Raiders an 81-77 lead in opposition to the previously-undefeated Blue Devils. Anderson is Texas Tech's second-leading scorer at 19.9 factors per recreation and is averaging 7.2 assists with 3.4 rebounds.

Runner-up Caleb Wilson, No. 12 North Carolina. The 6-10 freshman had 20 factors, 15 rebounds, two assists and three blocks, together with one on the ultimate play, in North Carolina's 71-70 win in opposition to Ohio State on Saturday. Wilson additionally had 20 factors and eight rebounds in a 77-58 win over East Tennessee State. He has scored 20 factors in 4 straight video games and is averaging a double-double at 19.5 factors and 10.8 rebounds per recreation.

Honorable point out Paul McNeil, Jr., N.C. State; Darius Acuff Jr., Arkansas; Skyy Clark, UCLA.

Control Braden Huff, No. 7 Gonzaga. The 6-10 junior scored 37 factors on 16-of-18 capturing in a 98-70 win over Campbell on Wednesday, hitting his first 12 photographs. Huff then had 20 factors in a 91-82 win over Oregon. Huff leads the Zags with 19.1 factors per recreation on 68% capturing whereas including 5.3 rebounds. Gonzaga opens West Coast Convention play at Pepperdine on Sunday.

And for ladies's basketball:

The junior middle completed with 41 factors, tying Lindsey Wilson for probably the most factors scored by a Cyclone in a daily season Massive 12 recreation, in a win over Kansas. It was her fourth straight recreation with at the least 30 factors, turning into simply the fifth participant within the final 15 years to take action in girls’s school basketball. Crooks is now the one participant with a number of 40 level video games this season (3).

Runner-up Hannah Hidalgo, Notre Dame. The junior guard had her second profession triple-double in a rout of Bellarmine. Hidalgo turned the primary Irish participant and simply the third Atlantic Coast Convention participant all-time to document a 30-point triple-double when she had 30 factors, 13 steals and 10 assists within the victory.

Honorable point out Joyce Edwards, No. 3 South Carolina; Yarden Garzon, No. 7 Maryland; Sarah Sturdy, No. 1 UConn.

Control Virginia guard Kymora Johnson had a career-high 41 factors in a win over Winthrop. She knocked down 10 3-pointers — probably the most by an ACC participant since 2021. It was additionally probably the most in program historical past.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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