Michigan State and Nebraska Earn Weekly Men’s Basketball Laurels

Co-Player of the Week Draymond Green, Michigan State F – Sr. – 6-7 – Saginaw, Mich. – Saginaw ·        Scored 22 points, grabbed 14 rebounds

Co-Player of the Week

Draymond Green, Michigan State

F – Sr. – 6-7 – Saginaw, Mich. – Saginaw

·        Scored 22 points, grabbed 14 rebounds and added six assists in Michigan State’s 68-52 win over Minnesota

·        Shot 82 percent from the field, converting on nine of 11 field goal attempts, including all eight from two-point range

·        Recorded his 11th double-double of the season, good for first in the Big Ten

·        Picks up his third career weekly award and second this season

·        Last Michigan State Player of the Week: Keith Appling (Jan. 2, 2012)

Brandon Richardson, Nebraska

G – Sr. – 6-0 – Los Angeles, Calif. – Hawthorne

·        Recorded 25 points, six rebounds and five assists to lead Nebraska to a 79-73 road win over Iowa

·        Shot 90 percent from the floor, hitting nine of 10 shots, including six of seven from three-point range

·        Marked a career high in points

·        Collects Nebraska’s first weekly award as a member of the Big Ten

Freshman of the Week

Branden Dawson, Michigan State

G – 6-6 – Gary, Ind. – Lew Wallace

·        Posted a career-high 16 points, along with four rebounds and four blocks, in Michigan State’s win over Minnesota

·        Made seven of 10 field goal attempts en route to a 70 percent field goal percentage

·        Ten of his 16 points came in the second half

·        Earns his first weekly award

·        Last Michigan State Freshman of the Week: N/A