Amy Jaeschke tallied 33 points, seven rebounds and eight blocks vs. Northern Illinois Wednesday.Amy Jaeschke tallied 33 points, seven rebounds and eight blocks vs. Northern Illinois Wednesday.

Big Ten Tabs Jaeschke Co-Big Ten Player of the Week

Dec. 20, 2010

EVANSTON, Ill. -- Senior Amy Jaeschke earned her third Big Ten Player of the Week honor this season after averaging 24.3 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 blocks per game in the Wildcats' three contests last week. She recorded with two 20-point games, two seven-rebound efforts and finished the week with 15 blocks. Her top game of the week came against Northern Illinois, where she finished with a game-high 33 points, adding seven rebounds and swatting five shots in a victory over the Huskies. Jaeschke ranks second in the Big Ten points per game (24.2) and third in rebounds (9.2).

Jaeschke shares the honor with Illinois' Karisma Penn.

Northwestern (10-2) closes out the nonconference season at 3 p.m. Wednesday when it hosts Toledo. The 'Cats commence the Big Ten slate at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 30 when they travel to Bloomington, Ind. to face the Hoosiers.

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