IU men’s basketball’s redshirt senior forward Tucker DeVries was named Co-Big Ten Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday afternoon.
Meanwhile, senior guard Shay Ciezki won the same honor on the women’s side.
DeVries shared the distinction with Ohio State senior guard Bruce Thornton.
In a pair of Hoosier wins to open the season, DeVries averaged 22.5 points, 8.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 1.0 steal per game. He shot 57.1% (16-of-28) from the floor and 58.8% (10-of-17) from the 3-point line.
The two-time Missouri Valley Player of the Year began his Cream ‘n Crimson career with an 18-point, 11-rebound double-double in a 98-51 win over Alabama A&M. He became the first Hoosier since Devonte Green (March 23, 2019) to record at least 15 points, 10 rebounds, and four made 3-pointers in a game. He also eclipsed the 2,000-point mark for his career, the only active NCAA Division I men’s basketball player to join the 2k club.
His encore performance included a game-high 27 points (24 in the first half) to pair with six rebounds in a 100-77 win over Marquette at the United Center in Chicago to earn Most Outstanding Player of the Waterkeeper Alliance Invitational honors. He knocked down six of Indiana’s 14 made 3-pointers, the most a Hoosier team has made since a win at Iowa on Feb. 17, 2018.
DeVries is the first IU player to win the honor since Trayce Jackson-Davis in 2023.
Ciezki averaged 28.5 points while shooting 52.6 percent from the floor and 56.3 percent from the 3-point line in a pair of wins for the Hoosiers to go along with 4.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals while holding +2.5 assist/turnover ratio. The Buffalo, N.Y. native was also a perfect 8-for-8 at the free throw line.
She led Indiana in both games this week starting with the season opener against Lipscomb on Tuesday where she had 22 points, three assists and five rebounds. Her new IU career-high 35 points pushed the Hoosiers to victory on Friday night over UIC on 12-for-21 shooting and connected on seven 3-pointers. Ciezki also added four rebounds, two assists and two steals against the Flames.
It marks the first Big Ten Player of the Week honor for Ciezki in her career and the first for Indiana since Sara Scalia (Nov. 23, 2023).
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