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Nebrasketball's Brice Williams Named Big Ten Player of the Week

The senior guard is the first Husker to earn Big Ten Player of the Week since Alonzo Verge three seasons ago.

Kaleb Henry

Brice Williams shoots the ball against Indiana during Friday night's game in Lincoln.
Brice Williams shoots the ball against Indiana during Friday night's game in Lincoln. / Dylan Widger-Imagn Images
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Nebraska men's basketball guard Brice Williams had himself a game Friday.

The Husker senior paced Nebraska with a season-high 30 points, along with a season-high six rebounds and five assists, in NU’s 85-68 win over the Hoosiers. Williams was 10-of-15 from the field and 8-of-11 from the foul line en route to posting his fourth career 30-point game and first as a Husker. Williams became just the second Husker in the Big Ten era (2011-12 to present) to have 30 points and five assists in a game.

For his efforts, Williams was honored by the league Monday as the Big Ten Player of the Week. He is the first Husker to earn the Big Ten’s Weekly Award since Alonzo Verge Jr. on March 7, 2022.

Williams is averaging 18.9 points per game this season on 50 percent shooting and has four 20-point games for the Huskers, who are 7-2 heading into this week’s Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic. The first game is Dec. 22 against Murray State. Tip in Honolulu is set for 8 p.m. CST on ESPN2.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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