Haiby Shares Big Ten Freshman Honor

Photo by Scott Bruhn/Nebraska CommunicationsNebraska's Sam Haiby earned the first Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award of her career when the conference office announced its weekly awards on Monday, Feb. 4.

Haiby, a 5-9 guard from Moorhead, Minn., put together her best week in conference play by averaging 15.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in just 19.5 minutes per game off the bench for the Big Red. She hit 66.7 percent of her shots from the field (10-15), including 75 percent (3-4) of her three-point attempts while connecting on 87.5 percent (7-8) of her free throws.

Haiby capped her week with a team-high 17 points on 5-of-8 shooting against Indiana. She opened the week with 13 points…