Nebraska's Alexis Markowski captured her fourth Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award of the season, when the conference announced its weekly honors for women's basketball on Monday, Jan. 17.
Markowski, a 6-3 forward/center out of Lincoln Pius X High School, erupted for a career-high 27 points on a career-best 6-of-7 three-point shooting to lead Nebraska at Iowa on Sunday afternoon. Markowski, who entered the contest 4-of-7 from three-point range on the season, went 4-for-4 from beyond the arc in the first 10 minutes at Iowa on her way to 16 first-quarter points.
Markowski, who was making her fourth straight start in place of injured teammate Bella Cravens, outscored the high-scoring Hawkeyes 16-14 in the period to help shoot the Huskers to a 30-14 lead at the end of the first quarter.