Williams Named Big Ten Player of the Week

Senior guard Brice Williams was honored Monday afternoon, as he was tabbed as the Big Ten Player of the Week Monday following the Huskers’ win over Indiana.

Williams 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. A 6-foot-7 senior guard from Huntersville, N.C., 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.  He scored nine of his 30 points in the final 6:30 after Indiana closed to within 68-67. 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.

On the season, Williams is averaging 18.9 points per game 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.

Williams is the first Husker to earn the Big Ten’s Weekly Award since Alonzo Verge Jr. on March 7, 2022.