Badgers’ Nigel Hayes named Player of the Week; Spartans’ Nick Ward earns Freshman of the Week honors
Player of the Week
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
F – Sr. – 6-8 – Toledo, Ohio – Whitmer
Player of the Week
Nigel Hayes, Wisconsin
F – Sr. – 6-8 – Toledo, Ohio – Whitmer
- Averaged 18.5 points, 8.0 assists and 6.5 rebounds per game in leading the Badgers to a pair of wins over #22/24 Syracuse and Oklahoma, which both advanced to the 2016 Final Four
- Shot 50.0 percent (12-of-24) from the field, including converting both of his three-point field goal attempts, and was 11-of-16 (.699) from the free-throw line
- Came up just one point shy of a triple-double with nine points, 10 assists and 11 rebounds against Syracuse in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge
- Poured in a game- and season-high 28 points on 8-of-13 shooting, and handed out six assists against zero turnovers versus the Sooners
- Passed former standouts Devin Harris and Kirk Penney to move into 10th place on Wisconsin’s all-time scoring list
- The two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection earns his first Big Ten Player of the Week nod
- Last Wisconsin Player of the Week: Frank Kaminsky (March 9, 2015)
