(From Illinois Sports Information Office)

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Kendall Bostic delivered a spectacular Week 2 performance on the court to earn the first Big Ten Player of the Week award of her career. The fifth-year senior led the way with 28 points per game, 10 rebounds per game, one steal per game, and zero turnovers as the Fighting Illini climbed to 5-0 after downing their third 2024 NCAA Tournament team of the season.

The Kokomo, Ind., native shot 83.9% from the floor on 26-of-31 attempts and connected on all four of her free-throw attempts. No other Big Ten player was more efficient at a high volume than Bostic, as she made more combined field goals across the week (26) than all but two Big Ten players attempted. Additionally, she was the only Big Ten player with two 20-point games this week, scoring at least 30 points in one of the outings.

In the Illini's first game of the week, Bostic registered the 36^th double-double of her career, scoring 25 points (11-for-13 FG) and grabbing 12 rebounds in 23 minutes of action.

In Illinois' handing of Oregon State, Bostic became just the fourth player in program history to score 1,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds as an Illini. Bostic is also now second on Illinois' career rebounding list (1,045). She scored a career-high 31 points in the victory over the Beavers and grabbed eight rebounds in 32 minutes of work.

Across the week, Bostic registered the fifth and sixth 20-point games of her career, and the first 30-point showing of her career.

The last Illini to earn Big Ten Player of the Week honors was Genesis Bryant, who won back-to-back Co-Player of the Week awards during the 2022-23 campaign.