The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
02.05.2024 | Women's Basketball
Madison Booker earns fourth Big 12 weekly award of the season.
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas women's basketball freshman Madison Booker earned Big 12 freshman of the week honors the league announced on Monday.
Booker, who has scored in double figures in 13 straight games and 20-plus in three straight games, averaged 21.0 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists in leading Texas to a 2-0 week with wins against No. 13 Baylor and No. 2 Kansas State.
Booker has five games of 20-plus points against ranked opponents, which ranks second among all D1 freshmen.
Booker's 108 assists for the season rank seventh in UT program history on the freshman assist record list.
Against ranked opponents this season, Booker is averaging 20.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.
This is the fourth Big 12 weekly honor for Booker this season. Booker has also earned National Freshman of the Week and National Player of the Week honors this season.
Booker has been named to the Wooden Award Top 20 Watch List, which goes to the player of the year in men's and women's college basketball. Booker has also been named to the Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 list, which goes to the top small forward in women's college basketball.
