Indiana men’s basketball freshman guard Jalen Hood-Schifino was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week, the conference announced Monday. Hood-Schifino is the first Hoosier to earn weekly honors during the 2022-23 season.
The freshman averaged 27 points, six assists and three rebounds in Indiana’s losses to Iowa and Northwestern the past week. He set a career high of 21 points against the Hawkeyes on Friday and surpassed it with 33 against the Wildcats on Sunday.
Hood-Schifino shot 10-of-15 from beyond the arc during the stretch after shooting 25% from 3-point range throughout the first six games of the season. He leads the Hoosiers with 55 total assists and ranks second in points per game with 13.4.
Hood-Schifino is the first Hoosier freshman to earn the honor since now-senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis did so in February 2020.
