Women\'s Basketball: Hoosier center named Big Ten Player of Week

Junior center Jill Chapman could get used to this.\nFor the third time this season, the Big Ten Conference has selected Chapman as its women's basketball Big Ten Player of the Week.\nThe latest honor, announced Monday, will be shared with Iowa guard Lindsey Meder.\n"(Chapman) gave us problems all over the place," said Michigan State coach Joanne McCallie Sunday. "Early on, she got some neat little shots. She did some creative things as a post player to create offense for herself."\nChapman guided the Hoosiers (16-7, 7-5 Big Ten) to their first back-to-back wins in more than a month. The Hoosiers upset then-No. 20 Wisconsin 83-79 in overtime Thursday and beat Michigan State Sunday 52-50.\nIn the last-second win against the Spartans, Chapman led all scorers with 25 points on 11-of-16 shooting from the field. Chapman dominated the first half, scoring 14 of IU's 22 points, including the Hoosiers' first six field goals.\nAt one point in the first half, Chapman was single-handedly beating Michigan State 14-12.\n"We didn't do much to stop her," McCallie said Sunday. "She got one-on-one in the post, and when that happened, we were done. We tried to prevent that, but we couldn't all the time. She did a great job and deserves a lot of credit."\nAgainst Michigan State's match-up zone, coach Kathi Bennett said Chapman was able to get good looks at the basket.\n"Once we started making shots from the outside, we were really able to get Jill isolated down low," Bennett said. \nAgainst Wisconsin, Chapman had five crucial points in overtime to carry IU to its first victory against a ranked team since 1998. Chapman finished with 19 points against the Badgers.\nThe biggest two came with the shot clock winding down and the Hoosiers needing a bucket in overtime. Chapman took a pass from junior guard Heather Cassady and made a 15-foot fall-away jumper.\n"We were setting up for a lob, but we didn't get it," Chapman said after Thursday's win. "Heather got the ball inbounds, and I was open, so I took it."\nChapman is the only Big Ten player to receive the honor three times this season.