Jeffries shares honor of Big Ten Player of the Week

For the third time this season, Jared Jeffries has been named Big Ten Player of the Week. Jeffries split the award with senior Travarus Bennett of Minnesota.\nIn leading the Hoosiers to blowout wins against Penn State and No. 9 Illinois, Jeffries averaged 16.5 points and 12 rebounds. Against the Nittany Lions last Wednesday, Jeffries scored 15 first half points as the Hoosiers coasted to an 85-51 win.\nAgainst the Illini, Jeffries did more than score 13 points. He also had 11 rebounds, five assists, three steals and two dunks in the second half that helped put Illinois away early in the second half.\nJeffries, the 2001 Big Ten Freshman of the Year, was Big Ten Player of the Week on Dec. 10 and Jan. 14 this season. \nBennett had a career-high 21 points to lead the Gophers to a win against Ohio State Saturday night, knocking the Buckeyes into a first-place tie in the Big Ten standings with the Hoosiers.