Destiny Adams Earns Women's Basketball Big Ten Player of the Week
Nov 11 | Women's Basketball
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers women's basketball senior forward, Destiny Adams was named the Big Ten Player of the Week Monday afternoon, announced by the conference office.
This award is the first Big Ten weekly honor of Adams' career. She is the first Scarlet Knight to claim the selection since 2024 Olympian Arella Guirantes (Dec. 8 2020) and the first under head coach Coquese Washington.
Adams led Rutgers to a 3-0 start during the first week of the 2024-25 season, with wins over Manhattan (85-79), Cornell (72-61) and NJIT (94-84). Between all three outings, she totaled 80 points, 45 rebounds, six blocks, five steals and five assists. In addition, the Manchester, New Jersey native went 25-33 (.758) from the free throw line.
The highlight of the week though, was her career best 36 points and 22-rebound double-double against the Highlanders on Sunday. Besides her 2024 Big Ten Tournament performance (33 points, 24 rebounds), she is the first player in program history with 30+ points and 20+ rebounds in a regular season game in over 12 seasons.
Adams' 36 points ties a Jersey Mike's Arena record that was previously set by Guirantes in 2020. She is also tied for 8th for the most points in a single game in program history, along with Guirantes and Caroline DeRoose (1994).
The massive performance marks her 10th career double-double and second in three games.
She also had 30 points and 15 boards in the game prior versus the Big Red, to make her the first Scarlet Knight since Sue Wicks (1988) to net back-to-back 30+ point games and just the third in program history.
Dating back to last season, Adams has reached double digit points in 20 consecutive contests.
Next Up
Rutgers will complete its four-game homestand to start the season against Iona on Friday, Nov. 15. The contest will begin at 11 a.m. for the team's annual Recess Day.
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