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Big Ten coaches and media select Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg as conference player of the year

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg has been selected as the Big Ten player of the year by the conference’s coaches and media members.

The Big Ten announced Lendeborg’s selection on Tuesday, adding that the league’s coaches and media chose Illinois’ Keaton Wagler as freshman of the year. The coach-of-the-year balloting was a split decision, with the coaches choosing Nebraska’s Fred Hoiberg while the media selected Michigan’s Dusty May.

The conference’s selections were revealed the same day The Associated Press announced its All-Big Ten team, as chosen by a panel of 16 media members. The AP panel chose Lendeborg as player of the year, Wagler as freshman of the year and May as coach of the year.

Big Ten coaches also selected Michigan’s Aday Mara as defensive player of the year and Nebraska’s Braden Frager as sixth man of the year. Wisconsin’s Sharif Chambliss was chosen as the Howard Moore assistant coach of the year.

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This story has been corrected to show that the last name of the Big Ten defensive player of the year is Aday Mara, not Mar.

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Hawkeyes are set to play Vanderbilt in a November women’s basketball game in Sioux City, Iowa

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — Vanderbilt and Iowa, both ranked in the top 10 late last season, will meet in a women's basketball game early next season in northwest Iowa, the schools announced Tuesday. The neutral-site game is set for Nov. 15 at the Tyson Events Center, which is 290 miles from Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Vanderbilt is 4-0 all-time against the Hawkeyes. This will be the teams' first meeting since 1997. The Commodores are expected to return national scoring leader Mikayla Blakes. She averaged 27 points per game and was Southeastern Conference player of the year. Vanderbilt was ranked as high as No. 5 and finished No. 10 with a 29-5 record after reaching the NCAA Sweet 16.
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