After a dominant 28-point performance against No. 7 USC (19-2, 9-1 Big Ten), Iowa women's basketball (15-7, 5-6 Big Ten) star senior guard Lucy Olsen was named the National Player of the Week by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association on Tuesday morning.

IOWA CITY -- Lucy Olsen is a Big Ten women’s basketball co-player of the week. Olsen averaged 22.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 2.5 steals as Iowa (15-7 overall, 5-6 Big Ten) notched a pair of home wins. In the Hawkeyes’ 85-80 victory over Northwestern last Thursday, she recorded 16 points, six assists and five rebounds.

Iowa senior guard Lucy Olsen was honored on Monday as the Co-Big Ten Player of the Week after big performances in wins over Northwestern and Sunday's upset over No. 4 USC.

Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena was built around Clark’s No. 22 getting retired. Her former Hawkeyes team, led by Olsen’s 28 points, made the day complete with a big upset of the fourth-ranked Trojans.

Iowa women's basketball (15-7, 5-6) earned their biggest win of the season with a 76-69 upset win vs. No. 4 USC (19-2, 9-1 Big Ten) Sunday afternoon from a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena prior to raising Iowa legend Caitlin Clark's No.