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Iowa State University Athletics
11.09.2026 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State freshman Tjaša Turnšek earned her first Big 12 weekly award, recognized as the league's Freshman of the Week after three stellar games to open the season.
Turnšek averaged 19.0 points and 7.0 rebounds in Week 1, the third-leading scorer in the conference for the week. She also finished among the top 15 field goal percentage with a .583 clip (21-36 FG). Turnšek scored in double figures in each of her first three collegiate games, including an 18-point, 13-rebound performance in a 68-44 win over Nicholls for her first career double-double. By reaching the milestone in her second career game, she became the second-fastest Iowa State freshman to record a double-double. In the 77-61 victory over Eastern Illinois, the forward from Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia, posted her first 20-point game to become the Cyclones' first league freshman weekly award winner since the 2023-24 campaign.
Turnšek also earned a spot on the Big 12 Starting Five along with Delaney Gibb (BYU, Player of the Week), Jaliya Davis (Kansas), Lena Girardi (Utah) and Skylar Forbes (West Virginia).
Next Up
Iowa State next hosts Howard Thursday, Nov. 12 at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
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