2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Rabun Gap - Nacoochee School
- Hometown:
- Abuja, Nigeria
Awards and Honors:
2018-19 First Team All-Big Ten
2018-19 Winter Academic All-Big Ten
2019 Katrina McClain Award Candidate
2018-19 Coaches and Media Preseason All-Big Ten Team
2017-18 Second Team All-Big Ten
2017-18 Winter Academic All-Big Ten
2017-18 Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll
2016-17 Winter Academic All-Big Ten
2018-19: Was named First Team All-Big Ten for her play as a Senior ... Pulled down her 1,000th career rebound against Nebraska on Feb. 21, only the second in Wildcat history to reach this milestone ... Recorded a double-double in the season-opening win at UW-Green Bay with 17 points and 14 rebounds, also adding a pair of blocks (11/6)... Added another double-double in a home game win against Duke with 11 points and 17 rebounds (11/11) ... Hauled in 10 rebounds against UIC (11/15) ... Posted third-double of the season at Florida with 18 points on 8-12 shooting and 13 rebounds, along with two blocks (11/18) ... Secured another double-double against UT-Martin with 12 points and 16 rebounds (11/25) ... Notched her fifth double-double of the season against Pitt on 16 points and 10 rebounds (11/29) ... Scored 14 points while grabbing a team-high 15 rebounds against Marquette (12/9) … Finished with 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting while adding five steals and a game-high eight rebounds and four blocks against Chicago State (12/17) … Recorded nine points, eight rebounds and four blocks against Wichita State (12/19) … Pulled down a game-high 17 rebounds and scored four points against Rutgers (12/28) … Notched 12 points and eight rebounds along with a season-high five steals against Illinois (12/31) … Posted 17 points as well as three blocks and a game-high 10 rebounds against Michigan State (1/3) ... Contributed 12 points and three rebounds against Michigan (1/8) … Added another double-double to her resume with 13 points and 14 rebounds against Purdue (1/13) ... Added 11 points and 11 boards at No. 25 Indiana (1/16) ... Posted a season high 21 points to go along with 11 rebounds versus Wisconsin (1/20) ... Pulled down 19 rebounds and put up 10 points at Nebraska (1/24) ... Recorded her fifth consecutive double-double at Illinois with 12 points and 11 rebounds (1/27) ... Finished with another double-double, tallying 14 points, 11 rebounds and three steals against Minnesota (1/31) … Notched her seventh consecutive double-double and 14th this season with 17 points, 14 rebounds and four steals in a win over Ohio State (2/3) ... Pulled down 13 rebounds at No. 10 Maryland (2/7)...Put up six points and eight rebounds at Minnesota (2/10) ... Grabbed eight rebounds while adding four points and three assists vs. Penn St. (2/14) ... Tallied five points and 11 rebounds and four steals at Purdue (2/17) ... Dropped 19 points and four assists, and grabbed 13 rebounds against Nebraska (2/21) … Secured 11 points, 11 rebounds, and six steals against Indiana (2/26) ... Recorded 11 points, eight rebounds, two blocks and a steal vs. Michigan State (3/7) ... Contributed 17 points, 11 rebounds, three blocks and five steals to help defeat Dayton (3/21) ... Secured 19 rebounds against West Virginia (3/27), tied for fourth-most in a game by any Big Ten player this season ... Grabbed another 16 boards in a win over Ohio (3/30).
2017-2018: Named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 15.5 points and 15.5 rebounds per game during the week of 11/13 ... Ranked second in the Big Ten with 11.9 rebounds per game, and second in defensive rebounds with 8.0 ... Also ranked in the Big Ten for offensive rebounds, steals, blocked shots, and scoring... With 381 rebounds, ranks first in Northwestern history for rebounds in a single season, and fourth in all-time Big Ten history for rebounds in a single season ... Recorded 18 double-doubles on the season, which ties her with Patricia Babcock (1993-94) and Nia Coffey (2015-16) for most in a single season in school history, and the eighth most nationally for the season ... Averaged a double-double on the season with an 11.9 rebounding average and 11.3 points per game ... Recorded first double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds against Chicago State (11/10) ... Became the third player in program history to record a 20-20 game and the 12th Big Ten player to do so since 2000 when she had 27 points and 21 rebounds in a win over Oakland (11/16) ... Scored a career-high 27 points in 88-70 win over Oakland ... Shot 8-11 from the line against Georgetown (11/26), her career best in free throws made and attempted ... Recorded eight steals in the game against Iowa (2/11), the most by a forward in a single game in school history, while also tallying 17 points and 10 rebounds ... Accumulated 21 points, 14 rebounds, 4 steals, 1 block, and 1 assist against Penn State (2/14) ... Notched her third consecutive double-double with 13 points and 16 rebounds in the win over Illinois (2/18) ... Recorded 17 rebounds during the second round of the Big Ten Tournament against Iowa, the fourth-most in any Big Ten Tournament game, and the most since 2014 (3/1).
2016-2017: Grabbed a season high eight rebounds in back-to-back games at Minnesota (2/13) and at Iowa (2/16) ... Started both games of the Big Ten Tournament, her only two starts of the season ... Averaged more than three boards per game over the last seven contests ... Recorded four points and seven rebounds against Missouri State (11/16)...Pulled down seven rebounds against UIC (12/13)...Scored in 12 games with a high of six points vs. Rutgers (2/23).
2015-16: Averaged 9.3 rebounds per game in four Big Ten Tournament games despite playing only 21.8 minutes per game (3/2-3/5)... Recorded back to back double-doubles against Wisconsin (2/20) and Michigan (2/23)... Pulled down 13 rebounds in 23 minutes against Illinois, and tied her career high with 16 against Minnesota (2/4 and 2/6)... Recorded career high 16 rebounds against Ohio State (1/28)... Posted career highs of 14 points and 14 boards for her first collegiate double-double against Ohio State (1/14)... Started against Michigan State (1/10), and in every game since... Back to Back four point games against Loyola and Alcorn State (12/15 and 12/17) ... Scored first collegiate points against Creighton (11/27)… Career high six rebounds against Idaho State (11/19)… Made first collegiate appearance, and first five rebounds, against Howard (11/15)…
High School: Multi-sport athlete with great experience in volleyball, track and tennis ... ... All-North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) honoree in both basketball and track in 2013-14 ... All-State selection in track. ... averaged a double-double behind close to 10 points and more than 11 rebounds per game while helping the Eagles to a 21-5 record ... led her team to a second-place finish in the 2014 State Tournament ... nationally ranked by ESPN.com.
Personal: Major is Communication Studies with a double minor in Creative Writing and Business Institutions.
