Women's Basketball

Beyruti Selected NJAC Player of the Week

Pitman, N.J. (3/10/08) - Junior guard Melissa Beyruti (Union City, N.J.) has been tabbed as the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday.

Beyruti earns the final NJAC Player of the Week selection, her third of the season, after averaging 30.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game during Kean's victories in the first two rounds of the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament. She opened the tournament with 29 points, five rebounds, and three assists in an 83-76 first round win over Utica. One day later, she became the Cougars' all-time leading scorer with a season-high 31 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the field and 8-of-14 shooting from three-point range in a 95-61 second round win over Brandeis. A first-team all-conference selection, she broke the school's career scoring record as just a junior and eclipsed the 100 three-point field goal plateau for the second consecutive season.

Beyruti currently leads the NJAC in scoring (18.8 points per game), free throw percentage (.813), and three-point field goals made per game (3.40).