Women's Basketball
Beyruti Selected NJAC Player of the Week
Pitman, N.J. (12/3/07) - Junior guard Melissa Beyruti (Union City, N.J. ) has been selected as the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) women's basketball Player of the Week for the week ending December 2nd as announced by the conference office on Monday.
Beyruti continues to lead the Cougars as she averaged 19.5 points to go along with a perfect 7-for-7 performance from the charity stripe as Kean improved to 5-0 overall. On Wednesday Beyruti recorded 16 points, including three treys and three blocks as Kean defeated John Jay College, 110-36. On Friday evening, she had a team-high 23 points as the Cougars defeated Baruch College, 95-72.
This season Beyruti leads the Cougars averaging 18 points per game while she currently leads the NJAC in both free throw percentage (.917) and three-point field goals made per game (3.00).