Sophomore guard Raimee Beck made eight consecutive three's against NCCU and 12 in-a-row over three games.

Beck Earns Co-MWC Player of the Week Honor

Sophomore guard averaged 25.3 points and made 69.6 percent from three-point range in three games last week.

Dec. 8, 2008

USAF Academy, Colo. - Air Force sophomore guard Raimee Beck earned co-Mountain West Conference Player of the Week honors for her stellar three-game performance from Dec. 1-6, announced today by the conference office. Back was joined by TCU sophomore Helena Sverrisdottir as the co-players of the week.

Beck led Air Force to a 2-1 record last week, averaging 25.3 points per game. The Blackfoot, Idaho, native shot 65 percent from the field (26-for-40) and 69.6 percent from three-point range (16-for-23), while pulling down an average of 7.3 rebounds per game as a shooting guard. In the win against Barry (57-43), she scored 21 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had two steals. Beck went on to score a career-high 30 points in a 68-47 victory over North Carolina Central in the Air Force Classic, becoming the first Falcon to reach 30 points in a game since 2002. She was 8-for-8 from behind the three-point arc, tying a school record for the most three's in a game and shattering the previous mark of 4-for-4. Beck tallied 25 points in the 56-66 loss to Miami (Ohio), going 9-for-12 (75 percent) from field-goal range and shooting 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) from three-point range, while dishing out five assists. For the tournament, Beck averaged 27.5 points and 7.5 rebounds and was named to the all-tournament team.

Sverrisdottir also led her squad to a 2-1 record last week, including the team's second upset victory this season over a No. 3-ranked team. Hailing from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, Sverrisdottir averaged 19.0 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game. She earned tournament MVP honors at the Collier's International Classic in Berkeley, Calif., after leading the Horned Frogs to wins over Saint Louis (73-59) and previously unbeaten No. 3 Cal (82-73). Sverrisdottir recorded her third double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 rebounds vs. Saint Louis, and followed with a 17-point, 10-assist effort versus Cal. The 10 helpers marked TCU's first individual double-digit assist performance since the 2004-05 season. Sverrisdottir also helped the Frogs total a season-low five turnovers against the Golden Bears. In the Frogs' lone loss of the week against Fresno State (71-75), she scored 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds and added six assists.

This marks Beck's first career weekly honor and Sverrisdottir's third