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Hittner Named MVC Women’s Basketball Player of the Week

ST. LOUISBecca Hittner (Urbandale, Iowa) of the Drake University women's basketball team is the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week, the MVC office announced Monday, March 2.

Hittner is the second-straight Drake student-athlete to win the MVC's top weekly award after teammate Sara Rhine won it last week. It is the second MVC Player of the Week this season for Hittner and the eighth in her career.

Hittner nearly averaged a double-double in a pair of Drake road wins this past weekend. In the victories over Loyola and Valparaiso, she averaged 22.