ST. LOUIS – Freshman Brenni Rose (Shawnee, Kan.) of the Drake University women's basketball team has been named the Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Newcomer of the Week for the second time this season, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
Rose averaged 19.0 points and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 65 percent from the field (13-of-20) and a scorching 80 percent (8-of-10) from the three-point arc in helping Drake to wins over Missouri State and Wichita State and a perfect 18-0 record in league play.
Against Missouri State, Rose scored 16 points on 5-of-8 shooting, including hitting 3-of-4 three-pointers, and she grabbed five rebounds.