Irvine, CA—The Big West and College Sports Madness both announced today that UC Riverside guard Brittany Crain is the conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week.

Averaging 33.0 points on 58.1 percent shooting in two victories, the Moreno Valley, California native captured Big West accolades for the second week in a row.

View UC Riverside's all-time Big West Player of the Week award winners.
 
Crain claimed MVP honors of the New Mexico Thanksgiving Tournament after leading the Highlanders to wins over Stephen F. Austin and the host Lobos in extending UCR's best ever Division I start to a season to 5-0.

She scored 25 points against Stephen F. Austin–two off of her career-high–and made 13-of-21 floor attempts in the 90-62 win in Friday's tourney opener. Crain made all seven of her free throw attempts and added 12 rebounds to secure her second double-double of the season. She further filled the stat line with five assists and three steals.
 
The 70-62 victory over New Mexico featured 31 points from Crain, for her third 30-point game this season and sixth of her career. She knocked down 12-of-22 on field goals, hit a pair of threes for the second straight game, and chipped in six rebounds, four steals and a block.

Crain leads the nation in scoring at 29.0 points per game, and also ranks second in the Big West in rebounds per game (9.0), third in steals and seventh in field goal percentage. UC Riverside is one of 36 Division I teams that are still undefeated.