Lindsey Branch, UMW Sports Information
DILLON, Mont. – After helping Montana Western to a pair of wins this past week, Jordan Sweeney has been selected as this week's Erck Hotels Women's Basketball Player of the Week.
Sweeney averaged a double-double of 17.5 points and 10 assists in wins at Montana Tech and at home versus Rocky Mountain. The senior guard shot 60 percent from the field and was 5 of 10 from beyond the arc while grabbing 6.0 rebounds and 1.5 steals per game.
In the win at Montana Tech, Sweeney finished with 19 points by shooting 8 of 12 from the field and adding seven assists. She followed with 16 points and 13 assists – the most by a Frontier player this season – in the win over Rocky.
Sweeney earns the award for the first time this season despite leading the Frontier Conference in points per game with 19.6 and assists per game with 6.2. She also leads the Frontier in free throw percentage as she shoots 90.0 percent from charity stripe.