ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Freshman guard Michelle Lund (Sioux City, Iowa/Bishop Heelan) has been named the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Newcomer of the Week announced by the league office Monday after averaging 15.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game to help lead the Bradley Women's Basketball team to a 3-0 record last week.

The top scorer on Bradley's roster at 13.8 points per game, she opened the week with a season-best 22-point, six-assist effort in Bradley's 77-62 win against in-state foe Northern Illinois. Lund made 5-of-9 three-point attempts and paced the Braves in both scoring and assists against the Huskies.

She scored 11 points, all in the second half, in BU's road win at Northern Arizona (83-66) in the first game at the NAU Thanksgiving Classic in Flagstaff, Ariz., to kick off a season-long four-game road swing. Lund capped the week with team highs of 13 points, four assists and three steals to go along with five boards in Bradley's win against Big West Conference preseason favorite UC Riverside in the championship game of the NAU Thanksgiving Classic.

Named the tournament's Most Valuable Player, Lund averaged 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.0 steals per game while connecting 6-for-11 three-point attempts in the two tournament games. For the week, Lund made 11-of-20 (55 percent) from beyond the arc. Her 22 three-point baskets is already the third best total by a Bradley freshman and most by a BU frosh since Genny Mueller connected on 33 trey's during the 2001-02 campaign.

Lund and the Braves are off to a 5-1 start to the season, marking the best start for Bradley since opening the 2001-02 season with a 9-0 record. The Braves return to action Saturday, when BU faces Illinois at 1:30 p.m. at the United Center in Chicago, Ill. Saturday's game will be broadcast in the Peoria, Ill., area on WMBD 1470 AM.