Colorado State University Athletics
CSU's Ryder earns MW Player of the Week
12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
MW Release
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – For the second consecutive week Gritt Ryder has been named Mountain West Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for her outstanding performance at the Omni Hotels Classic. The conference made the announcement Monday.
The senior shined in the first round of the tournament against former conference foe TCU on Friday. Ryder tied a career high with 25 points. She organized the Rams with poise from the point guard position against an athletic Horned Frogs team with switching defenses.
Along with teammate Ellen Nystrom, Ryder was one of two players to reach double figures in each game last week, adding 11 points in a championship-round, double-overtime battle at Colorado on Saturday. The Denmark native was the only player on the court for every possible minute (90) of the two contests. It was the first time she played an entire game in a Rams’ uniform. It’s no surprise that she leads the Mountain West in minutes played, averaging 39.2 so far this season.
In two games Ryder totaled eight assists, shooting.857 from the line (6-7), while converting six three-point field goals. She now leads the conference in three-pointers, averaging 3.0 per game.
Colorado State is on the road this week, taking on Drake Wednesday at 6 p.m. MT, followed by a matchup against BYU at noon in Salt Lake City on Saturday.
