MONMOUTH, Ill. – Monmouth College junior Anthony Beaird (Coal Valley, IL/Moline) opened the season with back-to-back 30 point games and has been named the season’s first Midwest Conference Performer of the Week in men’s basketball.

The junior guard has come out firing this season, averaging 25.0 points per game in Monmouth’s first four contests. Beaird has done a lot of his scoring beyond the arc and at the free throw line. He’s made 19 three-pointers, including games of nine and seven, and he’s made 19-of-23 free throws, including a 12-of-13 performance on Saturday in a Fighting Scot win. His other numbers include 16 assists, 12 rebounds and three steals.

An accounting/business major, he is the son of Patrick Beaird and Susan Engeman, both of Coal Valley.

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