Five members of the Western Kentucky men’s basketball team garnered All-Conference USA postseason accolades, the league announced on Monday.

Senior guard Don McHenry was named All-CUSA Second Team, freshman guard Julius Thedford was named to the league’s All-Freshman Team and Tyrone Marshall Jr. and Khristian Lander each received All-CUSA Honorable Mention.

The Tops’ leading scorer for the 2024-25 season, McHenry finished the regular season as the fifth-leading scorer in CUSA with 17.2 points per contest. The Milwaukee native holds the league’s third-highest free-throw percentage at 83.0% (112-of-135) and has accumulated the 11th-most 3-pointers in the conference with 64 on the year. McHenry’s 45 steals is also good for ninth most in the league. McHenry has posted double-figure scoring in 15 consecutive outings and in 27-of-31 games this season while accounting for 20-plus points in 13 total contests for the year.

The Tops’ leader in minutes for the season, McHenry earned two CUSA Player of the Week nods in 2024-25.

McHenry earns All-CUSA recognition for the second straight season following the second-team selection.

Thedford was named to the conference’s All-Freshman Team after finishing the season with the third-highest scoring average on the team at 12.4 points per contest, 16th most in CUSA. Thedford posted double-figure point totals in 13 games with 18 appearances and six starts before missing time for the remainder of the season with an injury. The freshman from Memphis had the fourth-highest 3-point shooting percentage on the team at 36.6% (30-of-82) and the fifth most blocks with six total for the season.

Marshall and Lander receive All-CUSA honorable mention after helping anchor the Hilltoppers’ offensive and defensive production in 2024-25. Marshall has appeared in all 31 games for the Tops, making 28 starts and averaging the second-most minutes per contest on the team. Marshall leads the team and is seventh in CUSA in rebounding with 6.6 per contest and 204 total for the season. The Nashville native also stands at third in the league in defensive rebounding with 172 total and 5.5 per contest, good for 78th most in the nation, and ranks second on the team in both blocks and steals with 19 and 37 respectively.

Appearing in 27 contests with 15 starts for the year, Lander finished the regular season as the Tops’ second-leading active scorer at 12.1 points per game, 18th most in CUSA. The graduate guard holds the second most made 3s on the Tops’ roster with 48 total for the season, and the second-highest free-throw percentage among active players on the team at 79.4% (50-of-63). Lander is fourth on the team in rebounding, steals and assists, averaging 3.7 boards per contest with 99 total for the year, grabbing a total of 31 steals and dishing out 49 total assists.

WKU (17-14) opens CUSA Championship play as the No. 7 seed in the tournament and will face No. 10 seed FIU on Tuesday at 8 p.m. CT. Tournament coverage will stream live from VBC Propst Arena in Hunstville, Alabama, on ESPN+.