WKU redshirt senior Jared Savage shoots a 3-pointer on Feb. 6 in WKU’s 65-54 win against Louisiana Tech at E.A. Diddle Arena.

Western Kentucky redshirt senior Jared Savage earned WKU’s fourth Conference USA Men’s Basketball Player of the Week award of the season on Monday after recording a double-double average the last two games.

This is Savage’s first honor of the kind in his career at WKU. With this award, WKU is now the second team in Conference USA history to have four different men’s basketball players earn Player of the Week honors. UAB is the only other team to achieve the same feat back in the 2010-11 season.

The Bowling Green native averaged 19 points, 12.5 rebounds, two steals and 1.5 assists in 41.5 minutes per game in WKU’s sweep of UTEP and UTSA. He shot 50 percent from the field, 8 of 15 from long range and 8 of 9 from the free-throw line over the two games.

Savage recorded a new season-high 24 points and career-high 16 rebounds in all 45 minutes of WKU’s overtime win over UTSA in San Antonio.

Against UTEP, Savage filled his stat line with 14 points, nine rebounds and three steals.