NEW ORLEANS – University of South Alabama men's basketball junior Trhae Mitchell was voted the Sun Belt Conference co-Men's Basketball Player of the Week Monday.

In two games, Mitchell averaged 27.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in South Alabama's 1-1 week, which included the team's first road win of the season.

Mitchell picks up the weekly award for the first time in his career and is also the first Jaguar to be voted player of the week this season. Louisiana's JaKeenan Gant was also named player of the week.

The Austell, Ga., native shot 55.0 percent from the floor, 66.7 percent from 3-point land and made all six free-throw attempts over two games. He recorded a career-high 31 points and added 12 rebounds for his sixth double-double of the season at Louisiana, converting 13 of 23 from the floor and 3 of 4 from distance.

He followed that up with a game-high 23 points at ULM, to hand the Warhawks their first home loss of the year. Mitchell grabbed seven rebounds, shot 9 for 17 from the field and blocked a pair of shots to move into fifth place by himself in South Alabama's career record books with 113.

The Jaguars host rival Troy on Saturday at 5 p.m.

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