Jamal Shead Named Big 12 Player of the Week

HOUSTON – After helping lead the fifth-ranked University of Houston Men's Basketball program to a pair of home wins in Fertitta Center last week, senior guard Jamal Shead was honored as the Big 12 Player of the Week, the league office announced Monday.

In wins over #25/25 Texas Tech and UCF, Shead led the Cougars with 19.5 points, 7.5 assists and 3.0 steals per game and finished third on the team with 5.5 rebounds per contest. The Manor, Texas, native buried 55.6 percent (15-of-27) from the field while playing more than 33.0 minutes per game.

With Houston Athletics' move to the Big 12 Conference in 2023-24, he became the first Houston Men's Basketball player to earn a Big 12 regular-season weekly accolade.

Shead started the week in impressive fashion as the Cougars looked to end a season-long two-game losing streak against #25/25 Texas Tech on Wednesday. After connecting on two of his first five shots, he sank all but one of his final 11 shots on the way to a career-high 29 points.

The senior also added 10 assists with only two turnovers and four rebounds in the eighth double-double of his career.

Shead, who is majoring in health, scored 10 points, led all players with five assists and tied for the team lead with seven rebounds and four assists in a 57-42 win over UCF inside Fertitta Center on Saturday. He anchored a defense which allowed only seven UCF field goals in the game and limited the Knights to 15.9 percent (7-of-44) shooting, setting a Big 12 record for low field goal percentage in a conference game.

This season, Shead is one of only three student-athletes to rank among the nation's Top-40 leaders in assists per game, steals per game and assist-turnover ratio. He owns a 104-15 record during his Houston career and needs only six more victories in 2023-24 to become the second-winning player in school history.

Kansas State's Arthur Kaluma was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week.

UP NEXT
• Shead and the Cougars take on #20/19 BYU at 8 p.m. (CST), Tuesday, inside Marriott Center in Provo, Utah.
• That game will air on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.
• The Cougars return to Fertitta Center to play host to Kansas State at 11 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 27.
• That game can be seen on ESPN.
• From there, the Cougars close the month of January when they meet rv/rv Texas at 8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 29, inside Moody Center in Austin, Texas.
• That game will be show on ESPN.
• All Houston Men's Basketball games can be heard on 950 AM KPRC and the Varsity Network app.

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