Pop Isaacs, RaeQuan Battle and Keshon Gilbert Earn Big 12 Men's Basketball Week 8 Honors

POSTED: January 2, 2024 -- 1:35 p.m. CT

Texas Tech's Pop Isaacs and West Virginia's RaeQuan Battle shared Big 12 Men's Basketball Player of the Week while Iowa State's Keshon Gilbert picked up Newcomer of the Week. Battle was recognized for the second consecutive week while Gilbert earned his second honor of the season.

Isaacs scored a career-high 28 points and had four assists in a 36-point win over Sam Houston and followed with 21 points in an 85-57 victory over North Alabama. He made a season-high five 3-pointers vs. SHSU and was 10-of-19 from the field. Isaacs is now leading Tech with 15.8 points per game this season along with averaging 3.4 assists. He has scored in double figures in four consecutive games.

Battle recorded his first career double-double with 24 points and 10 rebounds along with three steals in WVU's overtime loss against Ohio State. He is averaging 27.3 points in the three games he has played in for the Mountaineers after scoring 29 in each of the first two.

Gilbert turned in the eighth triple-double in Cyclones history and the second this month in an 85-70 win over New Hampshire. He became the first player in Big 12 history to have 10 points, 10 rebounds, 11 assists and four steals in a game. Gilbert tied a career-high in rebounds, while posting a career-high in assists. It was his 11th game this season scoring in double figures. Iowa State is the first school in Big 12 history with two different players recording a triple-double in the same season.

The Big 12 leads the nation with five triple-doubles this season.

Big 12 Players of the Week

Player:

Jan. 2: Pop Isaacs, Texas Tech, G, So. and RaeQuan Battle, West Virginia, G, Sr.

Dec. 28: RaeQuan Battle, West Virginia, G, Sr.

Dec. 18: Micah Peavy, TCU, F, Sr.

Dec. 11: Arthur Kaluma, K-State, F, Jr.

Dec. 4: Emanuel Miller, TCU, F, Sr.

Nov. 27: Kevin McCullar, Kansas, G, Gr.

Nov. 20: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas, C, Sr.

Nov. 13: Ja'Kobe Walter, Baylor, G, Fr.

Newcomer:

Jan. 2: Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State, G, Jr.

Dec. 28: RaeQuan Battle, West Virginia, G, Sr.

Dec. 18: Max Abmas, Texas, G, Gr.

Dec. 11: Keshon Gilbert, Iowa State, G, Jr.

Dec. 4: Chance McMillian, Texas Tech, G, Sr.

Nov. 27: RayJ Dennis, Baylor, G, Sr. and Jaylin Sellers, UCF, G, Jr.

Nov. 20: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas, C, Sr.

Nov. 13: Hunter Dickinson, Kansas, C, Sr.

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