NEW ORLEANS – App State graduate guard Kasen Jennings has been named Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week after leading the Mountaineers to a pair of road wins in league play and extending the team’s winning streak to four games.
Jennings averaged 25.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game, while also shooting 15-for-30 (.500) from the field, 9-for-15 (.600) behind the arc and 12-for-13 (.923) at the free-throw line in a pair of conference road wins over Southern Miss and first-place Troy.
An Atlanta native, Jennings scored a career-best 33 points on 11-for-18 shooting from the floor, including 7-for-11 day from 3-point range, in a 66-44 victory at Troy on Jan. 31. Jennings posted 16 points in the first half and 17 in the second half, as he accounted for exactly half of the Mountaineers' total scoring output in the contest. He also recorded three steals, three rebounds and one assist in the game. Jennings’ seven treys were the second most in a game by a Sun Belt players this season.
Jennings' week got started with an 18-point, seven-rebound outing in a 70-63 road win at Southern Miss on Jan. 29. He added two steals and a pair of assists, while converting all eight of his free throw attempts in the contest.
Jennings is the second App State player to earn the Sun Belt’s top weekly honor this season after teammate and senior guard Alonzo Dodd was recognized on Dec. 16.
2025-26 Sun Belt Conference Men’s Basketball Players of the Week
Week 1 – Cooper Campbell, Troy (So., G – Puyallup, Wash.)
Week 2 – Spudd Webb, Georgia Southern (Gr., G – Hartwell, Ga.)
Week 3 –Tylik Weeks, Southern Miss (Jr., F – New York, N.Y.)
Week 4 –Justin McBride, James Madison (Jr., F – Plano, Texas)
Week 5 – Spudd Webb, Georgia Southern (Gr., G – Hartwell, Ga.)
Week 6 – Alonzo Dodd, App State (Sr., G – St. Paul, Minn.)
Week 7 – Chaze Harris, South Alabama (Sr., G – Cleveland, Ohio)
Week 8 – A.J. Dancler, Coastal Carolina (Jr., G – Indianapolis, Ind.)
Week 9 – Jalen Speer, Marshall (Gr., G – Gainesville, Fla.)
Week 10 – Adam Olsen, South Alabama (Jr., F – Surrey, B.C., Canada)
Week 11 – Victor Valdes, Troy (Jr., F – Monterrey, Mexico)
Week 12 – Jelani Hamilton, Georgia State (R-So., G – Marietta, Ga.)
Week 13 – Kasen Jennings, App State (Gr., G – Atlanta, Ga.)