BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — WKU Hilltopper Basketball outgoing senior Jared Savage has signed a professional contract to play next season for G.S. Lavrio B.C. in Greece.
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The team currently plays in the Greek League, the top-tier level basketball league in Greece.
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Savage, a Bowling Green, Ky., native, started all 64 games he played for the Hilltoppers over his two final college seasons.
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As a senior, he was named to the All-Conference USA Third Team and the C-USA All-Defensive Team.
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The 6-foot-5 guard/forward averaged 11.7 points and 7.1 rebounds in 2019-20, shooting 44.8 percent from the field, 83.6 percent from the free-throw line and making 67 of 169 3-pointers. He led WKU in rebounding and ranked sixth in Conference USA.
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Savage finished his career with 1,294 points including his first two seasons at Austin Peay.
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He's the 10th outgoing senior to sign a professional basketball contract under WKU head coach Rick Stansbury. In Stansbury's first three seasons, all nine outgoing seniors went on to play professionally.
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