PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland freshman forward Alex Fowler is the West Coast Conference Player of the Week for the third time this season after averaging a double-double during road wins at Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. The Pilots have claimed a league-high five player of the week awards this season as point guard Haylee Andrews has also nabbed the weekly honor twice.
 
Fowler averaged 19.0 points and 12.0 rebounds as the Pilots won both games on their final road trip of the regular season. Fowler scored 11 points and corralled seven boards during Thursday's key 64-62 win at Pepperdine. The game was a battle for fourth place in the WCC as the Waves entered the night just a half game back of the Pilots.
 
On Saturday, Fowler exploded for 27 points and collected a career-high 17 rebounds to help the Pilots pull away at LMU. The 89-78 win is the fourth straight for the Pilots, and Portland can't finish lower than fourth in the WCC standings. Fowler hit 11 of 17 (.647) shots against the Lions, shot .517 from the field overall, and was a perfect 8-for-8 from the free throw line.
 
The Pilots enter the final week of the regular season with an 18-10 record and an 11-6 mark in the WCC. The 18 wins are the most since Portland also won 18 in 2009-10, and you have to go all the way back to 1996-97 to find a season with more conference wins. That year the Pilots went a perfect 14-0 in league play when the WCC featured just eight teams.