PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The American Athletic Conference has announced winners of the league’s weekly men’s basketball honors for games ending Jan. 10.
AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Quenton DeCosey • Sr. • G • Temple
DeCosey averaged 19.5 points and 3.0 assists per game in an undefeated week for Temple. The senior led the Owls with 15 points in a road win at No. 23/24 UConn on Tuesday. He scored a game-high 24 points in Saturday’s win over East Carolina to move the Owls to 3-1 in league play. DeCosey shot 52-percent (14-of-27) from the field last week and 73-percent (8-of-11) from 3-point range.
Lawson averaged 11.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game in 1-1 week for the Tigers. He opened the week with 12 points against Nicholls State on Tuesday to go along with a career-high tying three steals. Lawson scored 10 points in a three-point loss at 23
rd ranked UConn on Saturday. The rookie added four rebounds and four assists against the Huskies.
Averaged 15.0 points and 7.0 rebounds per game in a 1-1 week for UCF, scored a game-high tying 20 points at No. 15 SMU on Sunday
Sterling Gibbs • Gr. • G • UConn
Scored a game-high 26 points in Saturday’s win over Memphis, shot 7-of-11 overall vs. the Tigers and 5-of-7 from beyond the arc
Shaq Goodwin • Sr. • F • Memphis
Led Memphis with 23 points against UConn on Saturday, went 11-of-12 from the free-throw line and scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half vs. the Huskies
Jaleel Cousins • Sr. • C • USF
Scored a career-high 19 points at UCF on Wednesday, averaged a double-double (13 points and 11 rebounds) in a pair of games last week
Ben Moore • Jr. • F • SMU
Averaged 19.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists last week, shot 73-percent (16-of-22) overall in wins over RV/RV Cincinnati and UCF
