Creighton, Elmore Earn Second-Straight Third-Team All-AAC Honors

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – University of Memphis seniors Cheyenne Creighton and Brea Elmore have earned Third-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors for the second consecutive season as announced by the league office Friday afternoon. It also marks the second-straight year and second year since joining The American in 2013 that the Tigers have had two players on either the first-, second-, or third-team in the same season.

The 2014 season saw two members on the All-Freshman Team as well as a first-team selection.

After successful junior seasons, Creighton and Elmore have continued to be a driving force for the Memphis squad.

Creighton maintained a scoring average of 14.3 points per game throughout the regular season and topped her previous career-high in rebounding with 8.2 rebounds per game. She ranks third in the league with 12 double-doubles, which is also a career-high for the Pickering, Ontario, Canada native. Creighton reached the 1,000-point milestone this season in the 21-point victory over Tulsa on Jan. 13.

With 20 career double-doubles, Creighton will finish as one of just six players to record at least 20 double-doubles in their careers at Memphis. She also enters the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship five points shy of sliding into the top-20 all-time in scoring. Only 13 other players at Memphis have recorded at least 1,000 points and 600 rebounds in their career.

Elmore led the Tigers in scoring this season with a career-high 15.3 points per contest. She leads Memphis with 443 points to-date this season and against UCF on Feb. 21, Elmore became the 25^th member of the 1,000-point club at Memphis. She has hit a career-high 64 three-pointers this season and will end her Memphis career ranked eighth in career three-pointers made.

This season, Elmore has had 12 20-plus point performances including a career-high 26 points on the road at Cincinnati. Elmore has also increased her ability to share the ball as she has recorded a career-high 103 assists to-date. Elmore ranks in the top eight in league scoring and top five in conference-only assists.

After earning the No. 8 seed with wins in three out of the final four games, Memphis will take on No. 9 Tulane in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Championship Saturday afternoon. Tip-off against Green Wave is slated for 5 p.m. CT at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn. For more information on the Memphis women's basketball team, follow the Tigers on Twitter at @MemphisWBB or go online to www.gotigersgo.com.

2018 All-Conference Teams
American Defensive Player of the Year
Kia Nurse, UConn

American Most Improved Player of the Year
Tanaya Atkinson, Temple

American Sixth Player of the Year
Azura Stevens, UConn

American Ambassador Award
McKenzie Adams, SMU

American Newcomer of the Year
Azura Stevens

All-Conference First Team
Napheesa Collier, UConn
Kia Nurse, UConn
Katie Lou Samuelson, UConn*
Gabby Williams, UConn
Maria Jespersen, USF
Kitija Laksa, USF
Tanaya Atkinson, Temple

All-Conference Second Team
Zakiya Saunders, UCF
Azura Stevens, UConn
Jasmyne Harris, Houston
Kolby Morgan, Tulane
Rangie Bessard, Wichita State

All-Conference Third Team
Ana Owens, Cincinnati
Crystal Dangerfield, UConn
Angela Harris, Houston
Cheyenne Creighton, Memphis
Brea Elmore, Memphis
McKenzie Adams, SMU

All-Freshman Team
Masseny Kaba, UCF
Ilmar'I Thomas, Cincinnati*
Lashonda Monk, ECU
Ariana Whitfield, SMU
Mia Davis, Temple*
Emani Mayo, Temple

[*] denotes unanimous selection

Ties are not broken

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Creighton, Elmore Earn Second-Straight Third-Team All-AAC Honors

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