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HoopsHD named Tiger point guard Jeremiah Martin the AAC Player of the Year
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Hoops HD tabs Martin player of the year in American Athletic Conference
Mar 06, 2018 | Men's Basketball
Martin led league with 18.9 average; also ranked first in steals
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – University of Memphis point guard Jeremiah Martin, who led the American Athletic Conference in scoring this season, was named the league's player of the year by the basketball web site HoopsHD.
Martin earned all-conference second-team honors Monday in voting conducted by the league's 12 coaches. Martin averaged 18.9 points during a season shortened in the final weeks by a broken left foot. He held off a late-season charge by UConn's Jalen Adams to win the scoring title.
Martin missed the final three games of the regular season after breaking his foot in an upset of then-No. 23 Houston Feb. 22 at FedExForum. He was injured late in the first half and underwent successful surgery five days later.
Behind Martin, who attending Mitchell High in Memphis, the Tigers finished 19-12 overall and 10-8 in league play. Memphis earned the AAC Championship's No. 5 seed and will open tournament play Thursday in Orlando against USF.
Martin nearly doubled his average from his sophomore season, when he scored at a 10.3 points-per-game clip. He had two 30-point games this season, including a career-high 33 Feb. 3 at Greenville, N.C.
Although he missed four games during the season, Martin was among the league's top defensive players, too. He led the conference with an average of 2.3 steals per game.
HoopsHD's Jon Teitel made the selections for the award winners in the American Athletic Conference:
G: Shake Milton (SMU)
G: Jeremiah Martin (Memphis)
F: Gary Clark (Cincinnati)
F: Junior Etou (Tulsa)
C: Shaquille Morris (Wichita State)
Player of the Year: Martin
Rookie of the Year: Shawn Williams (ECU)
Defensive Player of the Year: Clark
Sixth Man of the Year: Darral Willis Jr. (Wichita State)
Coach of the Year: Kelvin Sampson (Houston)
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Martin earned all-conference second-team honors Monday in voting conducted by the league's 12 coaches. Martin averaged 18.9 points during a season shortened in the final weeks by a broken left foot. He held off a late-season charge by UConn's Jalen Adams to win the scoring title.
Martin missed the final three games of the regular season after breaking his foot in an upset of then-No. 23 Houston Feb. 22 at FedExForum. He was injured late in the first half and underwent successful surgery five days later.
Behind Martin, who attending Mitchell High in Memphis, the Tigers finished 19-12 overall and 10-8 in league play. Memphis earned the AAC Championship's No. 5 seed and will open tournament play Thursday in Orlando against USF.
Martin nearly doubled his average from his sophomore season, when he scored at a 10.3 points-per-game clip. He had two 30-point games this season, including a career-high 33 Feb. 3 at Greenville, N.C.
Although he missed four games during the season, Martin was among the league's top defensive players, too. He led the conference with an average of 2.3 steals per game.
HoopsHD's Jon Teitel made the selections for the award winners in the American Athletic Conference:
G: Shake Milton (SMU)
G: Jeremiah Martin (Memphis)
F: Gary Clark (Cincinnati)
F: Junior Etou (Tulsa)
C: Shaquille Morris (Wichita State)
Player of the Year: Martin
Rookie of the Year: Shawn Williams (ECU)
Defensive Player of the Year: Clark
Sixth Man of the Year: Darral Willis Jr. (Wichita State)
Coach of the Year: Kelvin Sampson (Houston)
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