Quinones becomes fifth different Tiger to earn AAC weekly honors

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Five different Memphis Tigers have now secured weekly honors from the American Athletic Conference in four weeks of the season, as Lester Quinones was named to this week's Honor Roll for his play in Memphis' win at Tulane.

The sophomore guard poured in 20 points on 8-of-13 shooting Wednesday night in the Tigers' conference-opening win, which was one shy of his career high. Quinones connected on a career-high-tying 4-of-7 3-point tries, and he also grabbed six rebounds and had three steals.

So far this season, Quinones is averaging 10.4 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in eight contests, all starts. He has scored in double figures in five of the last six games after scoring a total of seven points in Memphis' first two games of the year.

Memphis has had a weekly honoree in all four weeks of the season so far. Boogie Ellis was named to the conference's weekly Honor Roll on Nov. 30, as was Landers Nolley II on Dec. 7. Moussa Cisse was the conference's Freshman of the Week last week, and D.J. Jeffries was on last week's Honor Roll.

Memphis hosts Tulsa tonight at 7 p.m. on ESPN2. The Tigers then return to FedExForum on Tuesday, Dec. 29, for an 8 p.m. matchup with USF. The game will be televised on either ESPN2 or ESPNU.

Consistent with pending recommendations from local public health officials, Memphis Grizzlies and University of Memphis men's basketball home games at FedExForum will be played without fans in attendance until further notice. For more information, please visit www.GoTigersGo.com.

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Quinones becomes fifth different Tiger to earn AAC weekly honors

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