Houston guard Kyler Edwards Repeats as AAC Player of the Week

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POSTED: January 24, 2022 -- 1:35 p.m. CT

For the second consecutive week, Houston Cougars men's basketball senior guard Kyler Edwards was named the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday.

It also was the third straight week in which a Cougar earned the honor as graduate forward Josh Carlton received the honor on January 10.

In home wins over South Florida and East Carolina inside the Fertitta Center, Edwards averaged 24.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game to lead the Cougars in all three categories.

Kyler also topped the team in minutes (62), free throws (10), free throw attempts (12) and free throw percentage.

With the wins, the Coogs moved to 17-2 overall and have won nine straight games. Houston also improved to 6-0 in American Athletic Conference play. It is only the fourth 6-0 start in any conference in program history.

This season, Edwards leads the available Cougars with 14.4 points per game and 52 3-pointers and is a close second with 5.9 rebounds per contest. He is one of only three players to rank among The American's Top-10 leaders in both scoring and rebounding.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Kyler Edwards * Senior * Guard * Houston

Edwards earned Player of the Week honors for the second week in a row after averaging 24.0 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in a 2-0 week for the Cougars. The senior guard recorded 23 points, seven rebounds and four assists against South Florida on Tuesday, January 18, and posted 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists with no turnovers against East Carolina on Saturday, January 22.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

Darius Johnson * Guard * UCF

Johnson averaged 16.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in a pair of come-from-behind wins for the Knights. He recorded 16 points and four rebounds against East Carolina on Tuesday and 17 points, seven rebounds and four assists in the win over Tulane on Saturday.

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Weekly Honor Roll

Cheikh Mbacke Diong * Redshirt-Senior * Forward * UCF

Mbacke Diong averaged 12.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in two wins. He had a double-double against Tulane with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Jeremiah Davenport * Junior * Guard * Cincinnati

Davenport was 7-of-9 from 3-point range, recording 24 points and four rebounds in the Bearcats' win over Tulsa on Thursday, January 20.

Tyler Harris * Redshirt-Senior * Guard * Memphis

Harris averaged 20.5 points off the bench as the Tigers went 1-1 last week. He was 7-of-14 from behind the arc for the week.

Kendric Davis * Senior * Guard * SMU

Davis led SMU to a win over Memphis on Thursday with 20 points, two rebounds and two steals.

Jaylen Forbes * Sophomore * Guard * Tulane

Forbes scored 17 points and added five rebounds and three steals in the Green Wave's close loss at UCF on Saturday.

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