Houston's Jamal Shead, UCF's Taylor Hendricks Earn Weekly Honors for week ending March 5

POSTED: March 6, 2023 -- 2:08 p.m. CT

The American Athletic Conference announced the winners of the league's weekly men's basketball honors for the sixteenth week of the 2022-23 season.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Jamal Shead * Junior * Guard * Houston

Shead averaged 20.5 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 steals in a pair of victories for No. 1 Houston. The junior scored a career-high 25 points against Wichita State on Thursday night before sinking the buzzer-beating game-winning shot at Memphis on Sunday.

FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK

Taylor Hendricks * Forward * UCF

Hendricks averaged 20.5 points and 8.5 rebounds while shooting 60.9 percent from the field (14-23) in two games for the Knights. Hendricks won The American's Freshman of the Week honor a record nine times this season.

HONOR ROLL

David DeJulius * Graduate * Guard * Cincinnati

DeJulius scored 30 points and provided six assists in a win over SMU on Sunday.

Kendric Davis * Senior * Guard * Memphis

Davis averaged 24.5 points in two games for the Tigers and dropped 23 points and 10 assists at SMU on Thursday night.

Damian Dunn * Redshirt-Sophomore * Guard * Temple

Dunn averaged 16.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in two games for the Owls.

Jalen Cook * Sophomore * Guard * Tulane

In three games in five days, Cook averaged 18.3 points and 5.3 assists per game.

Craig Porter Jr * Senior * Guard * Wichita State

Porter averaged 20.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in two Shocker contests last week.

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