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 Houston Claims Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship with 91-54 Win over Cincinnati (Photo: AAC)
Houston Claims Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Championship with 91-54 Win over Cincinnati - Mar 15, 2021 
Quentin Grimes (6'5''-G-00) scored 21 points with five 3-pointers, Marcus Sasser (6'2''-G) had 16 points and No. 7 Houston beat Cincinnati 91-54 on Sunday in the third consecutive American Athletic Conference tournament championship game between the two teams.The Cougars (24-3) were a lock for their 22nd NCAA Tournament berth even before leading the entire game to win their first conference tournament title since 2010, when they were still in Conference USA, and five seasons before Kelvin Sampson became their coach. DeJon Jarreau, two days after a triple-double in the quarterfinal round, hit a 3-pointer for the first basket of the game to put to Cougars ahead to stay. He finished with 10 points. Jeremiah Davenport had 11 points, all in the first half, and Mamoudou Diarra 10 for Cincinnati (12-11), which will have its NCAA Tournament steak end at nine appearances in a row. Sasser had 14 of his points by halftime, when Houston led 41-27. Grimes then scored 10 points in a 12-0 run soon after the break, with the 6-foot-5 junior guard bookending the 2 1/2-minute spurt with a pair of 3-pointers, and in between making a jumper and a dunk. The Bearcats had won the previous two AAC title game matchups before last year's tournaments were canceled because of COVID-19 after Houston had won its second consecutive AAC regular-season title. This year, Cincinnati needed a third in a row to earn the league's automatic berth. Houston's 91 points were a Championship final record and the 37-point margin of victory was also a record for the final. Grimes was named the Championship's Most Outstanding Player and was joined on the All-Tournament Team by teammates Jarreau and Gorham, Cincinnati's Davenport and Memphis' Boogie Ellis (6'3''-G-00). Courtesy of theamerican.org AAC Tournament Final: Houston - Cincinnati 91-54 AAC Tournament Semifinals: Houston - Memphis 76-74 Cincinnati - Wichita State 60-59 All-AAC Awards 2021 - Mar 15, 2021
All-Tournament MVP: Quentin Grimes (6'5''-G-00) of Houston Co-Player of the Year: Quentin Grimes (6'5''-G-00) of Houston Co-Player of the Year: Tyson Etienne (6'1''-G-99) of Wichita State Defensive Player of the Year: Dejon Jarreau (6'5''-G-98) of Houston Freshman of the Year: Moussa Cisse (6'9''-PF-02) of Memphis Most Improved Player of the Year: Justin Gorham (6'7''-F) of Houston Co-Sixth Man of the Year: Boogie Ellis (6'3''-G-00) of Memphis Co-Sixth Man of the Year: Darien Jackson (6'3''-G-98) of Tulsa Sportsmanship Award: JP Moorman II (6'7''-G/F) of Temple Coach of the Year: Isaac Brown of Wichita State
1st Team Jayden Gardner (6'7''-F) of East Carolina Quentin Grimes (6'5''-G-00) of Houston* Landers Nolley II (6'7''-G-00) of Memphis Kendric Davis (5'11''-PG-99) of SMU* Tyson Etienne (6'1''-G-99) of Wichita State
2nd Team Keith Williams (6'5''-G-98) of Cincinnati Dejon Jarreau (6'5''-G-98) of Houston Justin Gorham (6'7''-F) of Houston Marcus Sasser (6'2''-G) of Houston Brandon Rachal (6'6''-G) of Tulsa
3rd Team Brandon Mahan (6'5''-G) of UCF Darius Perry (6'2''-G-99) of UCF Feron Hunt (6'8''-F-99) of SMU Khalif Battle (6'5''-G-00) of Temple Jaylen Forbes (6'4''-G-00) of Tulane Alterique Gilbert (6'0''-PG-97) of Wichita State
All-Freshman Team Isaiah Adams (6'6''-F) of UCF Tari Eason (6'8''-F-01) of Cincinnati Moussa Cisse (6'9''-PF-02) of Memphis Caleb Murphy (6'4''-G-01) of USF Damian Dunn (6'5''-G) of Temple Ricky Council IV (6'5''-G) of Wichita State
All-Tournament Team Quentin Grimes (6'5''-G-00) of Houston Justin Gorham (6'7''-F) of Houston Dejon Jarreau (6'5''-G-98) of Houston Jeremiah Davenport (6'7''-G-99) of Cincinnati Boogie Ellis (6'3''-G-00) of Memphis |
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