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 No. 1 Houston Wins 2022 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Mens Championship with 71-53 Win over No. 3 Memphis (Photo: AAC)
No. 1 Houston Wins 2022 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Championship with 71-53 Win over No. 3 Memphis - Mar 13, 2022  Fabian White Jr. scored 20 points, fellow big man Josh Carlton had 18 and 18th-ranked and No. 1 seed Houston beat No. 3 Memphis 71-53 in the 2022 Air Force Reserve American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball championship game Sunday.A day after White played less than three minutes in the Cougars' semifinal win because of back tightness, the first-team all-conference forward helped the top-seeded Cougars (29-5) earn the AAC's automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. Tigers (21-10) center Jalen Duren, a 6-foot-11 freshman who was a first-team All-AAC pick, had 14 points and 10 rebounds. DeAndre Williams had 10 points. Taze Moore had 11 points and eight assists for Houston, which is the No. 5 seed in the South Region and will play UAB. Jamal Shead scored 10 points. Kyler Edwards had eight points, 11 rebounds and five assists. Duren also had limited time in the semifinal round, playing 17 minutes in a win over SMU. He got two fouls in the first 3 1/2 minutes of the game, and didn't return until after halftime, when he exited for 6 1/2 minutes after falling hard to the floor after blocking a shot. The Tigers, after trailing by as many as 15 points in the second half, closed to 51-47 on Duren's emphatic two-handed dunk with 6:55 left. They never got closer. Carlton had a three-point play on a slam dunk while being fouled after a nice pass from Moore. Shead then had a hustle play to force a turnover when Memphis had a breakaway chance, and White hit two free throws after a hard tumble when the upper half of his body ended up under the scoring table. White took a shot to the mouth when fouled in the opening part of the second half. But his jumper right after that ignited a quick 8-0 run in which he also had a layup between Shead making two impressive plays. Shead had a basket high off the glass, then a rebound and a long pass ahead to a breaking Edwards for a dunk. Duren finished with 37 rebounds for the entire Championship, a new tournament record. Gary Clark had 35 rebounds for Cincinnati in 2018. Courtesy of theamerican.org AAC Tournament Final: Houston - Memphis 71-53 AAC Tournament Semifinals: Houston - Tulane 86-66 SMU - Memphis 63-70 All-AAC Awards 2022 - Mar 13, 2022
All-Tournament MVP:  Fabian White Jr. (6'8''-F-1998) of HoustonPlayer of the Year: Kendric Davis (5'11''-PG-1999) of SMUDefensive Player of the Year: Dexter Dennis (6'5''-G) of Wichita St.Freshman of the Year: Jalen Duren (6'10''-F/C-2003) of MemphisMost Improved Player of the Year: Kevin Cross (6'8''-F-2000) of TulaneSixth Man of the Year: Ricky Council IV (6'5''-G) of Wichita St.Sportsmanship Award: Darien Jackson (6'3''-G-1998) of TulsaCoach of the Year: Kelvin Sampson of Houston
First Team Josh Carlton (6'11''-F/C-1999) of Houston Fabian White Jr. (6'8''-F-1998) of Houston Jalen Duren (6'10''-F/C-2003) of Memphis Kendric Davis (5'11''-PG-1999) of SMU Jalen Cook (6'0''-PG-2002) of Tulane
Second Team Tristen Newton (6'5''-G) of ECU Kyler Edwards (6'4''-G) of Houston DeAndre Williams (6'9''-F) of Memphis Marcus Weathers1 (6'5''-F-1997) of SMU Damian Dunn (6'5''-G) of Temple Jaylen Forbes (6'5''-G-2000) of Tulane
Third Team Darin Green Jr. (6'5''-G) of UCF David DeJulius (6'0''-PG-1999) of Cincinnati Jamal Shead (6'1''-G) of Houston Kevin Cross (6'8''-F-2000) of Tulane Tyson Etienne (6'1''-G-1999) of Wichita St.All-Freshman Team Darius Johnson (6'1''-G) of UCF Jalen Duren (6'10''-F/C-2003) of Memphis Joshua Minott (6'9''-F/G-2002) of Memphis Zach Hicks (6'7''-F) of Temple Jahlil White (6'7''-G) of Temple
All-Tournament Team Fabian White Jr. (6'8''-F-1998) of Houston Jalen Duren (6'10''-F/C-2003) of Memphis Kyler Edwards (6'4''-G) of Houston Taze Moore (6'5''-G-1998) of Houston DeAndre Williams (6'9''-F) of Memphis |
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