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Nickelberry, Martin earn weekly AAC honors
Dec 26, 2017 | Men's Basketball
Nickelberry earns Rookie of the Week award; Martin makes honor roll
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – University of Memphis freshman guard/forward David Nickelberry and junior guard Jeremiah Martin have earned weekly American Athletic Conference honors, the league office announced Tuesday.
Nickelberry, a native of Orlando, was named AAC Rookie of the Week for his efforts off the bench in victories over Siena and Loyola (Md.) and Martin made the Weekly Honor Roll for the third time this season.
Nickelberry, who is 6-6, had 21 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in the wins at FedExForum. Martin upped his season averaged to 18.6 points by scoring 42 points in the two games.
Against Siena, Nickelberry was part of a key run that allowed the Tigers to rally from a 10-point, second-half deficit. His 3-pointer from the left corner with 9:16 to play gave Memphis a 52-51 lead. The Tigers never trailed again.
Against Loyola, Nickelberry produced career high totals in points (14), assists (5) and steals (2) and tied his career high in rebounds (6). His back-to-back fast-break layups late in the second half helped the Tigers hold off an upset bid by Loyola, coached by G.G. Smith, Memphis coach Tubby Smith's son.
As for Martin, he continued his string of solid early season performances. Martin had 16 points, five steals and four assists against Siena and followed with a career-high tying 26 points against Loyola. He also had four steals, four rebounds and three assists against the Greyhounds.
Memphis (9-3) resumes play Thursday night at home against LSU (8-3) in an 8 p.m. game that will be carried by CBS Sports Network. Memphis opens AAC play Sunday at 3 p.m. at Cincinnati in a game that will be played at Northern Kentucky and carried by ESPNU.
Nickelberry, a native of Orlando, was named AAC Rookie of the Week for his efforts off the bench in victories over Siena and Loyola (Md.) and Martin made the Weekly Honor Roll for the third time this season.
Nickelberry, who is 6-6, had 21 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists in the wins at FedExForum. Martin upped his season averaged to 18.6 points by scoring 42 points in the two games.
Against Siena, Nickelberry was part of a key run that allowed the Tigers to rally from a 10-point, second-half deficit. His 3-pointer from the left corner with 9:16 to play gave Memphis a 52-51 lead. The Tigers never trailed again.
Against Loyola, Nickelberry produced career high totals in points (14), assists (5) and steals (2) and tied his career high in rebounds (6). His back-to-back fast-break layups late in the second half helped the Tigers hold off an upset bid by Loyola, coached by G.G. Smith, Memphis coach Tubby Smith's son.
As for Martin, he continued his string of solid early season performances. Martin had 16 points, five steals and four assists against Siena and followed with a career-high tying 26 points against Loyola. He also had four steals, four rebounds and three assists against the Greyhounds.
Memphis (9-3) resumes play Thursday night at home against LSU (8-3) in an 8 p.m. game that will be carried by CBS Sports Network. Memphis opens AAC play Sunday at 3 p.m. at Cincinnati in a game that will be played at Northern Kentucky and carried by ESPNU.
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