Cougar athletics had a banner week with two players earning player of the week honors, a player setting a conference basketball record and a new school record in indoor track & field.
Sophomore guard Armoni Brooks, earned AAC player of the week honor in men’s basketball by putting up 23 points and 10 rebounds against SMU, along with 11 points and 10 rebounds against Tulane — Brooks’ first double-double of his career.
Brooks is one of the Cougars’ best players off the bench, and the fourth leading scorer on the team, averaging 9.6 points per game.
In the American Athletic Conference, Brooks is the sixth most accurate three-point shooter with 43 percent accuracy and 60 made, the fourth most in the AAC.