MEMPHIS, Tenn. – After helping the Memphis Tigers to a pair of 20-point conference wins last week, Moussa Cisse has been named the American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Week and sophomore Landers Nolley II has been named to the league's Honor Roll.
Cisse, the preseason AAC Rookie of the Year and a member of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award Watch List, averaged 13.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in Memphis' wins over Wichita State and East Carolina last week. He had 12 points and 10 rebounds on Thursday against the Shockers, his third double-double of the season, and he finished with a career-high 15 points to go along with nine rebounds Sunday at East Carolina.