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Two Shocker Guards Pick up Weekly Honors

Jamarius Burton and Samajae Haynes-Jones helped the Shockers to two victories last week and helped themselves to weekly honors from the American Athletic Conference office.

Burton was named Freshman of the Week for the second time this year. He's the third Shocker in the past five weeks to win the award. Haynes-Jones earned Honor Roll status

Burton – a 6-foot-4 guard from Charlotte, N.C. – averaged 10.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists in victories over UConn and SMU. He finished with a 5.00-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Burton is the league's freshman leader in assists (3.