MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Two Memphis Tigers basketball players - senior forward David Jones and fifth-year point guard Jahvon Quinerly – have been named to the 2023-24 All-American Athletic Conference teams.
Jones earned All-AAC First Team honors, while Quinerly garnered a spot on the All-AAC Third Team.
AAC coaches vote on the awards, and they are not allowed to vote for their own players.
Jones is the only Tiger player to start all 31 games this season, and has averaged 21.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game. He has scored a total of 674 points this season, with comes in at eight on the Tigers’ single-season chart and just 88 points shy of Dajuan Wagner’s record of 762 points in 2001-02.
Jones also leads the league in scoring and total field goal makes (215), and ranks second in steals per game, free throws made (169) and double-doubles (10). Altogether, Jones ranks top-2 in seven AAC statistics and top-5 in 14.
Jones was the AAC Player of the Week and Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week in December and is a six-time AAC Weekly Honor Roll selection. He is also one of the five finalists for the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award.
Quinerly was named to the all-conference third team at the end of the year after being picked to the first team in the preseason. He has started 30-of-31 games and posted career-high numbers, averaging 13.7 points, 5.0 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 steals per game. He is also fourth in the league in assists per game, total assists (154) and assists/turnover ratio (2.14).
Quinerly is a two-time AAC Weekly Honor Roll recipient and was named the league’s player of the week on January 15.
Here’s a look at the full list of 2023-24 AAC honors:
Players of the Year
- Johnell Davis, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic
- Chris Youngblood, Sr., G, South Florida
Coach of the Year
- Amir Abdur-Rahim, South Florida*
Defensive Player of the Year
- Yaxel Lendeborg, Jr., F, UAB
Freshman of the Year
- PJ Haggerty, G, Tulsa*
Most Improved Player
- Selton Miguel, Sr., G, South Florida
Sixth Man of the Year
- Selton Miguel, Sr., G, South Florida*
Sportsmanship Award
- Sion James, Jr., G, Tulane
All-Conference First Team
- Yaxel Lendeborg, Jr., F, UAB
- Johnell Davis, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic*
- David Jones, Sr., G, Memphis
- Jason Edwards, So., G, North Texas
- Chris Youngblood, Sr., G, South Florida
All-Conference Second Team
- Lu’Cye Patterson, Jr., G, Charlotte
- Vladislav Goldin, Jr., C, Florida Atlantic
- Alijah Martin, Jr., G, Florida Atlantic
- Selton Miguel, Sr., G, South Florida
- Zhuric Phelps, Jr., G, SMU
All-Conference Third Team
- Igor Milicic Jr, Jr., F, Charlotte
- RJ Felton, Jr., G, East Carolina
- Jahvon Quinerly, Sr., G, Memphis
- Kevin Cross, Sr., F, Tulane
- PJ Haggerty, Fr., G, Tulsa
All-Freshman Team
- Keanu Dawes, F, Rice*
- Jayden Reid, G, South Florida*
- Zion Stanford, G, Temple
- Tyshawn Archie, G, Tulsa
- PJ Haggerty, G, Tulsa*
- Matt Reed, F, Tulsa
* denotes unanimous selection
