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Tulsa's Elijah Joiner Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week
2/3/2020 1:20:00 PM | Men's Basketball
TULSA, Okla. – The University of Tulsa junior guard Elijah Joiner became the third-straight Golden Hurricane basketball student-athlete to earn the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week award, the league announced today.
In a 54-51 victory over No. 23 Wichita State Saturday, Joiner scored a career-high 22 points on 7-of-11 (64%) shooting from the field and knocked in a career-high 5 three-pointers in the process. He added a game-high 5 assists and grabbed 5 rebounds.
With 3.3 second left in the contest, Joiner received an inbounds pass from Brandon Rachal with the game tied at 51 all. He pushed the ball up the court, rising over the defender and launched a three-pointer from 25-feet away to give Tulsa the win.
This marked the fourth time this season that a Hurricane player has been named AAC Player of the Week. Brandon Rachal received the honor twice (Nov. 18 and Jan. 20) and Martins Igbanu earned the honor last week (Jan. 27).
The Hurricane returns to action this Thursday, Feb. 6, as they face-off against the UConn Huskies in a 6:00 p.m. tip-off.
In a 54-51 victory over No. 23 Wichita State Saturday, Joiner scored a career-high 22 points on 7-of-11 (64%) shooting from the field and knocked in a career-high 5 three-pointers in the process. He added a game-high 5 assists and grabbed 5 rebounds.
With 3.3 second left in the contest, Joiner received an inbounds pass from Brandon Rachal with the game tied at 51 all. He pushed the ball up the court, rising over the defender and launched a three-pointer from 25-feet away to give Tulsa the win.
This marked the fourth time this season that a Hurricane player has been named AAC Player of the Week. Brandon Rachal received the honor twice (Nov. 18 and Jan. 20) and Martins Igbanu earned the honor last week (Jan. 27).
The Hurricane returns to action this Thursday, Feb. 6, as they face-off against the UConn Huskies in a 6:00 p.m. tip-off.
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