Josh Carlton Named The American Player of the Week

American Athletic Conference Player of the Week, Josh Carlton, Jan. 10, 2022

HOUSTON – After leading the Cougars to a pair of wins while averaging a double-double, University of Houston graduate forward Josh Carlton was honored as the American Athletic Conference Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.

It was the first weekly award for Carlton during his collegiate career. He shared the award with Temple's Damian Dunn.

In a road win at South Florida on Wednesday and a home win over Wichita State inside the Fertitta Center on Saturday, Carlton averaged 26.0 points, 11.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game. The Winterville, N.C. native also connected on 67.9 percent of his shots from the field (19-of-28) and made 70.0 percent (14-of-20) from the free throw line.

Starting the week in the Cougars' second road game in four days, Carlton led all players with 30 points and 11 rebounds at South Florida on Wednesday. The UConn transfer connected on 11-of-16 shots from the field and became the first Cougar with a 30-point double-double since Tashawn Thomas finished with 31 points and 15 rebounds at Tulsa on Feb. 16, 2013.

Carlton posted career highs in points (30), field goals (11), field goal attempts (16) and free throws (8).

He followed that with a 22-point, 12 rebound performance against Wichita State on Saturday inside the Fertitta Center. Carlton led all players in both of those categories as well as four blocked shots to tie his personal best. He also snared a career-best 10 offensive rebounds. and became the first Cougar since forward Justin Gorham in 2020-21 to post consecutive double-doubles.

This season, Carlton is averaging 11.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game to rank third among the Cougars in both categories. He leads Houston and The American with 3.5 offensive rebounds per game.

This was the first time The American Player of the Week award was shared between two student-athletes since point guard Galen Robinson Jr and guard Shizz Alston each received the honor on Dec. 17, 2018, also from Houston and Temple, respectively.

Temple's Jahlil White was named the league's Freshman of the Week. David DeJulius (Cincinnati), Tristen Newton (East Carolina), Josh Minott (Memphis), Kevin Cross (Tulane) and Sam Griffin (Tulsa) were named to the Honor Roll.

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