DeCosey Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week

DeCosey Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week

1.11.16 | Men's Basketball

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Temple senior Quenton DeCosey has been named the American Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week after leading the Owls to a pair of conference wins. Temple won 55-53 on the road at #23 UConn on Jan. 5, and followed it up with a 78-60 home win over East Carolina on Jan. 9.

DeCosey averaged 19.5 points per game, 3.5 rebounds per game and 3.0 assists per game in the two victories. He shot 51.9 percent from field and improved that to 72.7 percent from three-point range (8-of-11). In the UConn win, DeCosey led the team with 15 points. He was the game-high scorer against ECU, tying his season high with 24 points while hitting 5-of-8 from long range.

For the season, DeCosey currently ranks fifth in the conference with 15.6 points per game, 17th with 5.9 rebounds per game, fourth in three-point field goal percentage (.438) and sixth in free-throw percentage at .831.