Boatright, Hamilton and Brimah Honored By The American

From UConn:

PROVIDENCE – UConn senior guard Ryan Boatright (Aurora, Ill.), who led the American Athletic Conference in scoring, was a unanimous selection to the All-AAC First Team, the conference announced today.

In addition, UConn freshman Daniel Hamilton (Los Angeles, Calif.) and sophomore Amida Brimah (Accra, Ghana) were Honorable Mention All-League picks and Hamilton was a unanimous selection to the AAC All-Rookie Team.

The all-league teams are selected by a vote of the league’s coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players.

Boatright averaged 17.8 points per game in conference games to lead all American Athletic Conference players. He also led the league in free throw percentage (.863) and three-point field goals made (3.0 per game), was second in three-point field goal percentage (.454), and ranked ninth in steals and 12^th in assists (3.5).

Overall, Boatright was UConn’s leader in scoring (17.8), assists (4.0), steals (1.4) and minutes played (35.6).He led the Huskies in scoring 18 times, in assists 16 times, steals 15 times, and in rebounding three times. The point guard has 25 double-figure games this season, had 20 or more points in 13 games, and topped the 30-point mark once. Boatright has scored 1,728 career points and handed out 482 assists, which place him ninth in both categories on UConn’s all-time lists.

Hamilton led the conference in rebounding (9.1) and defensive rebounds (7.5) and also ranked in the Top 20 in scoring, assists, free throw percentage and assist/turnover ratio. Overall, the freshman forward was UConn’s second-leading scorer (10.8), leading rebounder (7.6), and second to Boatright in assists (3.6).

Brimah led the American in field goal percentage (.699) and blocked shots (4.0) and was a defensive force around the rim. Overall, he is another double-figure scorer for the Huskies (10.0) and his 3.37 blocks per game average ranks third in the country. He was an AAC All-Rookie Team pick last season.

First Team All-Conference

Ryan Boatright, G, UConn *

Austin Nichols, F, Memphis

Nic Moore, G, SMU *

Will Cummings, G, Temple

James Woodard, G, Tulsa

Second Team All-Conference

Octavius Ellis, F, Cincinnati

Markus Kennedy, F, SMU

Yanick Moreira, C, SMU

Louis Dabney, G, Tulane

Shaquille Harrison, G, Tulsa