Memphis basketball star PJ Haggerty turned a consensus All-American Wednesday.
The sophomore guard earned second-team honors from the US Basketball Writers Affiliation (USBWA) and a third-team nod from the Nationwide Affiliation of Basketball Coaches (NABC) to finish the clear sweep of what the NCAA acknowledges for consensus standing. Haggerty had already landed second-team spots on The Related Press and The Sporting Information lists.
The Tigers (29-5) are set to face Colorado State (25-9) within the first spherical of the NCAA event Friday (1 p.m., TBS) in Seattle.
Haggerty turns into the primary consensus All-American since 2008, when Chris Douglas-Roberts was earned first-team honors throughout the board. The final time a Tiger was a consensus second-team All-American was 2006 (Rodney Carney). Haggerty is the seventh consensus All-American in program historical past, becoming a member of Douglas-Roberts, Carney, Lorenzen Wright (1996), Penny Hardaway (1993), Keith Lee (1983-85) and Larry Finch (1973).
A switch from Tulsa, Haggerty is having a dream season for Memphis. Final season’s AAC Freshman of the Yr scored the league’s participant of the yr award final week. He ranks third within the nation in scoring (21.8 factors per sport) and is No. 1 within the nation in whole factors (741).
These 741 factors are additionally third-most in single-season historical past at Memphis. Solely Davis (744) and Dajuan Wagner (762) have had extra in a single season.
The Crosby, Texas, native is the one participant within the nation averaging no less than 21.5 factors, 5.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per sport. Should you additionally throw in 6.5 made free throws per sport, he turns into the primary participant in Division I with that stat line since Ja Morant in 2018-19.
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