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Temple, Wichita State & ECU Earn Top Weekly Honors

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The American Athletic Conference has announced the winners of the league's weekly men's basketball honors for the first week of the college basketball season.

CO-PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Shizz Alston, Jr - Temple - Sr. - G - Philadelphia, Pa.
Also scored a career-high 30 points in the Owls' comeback win over Detroit Mercy and is now just 11 points shy of 1,000. The senior averaged 21.5 points in 2-0 week as Temple defeated Big 5 foe La Salle in its season-opener, 75-67. Alston netted eight 3-pointers on the week and shot 50-percent from long range.