Seniors Nic Moore, Marcus Kennedy recognized with AAC honors

SMU basketball players Nic Moore and Markus Kennedy were honored with American Athletic Conference awards. For the second consecutive year, Moore was named the AAC Player of the Year and Kennedy was named AAC Sixth Man of the Year.

Moore started 29 of the Mustangs’ 30 games, leading the team in scoring with 16.1 points per game; assists, 5.2 per game; steals, 1.5 a game; and 3-pointers per game. To put Moore’s dominance and well rounded game into perspective, he finished second in the AAC in points per game, first in the AAC in steals, and tied for second in the conference for free throw percentage, with 80.0 percent.

Senior Markus Kennedy put up 9.3 points per game, had the second highest…