After sweeping two home games last week, Wichita State players swept the American Athletic Conference's weekly awards on Monday afternoon.
 
Markis McDuffie was named Player of the Week and Jamarius Burton became the first Shocker to take home Freshman of the Week.
 
McDuffie – a 6-foot-8 senior from Paterson, N.J. – scored 27 points in Saturday's 79-68 win over Tulsa and averaged 21.0 points over the two games. It was his second player of the week nod this year (the other came after a 32-point outburst in the season's opening week).
 
In addition to his ninth 20-point performance of the year, McDuffie's energy was instrumental in helping WSU fight back from an eight-point deficit midway through the second half against Tulsa. He finished with a career-best five offensive rebounds and scored putbacks on four of them.
 
McDuffie has hit at least one three-pointer in 12-consecutive games and is on track for one of the five highest single-season totals in program history. In Wednesday's win against SMU he scored 15 points and moved into the top-25 on WSU's career points list.
 
Burton – a 6-4 true freshman from Charlotte, N.C. -- averaged 9.0 points and 6.5 assists in 33.5 minutes. He finished with a 4.33 (13:3) assist-to-turnover ratio and knocked down 3-of-5 from beyond the arc.
 
Burton tallied a career-high seven assists with just one turnover in WSU's 85-83 win over SMU on Wednesday and added six more on Saturday afternoon while knocking down a pair of three-pointers. Prior to his 3-for-5 effort this week, Burton had hit just three treys all season.
 
With Burton at the controls, the Shocker offense averaged 82.0 points and had more than twice as many assists as turnovers (34:16). Burton now shares the team lead in assists. It's been 32 years since a true freshman led the Shockers in that category.
 
Wichita State (10-11, 3-6 American) goes in search of its first true road win Wednesday night at ECU. The 6 p.m. CT tip airs nationally on ESPNEWS. Join Mike Kennedy for the INSTRUST Bank Pregame Show beginning at 5 p.m. CT on KEYN 103.7 FM and online at GoShockers.com/Listen.
 

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American Athletic Conference Weekly Awards (Jan. 28-Feb. 3, 2019):
 
Player of the Week:
Markis McDuffie, Wichita State
 
Freshman of the Week:
Jamarius Burton, Wichita State
 
Honor Roll:
Justin Brown, USF
Jarron Cumberland, Cincinnati
DeJon Jarreau, Houston
DaQuan Jeffries, Tulsa
Jeremiah Martin, Memphis
 

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Shockers with Weekly Honors in 2018-19:
Nov. 12 – Markis McDuffie (Player of the Week)
Nov. 19 – Markis McDuffie (Honor Roll)
Dec. 3 – Samajae Haynes-Jones (Honor Roll)
Dec. 17 – Jaime Echenique (Honor Roll)
Jan. 21 – Markis McDuffie (Honor Roll)
Feb. 4 – Markis McDuffie (Player of the Week)
Feb. 4 – Jamarius Burton (Freshman of the Week)