TicketsCINCINNATI -- Cincinnati men's basketball fifth-year guards Landers Nolley II and David DeJulius were named to the American Athletic Conference's First and Third Teams, respectively, for their performances this season.
The duo helped lead Cincinnati to its 40th, 20-win season in school history, and they have also scored 20-plus points in the same game five times this season, all of which were wins.
Nolley, first-year member of the program, is the UC's eighth First-Team honoree in its decade-long tenure in the AAC, including the first since Jarron Cumberland and Tre Scott in 2020. Nolley leads the Bearcats with 16.5 ppg that includes 10, 20-point games, highlighted by a career-high 33 against No. 12 Arizona in Maui. Nolley's 42.3 three-point percentage leads the AAC and is 13th nationally.
The Atlanta native has produced career-best numbers in minutes (31.9), field-goal percentage (46.4), three-point percentage (42.3), assists (83), steals (32) and scoring (16.5). Nolley also had five double-doubles, all in conference play, in addition to 21-straight double-figure scoring games. He previously earned First-Team All-AAC honors at Memphis in 2021 and was an ACC All-Freshman performer at Virginia Tech in 2020.
DeJulius was a Third-Team honoree last year and recently became UC's 35th 1,000-point scorer to hit the milestone within three years. His minutes (32.4), field-goal percentage (44.1), three-point percentage (37.8), free-throw percentage (84.1), assists (163, an increase of 77 from last year) and scoring (15.1 ppg) all follow increased trends over his three years with the program.
DeJulius (1,121 points as a Bearcat) currently leads the nation with 16 consecutive games of five or more assists, boasting the best overall UC average (5.3 per contest) since consensus First-Team All-American Steve Logan in 2002. He has four contests in conference play with nine or more assists, including 12 against ECU for Cincinnati's first assists double-double since Troy Caupain in 2016. The Detroit product scored a career-high 30 points in his Senior Day over SMU, joining Nolley as the first UC teammates with 30-point outings in the same season since Deonta Vaughn and Marvin Gentry in 2006-07.
No. 4-seed Cincinnati opens AAC Tournament play Friday in Fort Worth against No. 5-seed Temple at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN2.
The duo helped lead Cincinnati to its 40th, 20-win season in school history, and they have also scored 20-plus points in the same game five times this season, all of which were wins.
Nolley, first-year member of the program, is the UC's eighth First-Team honoree in its decade-long tenure in the AAC, including the first since Jarron Cumberland and Tre Scott in 2020. Nolley leads the Bearcats with 16.5 ppg that includes 10, 20-point games, highlighted by a career-high 33 against No. 12 Arizona in Maui. Nolley's 42.3 three-point percentage leads the AAC and is 13th nationally.
The Atlanta native has produced career-best numbers in minutes (31.9), field-goal percentage (46.4), three-point percentage (42.3), assists (83), steals (32) and scoring (16.5). Nolley also had five double-doubles, all in conference play, in addition to 21-straight double-figure scoring games. He previously earned First-Team All-AAC honors at Memphis in 2021 and was an ACC All-Freshman performer at Virginia Tech in 2020.
DeJulius was a Third-Team honoree last year and recently became UC's 35th 1,000-point scorer to hit the milestone within three years. His minutes (32.4), field-goal percentage (44.1), three-point percentage (37.8), free-throw percentage (84.1), assists (163, an increase of 77 from last year) and scoring (15.1 ppg) all follow increased trends over his three years with the program.
DeJulius (1,121 points as a Bearcat) currently leads the nation with 16 consecutive games of five or more assists, boasting the best overall UC average (5.3 per contest) since consensus First-Team All-American Steve Logan in 2002. He has four contests in conference play with nine or more assists, including 12 against ECU for Cincinnati's first assists double-double since Troy Caupain in 2016. The Detroit product scored a career-high 30 points in his Senior Day over SMU, joining Nolley as the first UC teammates with 30-point outings in the same season since Deonta Vaughn and Marvin Gentry in 2006-07.
No. 4-seed Cincinnati opens AAC Tournament play Friday in Fort Worth against No. 5-seed Temple at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN2.