UAB basketball star Yaxel Lendeborg is the American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight ...

UAB is the AAC leader with 12.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Yaxel Lendeborg averaging 3.6. The Pirates are 11-8 against AAC teams. East Carolina ranks ninth in the AAC with 23.1 defensive ...

UAB Star Yaxel Lendeborg was named the AAC Defensive Player of the Year Tuesday. It's the second year in a row Lendeborg has ...

Memphis basketball star PJ Haggerty was named AAC Player of the Year. Tyrese Hunter and Dain Dainja joined him on the ...

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Memphis sophomore guard PJ Haggerty was named the American Athletic Conference player of the year on ...

The UAB Blazers closed out the regular season Sunday with an 85-68 loss at Tulane. Now the Blazers (20-11, 13-5 AAC) look to ...

For just the fourth time since joining the conference, the Shockers feature a first team all-conference player.

Tyren Moore added 14 points and four assists for UAB. Yaxel Lendeborg also recorded 13 points and three blocks. Williams scored 11 points in the first half and Tulane went into halftime trailing ...

UAB senior forward Yaxel Lendeborg was the defensive player of the year and North Texas junior forward Brenen Lorient the league's top sixth man. There were 10 players named to the All-AAC first ...

Joining them on the first team are UAB’s Yaxel Lendeborg (the preseason player of the year pick); East Carolina's RJ Felton and CJ Walker; North Texas' Atin Wright and Brenen Lorient ...