{"id":459933,"date":"2017-04-07T00:04:39","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T04:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=459933"},"modified":"2017-12-19T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T21:21:38","slug":"kennedy-meeks-drains-threes-in-style-in-acc-barnstorming-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=459933","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Meeks drains threes in style in ACC barnstorming tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"506\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2wxrlpUp9ZQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nDuring a three-point shooting contest at the first game of the 39th annual ACC Barnstorming tour (of seniors), UNC&#8217;s Kennedy Meeks got to show a little of his inner shooting guard. Not only did he loft several during the game, he made it to the finals of the three-point shooting contest. See the YouTube video to see the barrage.<\/p>\n<p>In the second round, he faltered however, and Holly Springs&#8217; High School Senior Jake Kelsey won the contest, making all 10 of his shots.<\/p>\n<p>The ACC All-Stars, coached by Phil Ford, were actually led by another coach who suited up &#8211; Duke assistant Nolan Smith, who drained nine threes during the 146-127 victory over the Wake County High School basketball All-Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The MVP of the game &#8211; chosen from among the high school players &#8211; was Trey Terry of Fuquay-Varina High School.<\/p>\n<p>Those taking part from the ACC included Nate Britt and Kanler Coker from North Carolina, Matt Jones and Amile Jefferson from Duke, Chris Brickhouse and BeeJay Anya (who didn&#8217;t play) from N.C. State, and Austin Arians and Trent VanHorn from Wake Forest, among others.<\/p>\n<p>It was predictably a non-serious, fun exhibition with a bunch of three-point shooting and little defense. The high school team actually got an early lead but Britt hit three three-pointers to give the ACC All-Stars a lead they would never relinquish &#8211; although the high schoolers cut the margin to under double-digits late before the ACC pulled away.<\/p>\n<p>While Meeks, fresh off the NCAA title game, seemed to be the biggest draw &#8211; and had the longest line for autographs after the game &#8211; Jefferson was a hit during the game. The Duke senior came off as auditioning for the Harlem Globetrotters, once even holding the ball between his legs &#8211; a la Meadowlark Lemon &#8211; as he faked out the opponents by pretending to shoot with nothing in his hands.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-city tour continues through April 22. The line-ups may vary. For instance, UNC players Isaiah Hicks and Stilman White were not at this game but are expected to participate.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the barnstorming tour, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolinabarnstorming.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">please click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a three-point shooting contest at the first game of the 39th annual ACC Barnstorming tour (of seniors), UNC&#8217;s Kennedy Meeks got to show a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,79,81,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-459933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-duke-blue-devils","category-featured-stories","category-n-c-state-wolfpack","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-82-id","wpcat-79-id","wpcat-81-id","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=459933"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":460313,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459933\/revisions\/460313"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/459969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=459933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=459933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=459933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}