{"id":8044,"date":"2015-03-08T18:53:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T22:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=8044"},"modified":"2015-03-10T21:15:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T01:15:09","slug":"okafor-heads-all-acc-basketball-team-paige-makes-3rd-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=8044","title":{"rendered":"Okafor heads All-ACC Basketball Team; Paige makes 3rd team"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Okafor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>Duke freshman Jahlil Okafor and Notre Dame senior Jerian Grant lead the 2014-15 All-ACC Basketball Team, as voted upon by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA).<\/p>\n

Okafor was also named ACC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year.<\/p>\n

Okafor and Grant, both unanimous selections, are joined on the first team by Syracuse forward Rakeem Christmas, Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon and Boston College guard Olivier Hanlan.<\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s Okafor, a 6-foot-11 center from Chicago, ranks second among ACC scorers at 17.6 points per game and third in rebounding at 9.2 per contest. Okafor has scored 10 or more points in 29 of his 30 games coming into this week\u2019s New York Life ACC Tournament, and his 11 \u201cdouble doubles\u201d in points\/rebounds rank fourth in the conference.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame\u2019s Grant leads the ACC in assists at 6.7 per game and in assists-to-turnover ratio (3.23:1) and is fifth in scoring at 16.8 points per game. The 6-foot-5 guard from Bowie, Maryland, closed the season with a 19-point, eight-assist, five-rebound effort in an 81-67 victory over Clemson Saturday and has scored in double-figures in all but three games this season.<\/p>\n

Syracuse\u2019s Christmas led the Orange and ranks third among ACC scorers at 17.5 points per game and is fourth in rebounding at 9.1 boards per contest. In addition, the 6-foot-9 senior from Philadelphia, is second in the ACC with 2.5 blocked shots per game and fifth in field goal percentage (.552).<\/p>\n

Virginia\u2019s Brogdon, a second-team selection a year ago, leads the second-ranked Cavaliers in scoring at 13.7 points per game and is second in assists at 2.6 per game. The 6-foot-5 Atlanta, Georgia, junior is averaging 4.0 rebounds per game and is second in the ACC in free throw percentage at .860.<\/p>\n

Boston College\u2019s Hanlan, a third-team choice last season, leads the ACC in scoring at 19.4 points per game and is ninth in assists at 4.2 per game. The Aylmer, Quebec, junior closed out the regular season having scored in double figures 24 straight games and has scored 10-or-more points in all but one game this season.<\/p>\n

Louisville\u2019s Montrezl Harrell (15.8 ppg, 9.4 rpg) and Terry Rozier (17.0 ppg, 2.0 steals), Duke\u2019s Quinn Cook (16.0 ppg, .885 FT percentage), NC State\u2019s Trevor Lacey (16.1 ppg) and Virginia\u2019s Justin Anderson (13.4 ppg, .484 3-point field goal percentage) were voted to the second team.<\/p>\n

North Carolina\u2019s Marcus Paige (13.5 ppg, 4.4 apg) was the leading vote-getter on the third team. Paige is joined by Duke\u2019s Tyus Jones (11.8 ppg, 5.7 apg), Notre Dame\u2019s Pat Connaughton (12.6 ppg), Virginia\u2019s Anthony Gill (11.6 ppg) and North Carolina\u2019s Brice Johnson (12.6 ppg).<\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s Okafor earns unanimous recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n

USBWA Freshman of the Year finalists Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones and Justise Winslow, all of Duke, headline the five-member 2014-15 All-ACC Freshman Team as selected by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA).<\/p>\n

The Blue Devil trio is joined by Florida State\u2019s Xavier Rathan-Mayes and North Carolina\u2019s Justin Jackson.<\/p>\n

Duke\u2019s Okafor, a 6-foot-11 center from Chicago, ranks second among ACC scorers at 17.6 points per game and third in rebounding at 9.2 per contest. Okafor has scored 10 or more points in 29 of his 30 games coming into this week\u2019s ACC Tournament, and his 11 \u201cdouble doubles\u201d in points\/rebounds rank fourth in the conference.<\/p>\n

Jones leads the ACC in free throw percentage (.882) and is second in assists (5.7) while Winslow is averaging 12.4 points and 5.8 rebounds, and along with Jones, has started all 31 games of the year for the third-ranked Blue Devils.<\/p>\n

Florida State\u2019s Xavier-Mayes has scored 20 or more points seven times this season, including two 35-point efforts and leads the Seminoles, and ranks second among all ACC freshmen, in both scoring (14.4) and assists (4.4).<\/p>\n

North Carolina\u2019s Jackson closed out the regular season averaging 13.0 points and 5.3 rebounds over his last five games. On the year in 31 games, including 30 starts, Jackson is fourth on the team in scoring (10.1) and third in assists (2.5).<\/p>\n

Syracuse\u2019s Christmas, Virginia\u2019s Brogdon lead voting by ACC media members<\/strong><\/p>\n

GREENSBORO, N.C. \u2013 The conference\u2019s second-leading shot-blocker and two Virginia standouts are among the five players voted to the 2014-15 All-ACC Defensive Team announced by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA) on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Syracuse\u2019s Rakeem Christmas, who leads all active ACC players with 247 career blocked shots, was named on 58 of the 64 ballots, while Virginia junior Malcom Brogdon received 50 votes and Darion Atkins was on 38 ballots.<\/p>\n

Also named to the defensive team are Miami Junior Tonye Jekiri (38 votes) and NC State\u2019s BeeJay Anya (29 votes).<\/p>\n

Brogdon and Atkins have played major roles in a stifling Virginia defense that leads the nation in scoring defense (50.2) and ranks third in field goal percentage defense (.357).<\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s Jekiri, the ACC\u2019s leading rebounder at 10.2 rebounds per game, is fourth in the ACC at 1.5 blocked shots per game.<\/p>\n

NC State\u2019s Anya has blocked at least one shot in 28 of his 31 games and leads the ACC and ranks 20th nationally in blocked shots per game, averaging 2.7 per game.<\/p>\n

2014-15 ACSMA All-ACC Teams
\n(First place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points)<\/p>\n

First Team All-ACC
\nJahlil Okafor, Fr., Duke (64) 320
\nJerian Grant, Sr., Notre Dame (64) 320
\nRakeem Christmas, Gr. Syracuse (51) 294
\nMalcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia (53) 293
\nOlivier Hanlan, Jr., Boston College (29) 246<\/p>\n

Second Team All-ACC
\nMontrezl Harrell, Jr., Louisville (21) 220
\nQuinn Cook, Sr., Duke (23) 219
\nTerry Rozier, So., Louisville (2) 154
\nTrevor Lacey, Jr., NC State (2) 123
\nJustin Anderson, Jr., Virginia (5) 106 <\/p>\n

Third Team All-ACC
\nMarcus Paige, Jr., North Carolina (4) 97
\nTyus Jones, Fr., Duke (2) 89
\nPat Connaughton, Sr., Notre Dame 45
\nAnthony Gill, Jr., Virginia 42
\nBrice Johnson, Jr., North Carolina 40 <\/p>\n

Honorable Mention
\nJamel Artis, So., Pittsburgh 33
\nTonye Jekiri, Jr., Miami 32
\nLondon Perrantes, So., Virginia 31
\nSheldon McClellan, Jr., Miami 31
\nJustise Winslow, Fr., Duke 29
\nXavier Rathan-Mayes, Fr., Florida State 24
\nMichael Young, So., Pittsburgh 14
\nAngel Rodriguez, Jr., Miami 13
\nCodi Miller-McIntyre, Jr., Wake Forest 12
\nKennedy Meeks, So.,North Carolina 10<\/p>\n

2014-15 ACSMA All-ACC Freshman Team<\/p>\n

Jahlil Okafor, Duke, *64
\nTyus Jones, Duke, 62
\nJustise Winslow, Duke, 59
\nXavier Rathan-Mayes, Florida State, 57
\nJustin Jackson, North Carolina, 22
\n*denotes unanimous<\/p>\n

ACSMA 2014-15 All-ACC Defensive Team
\nRakeem Christmas, Gr., Syracuse, 58
\nMalcolm Brogdon, Jr., Virginia, 50
\nDarion Atkins, Sr., Virginia, 38
\nTonye Jekiri, Jr., Miami, 38
\nBeeJay Anya, So., NC State, 29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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