— courtesy theacc.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 22, 2018
Release: https://theacc.co/accmbb1718release
Media Guide: https://theacc.co/mbb1718mediaguide
Scoreboard: https://www.theacc.com/scoreboard-mbb
ACC Tournament: https://theacc.com/ACCTourney
ACColades
The second ESPN Big Monday game of the season finds No. 10 North Carolina making the trip to Virginia Tech … Cameron Johnson averaged 18.5 points in the last two outings for the Tar Heels, who bring a four-game winning streak into the contest … Virginia Tech’s Justin Robinson has averaged 24.5 points over his last two games, including a career-high 26 on Saturday versus Florida State … all five ACC ranked teams hold serve over the weekend, including No. 2 Virginia’s 59-49 win at Wake Forest on Sunday evening and No. 25 Miami’s 86-81 victory at NC State … Saturday’s slate sees No. 5 Duke down Pitt, No. 15 North Carolina turn back Georgia Tech, and No. 20 Clemson defeat Notre Dame … Florida State wins at Virginia Tech in other Saturday action … Louisville holds off visiting Boston College on Sunday for its fourth consecutive win … Virginia has won 10 straight and stands 7-0 in ACC play for the first time since also starting 7-0 in 2014-15 … Duke has scored 80-plus points in 15 consecutive games, the third-longest streak in team history … Saturday’s victory over Notre Dame is Clemson’s 200th ACC win at Littlejohn Coliseum … Miami’s 28 road wins in conference play since the 2011-12 season ranks fourth behind North Carolina (35), Duke (34) and Virginia (31) … the Hurricanes’ 26 assists versus NC State on Sunday (on 34 field goals) are a season high.
By the Numbers
2 – Virginia is only the second team in ACC history to go from being unranked in the preseason to No. 2 in the AP poll (Miami did so 2012-13) … the Cavaliers also have the league’s best ACC road record (29-19) over the past six years.
3 – There are five players in the ACC averaging a double-double in league play – Duke’s Marvin Bagley III, North Carolina’s Luke Maye and Notre Dame’s Martinas Geben.
12.3 – North Carolina’s Luke Maye leads the ACC in per game scoring improvement (+12.3) and is second in rebounds (10.5) and double-doubles (11).
15 – Duke has scored 80 or more points in 15 straight games, the seventh-longest streak in ACC history and the longest such streak since North Carolina did it in 16 consecutive contests during the 2007-08 season.
22.8 – North Carolina’s Joel Berry II and Syracuse’s Tyus Battle are both averaging a league-best 22.8 points per game in road games.
26 – Virginia Tech’s Justin Robinson tallied a career-high 26 points against Florida State Saturday and over his last two games is averaging 24.5 points, 4.5 assists and has hit on 19-of-31 (.613) from the floor … Robinson is averaging a league-best 5.3 assists in conference games only.
