Battle named to All-ACC third team, only Orange honoree

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Syracuse basketball’s Tyus Battle, a junior guard, has been named to the 2019 All-ACC third team.

Battle, who led the Orange in scoring this season (17.2 ppg), was the only Syracuse player to make an all-league team, and no Orange representative received any votes for any of the conference’s myriad of awards announced Monday.

Here is the complete list of conference award winners and runners up.

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2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Post-Season Honors

All-ACC Teams

First Team

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Zion Williamson, Fr., Duke, 350 points*

RJ Barrett, Fr., Duke, 346

De’Andre Hunter, So., Virginia, 302

Cameron Johnson, Sr., North Carolina, 277

Kyle Guy, Jr., Virginia, 231

Second Team

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Luke Maye, Sr., North Carolina, 221

Ky Bowman, Jr., Boston College, 188

Ty Jerome, Jr., Virginia, 177

Coby White, Fr., North Carolina, 171

Kerry Blackshear Jr., Jr., Virginia Tech, 170

Third Team

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Jordan Nwora, So., Louisville, 135

Marcquise Reed, Sr., Clemson, 129

Tyus Battle, Jr., Syracuse, 128

Nickeil Alexander-Walker, So., Virginia Tech, 72

John Mooney, Jr., Notre Dame, 71

Honorable Mention

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Mfiondu Kabengele, So., Florida State, 69

Cam Reddish, Fr., Duke, 37

Tre Jones, Fr., Duke, 18

Terance Mann, Sr., Florida State, 16

Elijah Thomas, Sr., Clemson, 10

 

ACC Award Winners

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ACC Player of the Year

Zion Williamson, Fr., Duke, 49 votes

Runners up

RJ Barrett, Fr., Duke, 16

De’Andre Hunter, So., Virginia, 4

Ky Bowman, Jr., Boston College, 1

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ACC Rookie of the Year

Zion Williamson, Duke, 47

Other vote getters

RJ Barrett, Duke, 21

Coby White, North Carolina, 2

ACC Coach of the Year

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Tony Bennett, Virginia, 30

Runners up

Buzz Williams, Virginia Tech, 12

Roy Williams, North Carolina, 11

Leonard Hamilton, Florida State, 10

Chris Mack, Louisville, 7

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ACC Defensive Player of the Year

De’Andre Hunter, So., Virginia, 46

Other vote getters

Tre Jones, Fr., Duke, 19

David Skara, Sr., Clemson, 3

Trent Forrest, Jr., Florida State, 2

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ACC Most Improved Player

Jordan Nwora, So., Louisville, 30

Runners up

John Mooney, Jr., Notre Dame, 27

Cameron Johnson, Sr., North Carolina, 5

Mfiondu Kabengele, So., Florida State, 4

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Kerry Blackshear Jr., Jr., Virginia Tech, 2

Chris Lykes, So., Miami, 2

ACC Sixth Man of the Year

Mfiondu Kabengele, So., Florida State, 60

Other vote getters

DJ Funderburk, So., NC State, 3

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Jared Wilson-Frame, Jr., Pitt, 3

Nassir Little, Fr., North Carolina, 2

Braxton Key, Jr., Virginia, 2

ACC All-Defensive Team

De’Andre Hunter, So., Virginia, 60

Tre Jones, Fr., Duke, 56

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Zion Williamson, Fr., Duke, 53

Elijah Thomas, Sr., Clemson, 31

James Banks III, Jr., Georgia Tech, 29

ACC All-Freshman Team

Zion Williamson, Duke, 70*

Coby White, North Carolina, 67

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RJ Barrett, Duke, 66

Xavier Johnson, Pitt, 40

Tre Jones, Duke, 38

 *unanimous

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