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Syracuse basketball’s Hughes named first-team all-ACC

Elijah Hughes warming up before a Syracuse Orange home game (Photo by Adam Rombel/BJNN)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse basketball forward Elijah Hughes, who led the ACC in scoring this season, has been named first-team all-conference, the ACC announced Monday morning.

Hughes — a 6’6 junior from Beacon, N.Y. who transferred to Syracuse from East Carolina after his freshman year — led all ACC players with a scoring average of 18.8 points per game this season. He also averaged 4.9 rebounds and 3.5 assists per contest and contributed about 1 steal and 1 block a game as well.

The 2019-20 All-ACC team was established by a 75-person selection panel comprised of the league’s 15 head coaches and 60 members of the media.

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The complete all-ACC teams are below (name, school, voting points received):

2020 All-ACC Team

First Team

Vernon Carey, Jr., Duke, 367

Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 359

John Mooney, Notre Dame, 351

Tre Jones, Duke, 348

Elijah Hughes, Syracuse, 305

Second Team

Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 234

Devin Vassell, Florida State, 212

Garrison Brooks, North Carolina, 209

Trent Forrest, Florida State, 200

Markell Johnson, NC State, 101

Third Team

Kihei Clark, Virginia, 98

Jose Alvarado, Georgia Tech, 87

Aamir Simms, Clemson, 79

Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 69

Olivier Sarr, Wake Forest, 63

Honorable Mention

Landers Nolley, II, Virginia Tech, 58

Michael Devoe, Georgia Tech, 48

Brandon Childress, Wake Forest 44

Chris Lykes, Miami, 32

M.J. Walker, Florida State, 22

Braxton Key, Virginia, 16

Dwayne Sutton, Louisville 15

Steffon Mitchell, Boston College, 11

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