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

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Vernon Carey, Jr., Duke, 367

Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 359

John Mooney, Notre Dame, 351

Tre Jones, Duke, 348

Elijah Hughes, Syracuse, 305

Second Team

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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

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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

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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

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Dwayne Sutton, Louisville 15

Steffon Mitchell, Boston College, 11

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