K.J. McDaniels Named First-Team All-ACC, All-ACC Defensive Team |
CLEMSON, S.C. - Junior forward
K.J. McDaniels
K.J. McDaniels McDaniels was one of the most improved players in the ACC this season. Heading into the ACC Tournament, he carries team-leading averages of 17.1 points and 7.2 rebounds per game. For the second straight year, he leads the conference in blocks per game (2.8). McDaniels is fourth in the ACC in free throw percentage (.847), fifth in scoring, sixth in field goal percentage (.452), and seventh in rebounding. He is the only player in the country leading his team in scoring, rebounding, three-pointers, blocks and steals. He is vying to become only the second ACC player in history to do it, joining Wake Forest's Josh Howard in 2002-03. McDaniels has 83 blocks and 36 three-pointers, only the second player in ACC history with at least 80 blocks and 30 steals in a season (Duke's Shane Battier was the other in 2001-02). McDaniels is tied for the ACC lead with five "20 & 10" games - at least 20 points and 10 rebounds in a game. He is third among conference players with 12 games scoring at least 20 points. The Birmingham, Ala., native is the sixth different Tiger named to the All-ACC Defensive Team, joining
Vernon HamiltonVernon Hamilton ACSMA All-ACC Team (First place votes in parenthesis, followed by total points) First team Jabari Parker, Fr.. Duke (77) 231 Tony Warren, So., NCSU (77), 231 Marcus Paige, So., North Carolina (69) 223 C.J. Fair, Sr., Syracuse (47) 200 K.J. McDaniels, Jr. Clemson (46) 199 Second Team Malcolm Brogdon, So., Virginia (35) 170 Lamar Patterson, Sr. Pitt (10) 158 Tyler Ennis, Fr., Syracuse (13) 156 Rodney Hood, Jr., Duke (4) 148 James Michael McAdoo, Jr., North Carolina (2) 103 Third Team Olivier Hanlan, So., Boston College (3) 101 Joe Harris, Sr., Virginia (1) 79 Rion Brown, Sr., Miami 52 Dez Wells, Jr., Maryland 45 Daniel Miller, Sr., Georgia Tech 34 Honorable Mention (10 points or more) Eric Atkins, Sr., Notre Dame 30 Talib Zanna, Sr., Pitt 28 Aaron Thomas, So., Florida State 27 Akil Mitchell, Sr., Virginia 17 Jerami Grant,So. Syracuse 15
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was named first-team All-ACC, announced Monday by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA). McDaniels, the first Tiger to be named first team since
Trevor Booker
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in 2010, was also named to the All-ACC Defensive Team. The rest of the first team was comprised of Duke's Jabari Parker, NC State's T.J. Warren, North Carolina's Marcus Paige and Syracuse's C.J. Fair.
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(2006), Trevor Booker (2009, 2010),
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(2011) and
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(2012).
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