GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Wake Forest junior guard Chaundee Brown has been named the ACC Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Virginia Tech redshirt freshman guard/forward Landers Nolley II picked up ACC Freshman of the Week honors for the third time in six weeks this season.
ACC men’s basketball weekly honors are determined by a vote of a 15-member media panel and announced on Mondays throughout the regular season.
Brown scored a career-high 26 points as Wake Forest upset then-No. 23 Xavier on Saturday in the Skip Prosser Classic. He shot 11-of-16 from the floor and also grabbed a team-high six rebounds. Brown scored 18 of his 26 points in the first half as the Demon Deacons opened up a nine-point halftime lead. The victory was Wake’s first non-conference win over a ranked opponent since topping Indiana in the 2015 Maui Invitational. The performance was Brown's third 20-point game of the season.
Nolley II averaged 18.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg and 3.0 apg as Virginia Tech picked up wins over Chattanooga and Gardner-Webb on Wednesday and Sunday, respectively. He scored 18 points and pulled down a career-high nine rebounds against Gardner-Webb, hitting five 3-pointers. Nolley II scored 19 points and recorded six rebounds and three assists versus Chattanooga. With Tech down three points with five minutes to go against Chattanooga, Nolley scored six points down the stretch to preserve the win and extend Tech's home non-conference winning streak to 29 games.
2019-20 ACC Player of the Week Honors
Nov. 11 - Cole Anthony, Fr., G, North Carolina
Nov. 18 - John Mooney, Sr., F, Notre Dame
Nov. 25 - Michael Devoe, So., G, Georgia Tech; Vernon Carey Jr., Fr., C, Duke
Dec. 2 - Olivier Sarr, Jr., C, Wake Forest
Dec. 9 - Jordan Nwora, Jr., F, Louisville; Tre Jones, So., G, Duke
Dec. 16 - Chaundee Brown, Jr., G, Wake Forest
2019-20 ACC Freshman of the Week Honors
Nov. 11 - Cole Anthony, G, North Carolina
Nov. 18 - Landers Nolley II, G/F, Virginia Tech
Nov. 25 - Vernon Carey Jr., C, Duke
Dec. 2 - Landers Nolley II, G/F, Virginia Tech
Dec. 9 - Vernon Carey Jr., C, Duke
Dec. 16 - Landers Nolley II, G/F, Virginia Tech