GREENSBORO, N.C. – Notre Dame senior forward John Mooney has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Duke forward Matthew Hurt notched ACC Freshman of the Week honors. Mooney earned ACC Player of the Week laurels for the second time this season (Nov. 18) and is the first repeat winner for the award during the 2019-20 campaign.
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.
Mooney powered the Irish to a come-from-behind, 88-87 victory at Syracuse on Saturday, recording his second 25-point, 10-rebound game this season with a game-high and career-high matching 28 points and 14 rebounds at the Carrier Dome. The Orlando, Florida, native scored 19 of his 28 points in the second half, including an offensive rebound and putback to break an 84-all tie with 36 seconds remaining. Mooney was 11-for-21 from the floor and played 32 minutes in the win.
Hurt averaged a team-leading 19.0 points in a pair of ACC wins as Duke beat Boston College, 88-49 Tuesday and Miami, 95-62, Saturday in Coral Gables, Florida. Hurt scored a career-high 25 in the BC win, hitting 10-of-16 (.625) from the field, including 5-of-10 from 3-point range to go with four rebounds in 26 minutes. He followed with 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting at Miami, while setting career highs in both assists (four) and steals (three). A native of Rochester, Minnesota, Hurt shot 16-of-24 (.667) for the week and 6-of-12 (.500) from 3-point range.
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
Dec. 23 - Markell Johnson, Sr., G, NC State; Kameron McGusty, Jr., G, Miami
Dec. 30 - Moses Wright, Jr., F, Georgia Tech
Jan. 6 - John Mooney, Sr., F, Notre Dame
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
Dec. 23 - Vernon Carey Jr., C, Duke
Dec. 30 - Landers Nolley II, G/F, Virginia Tech
Jan. 6 - Matthew Hurt, F, Duke