GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Wake Forest junior center Olivier Sarr was named the ACC Player of the Week on Monday, while North Carolina point guard Cole Anthony earned Freshman of the Week honors.
                                                                                   
This marks the second time this season Sarr earned ACC Player of the Week honors (Dec. 2), while Anthony notched ACC Freshman of the Week laurels for the first time since the opening week of the season (Nov. 11).
 
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.
 
Sarr averaged 27.5 points and 12 rebounds per game last week as Wake Forest earned home wins over then-No. 7 Duke and Notre Dame. Sarr set career highs in scoring in both games, shooting 76% (19-25) from the field and 81% from the free-throw line. He scored 25 points against Duke, shooting 7-of-9 from the floor and setting career highs with 11-of-14 free throws. Sarr also drew 10 fouls in the game, as he fouled out three Duke post players. In the win over Notre Dame, Sarr recorded another career high of 30 points and added a career-high 17 rebounds. He also set career highs of 12-of-16 field goals and was 6-of-7 from the line. Sarr joined John Collins (2017 at Duke) and Rodney Rogers (1993 vs. Florida State) as the only Demon Deacons in the past 50 years to have a 30-and-15 game against an ACC opponent
 
Anthony averaged 22 points and six assists per game last week as North Carolina downed NC State, 85-79, and Syracuse, 92-79.  He recorded 19 points, five rebounds and five assists against NC State and 25 points and seven assists in the win at Syracuse. Anthony made a season-high seven 3-pointers and had his ACC-best seven assists at Syracuse. He also made five of UNC’s nine second-half threes and scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half versus the Orange. For the week he was 15-of-25 from the floor (.600), 8-of-15 from three (.533) and 6-of-10 from the line (.600).
 
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
Jan. 13 - Tre Jones, So., G, Duke; Aamir Simms, Jr., F, Clemson
Jan. 20 – Buddy Boeheim, So., G, Syracuse; Devin Vassell, So., G, Florida State
Jan. 27 – Jose Alvarado, Jr., G, Georgia Tech
Feb. 3 – Vernon Carey Jr., Fr., C, Duke
Feb. 10 – Tre Jones, So., G, Duke
Feb. 17 – Mamadi Diakite, Sr., F, Virginia
Feb. 24 – Devon Daniels, Jr., G, NC State
March 2 – Olivier Sarr, Jr., C, 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
Dec. 23 - Vernon Carey Jr., C, Duke
Dec. 30 - Landers Nolley II, G/F, Virginia Tech
Jan. 6 - Matthew Hurt, F, Duke
Jan. 13 - Landers Nolley II, G/F, Virginia Tech
Jan. 20 – David Johnson, G, Louisville
Jan. 27 – Justin Champagnie, G/F, Pitt
Feb. 3 – Vernon Carey Jr., Fr., C, Duke
Feb. 10 – Justin Champagnie, G/F, Pitt
Feb. 17 – Isaiah Wong, G, Miami
Feb. 24 – Isaiah Wong, G, Miami
March 2 – Cole Anthony, G, North Carolina