GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) - Wake Forest senior guard Gina Conti has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week, and Virginia Tech guard Georgia Amoore is the ACC Freshman of the Week.
ACC women’s basketball weekly awards are voted on by the league’s Blue Ribbon Panel.
Conti averaged 15.5 points, 5.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game to lead the Demon Deacons to a pair of victories last week, including a 64-61 overtime win against Pitt and a 72-65 victory at Clemson. The senior guard helped Wake Forest overcome a 10-point deficit late against the Panthers, highlighted by hitting the game-tying 3-pointer with 33 seconds remaining to send the contest into overtime.
She finished with a game-high 18 points against Pitt and pulled down a career-high eight rebounds. The Grove City, Ohio, native followed that performance with 13 points and eight assists against the Tigers in South Carolina on Sunday.
Conti is eighth in the ACC in scoring this season with 15.4 points per game and is just 17 points shy of reaching 1,000 for her career. She garnered the award for the second time this season.
Amoore helped the Hokies to their league-leading fourth consecutive victory on Thursday night, as Virginia Tech earned a 20-point win at Miami, 75-55. She tallied 17 points and five assists in the contest while shooting 62.5% from the floor and matched her career-best with five 3-pointers.
Defensively, Amoore recorded four steals to set a career high and helped the Hokies limit Miami to just 38% shooting.
Hailing from Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, Amoore averages 10.6 points per game, sixth most among ACC freshmen, and her 4.56 assists per game leads all freshmen in the conference and is the fourth most among any ACC player this season.
ACC women’s basketball action returns Tuesday night with two games on the slate, as Georgia Tech hosts Miami at Noon on ACC Network and Boston College travels to Pitt for a 6 p.m. matchup on ACC Network Extra.
2020-21 ACC Player of the Week Honors
Nov. 30 - Taylor Soule, Jr., F, Boston College
Dec. 7 - Kayla Jones, Sr., F, NC State
Dec. 14 - Lotta-Maj Lahtinen, Jr., G, Georgia Tech
Dec. 21 - Janelle Bailey, Sr., C, North Carolina
Jan. 4 - Jada Boyd, So., F, NC State
Jan. 11 - Ivana Raca, Sr., F, Wake Forest
Jan. 18 - Elizabeth Kitley, So., C, Virginia Tech; Gina Conti, Sr., G, Wake Forest
Jan. 24 - Dana Evans, Sr., G, Louisville
Feb. 1 - Aisha Sheppard, Sr., G, Virginia Tech
Feb. 8 - Dana Evans, Sr., G, Louisville
Feb. 15 - Gina Conti, Sr., G, Wake Forest
2020-21 ACC Freshman of the Week Honors
Nov. 30 - Hailey Van Lith, G, Louisville
Dec. 7 - Maddy Westbeld, F, Notre Dame
Dec. 14 - Loyal McQueen, G, Georgia Tech
Dec. 21 - Gabby Elliott, G, Clemson
Jan. 4 - Maddy Westbeld, F, Notre Dame
Jan. 11 - Hailey Van Lith, G, Louisville
Jan. 18 - Priscilla Williams, G, Syracuse
Jan. 25 - Kamilla Cardoso, C, Syracuse
Feb. 1 - Kamilla Cardoso, C, Syracuse
Feb. 8 - Kamilla Cardoso, C, Syracuse
Feb. 15 - Georgia Amoore, G, Virginia Tech