CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Clemson graduate guard Joseph Girard III earned Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week honors, while Notre Dame guard Markus Burton was named ACC Rookie of the Week.
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.
Girard III averaged 19.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in road wins at No. 3 North Carolina and Syracuse. The native of Glens Falls, New York, shot 54.5 percent from the floor, including 60.0 percent (9-of-15) from 3-point range. He also was 6-of-6 at the foul line. At North Carolina, he finished with 21 points, six rebounds and three assists, and his biggest three of the game came with 2:09 remaining to give Clemson a five-point lead en route to the program’s second-ever win in Chapel Hill. In his return to Syracuse, where he played the first four years of his college career, Girard finished with a game-high 18 points on 5-of-6 from the floor, including 4-of-5 from three. He also made all four of his free throws. His final free throw of the game enabled him to reach 2,000 career points, as he became just the sixth player in the last 30 seasons to amass 2,000 points, 400 rebounds, 500 assists and 350 threes in a career.
Burton averaged 17.5 points, 6.0 assists, 3.5 steals and 2.5 rebounds against No. 9 Duke and Virginia Tech. He had a strong all-around performance against the Hokies, recording 16 points, a season-high tying eight assists and a season-best six steals – the latter tied for the third-most steals in a game in program history. A native of Mishawaka, Indiana, Burton became the third ND player to finish with at least 16 points, eight assists and six steals in a game, joining Chris Thomas in 2001 and Jerian Grant in 2013. On Wednesday at Duke, Burton recorded 19 points and four assists.
2023-24 ACC Players of the Week
Nov. 13 – Armando Bacot, Gr., F/C, North Carolina
Nov. 20 – Quinten Post, Gr., F/C, Boston College
Nov. 27 – Jamir Watkins, R-Jr., F, Florida State; RJ Davis, Sr., G, North Carolina
Dec. 4 – PJ Hall, Sr., C, Clemson
Dec. 11 – Blake Hinson, Sr., F, Pitt
Dec. 18 – Kyle Filipowski, So., C, Duke
Dec. 26 – RJ Davis, Sr., G, North Carolina; Lynn Kidd, Sr., C, Virginia Tech
Jan. 2 – Quadir Copeland, So., G, Syracuse
Jan. 8 – Armando Bacot, Gr., F/C, North Carolina; Kevin “Boopie” Miller, So., G, Wake Forest
Jan. 15 – Sean Pedulla, Jr., G, Virginia Tech
Jan. 22 – Reece Beekman, Sr., G, Virginia
Jan. 29 – RJ Davis, Sr., G, North Carolina
Feb. 5 – Harrison Ingram, Gr., F, North Carolina; DJ Horne, Gr., G, NC State
Feb. 12 – Joseph Girard III, Gr., G, Clemson
2023-24 ACC Rookies of the Week
Nov. 13 – Carlton Carrington, G, Pitt
Nov. 20 – Carlton Carrington, G, Pitt
Nov. 27 – Dennis Parker Jr., G, NC State
Dec. 4 – Baye Ndongo, F, Georgia Tech
Dec. 11 – Carlton Carrington, G, Pitt
Dec. 18 – Baye Ndongo, F, Georgia Tech
Dec. 26 – Baye Ndongo, F, Georgia Tech
Jan. 2 – Markus Burton, G, Notre Dame
Jan. 8 – Carlton Carrington, G, Pitt
Jan. 15 – Braeden Shrewsberry, G, Notre Dame
Jan. 22 – Jaland Lowe, G, Pitt
Jan. 29 – Jared McCain, G, Duke
Feb. 5 – Ty-Laur Johnson, G, Louisville
Feb. 12 – Markus Burton, G, Notre Dame