CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – Wake Forest senior guard Hunter Sallis was named Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week, while Duke freshman guard/forward Cooper Flagg earned Rookie of the Week honors for games played January 13-19.
ACC men’s basketball weekly honors are nominated by the respective schools and determined by a vote of an 18-member media panel.
This marks Sallis’ first ACC weekly honor of the 2024-25 season. Flagg was named ACC Rookie of the Week for the seventh time in 11 weeks, including the third straight week and the fourth time in the last five weeks.
Sallis spearheaded Wake Forest’s 2-0 week, leading the team in scoring both times during wins over Stanford and Virginia Tech as the Demon Deacons ran their ACC win streak to five straight games – the program’s longest since the 2004-05 season. The native of Omaha, Nebraska, averaged 27.0 points and 5.5 rebounds while shooting 64.7 percent from the field, including 50 percent from 3-point distance. In the Demon Deacons’ 80-67 win over Stanford on Wednesday, January 15, Sallis scored 30 points, going 12-of-17 from the field and 3-of-5 from behind the arc. He followed that up by recording 24 points, seven rebounds and two steals in the 72-63 win at Virginia Tech on Saturday, January 18. He was 10-of-17 from the field and 3-of-7 from 3-point range. He has posted seven consecutive showings of 20-plus points – the best stretch in his collegiate career.
Flagg averaged 20.5 points, 6.0 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.0 blocked shot, while shooting 14-of-25 (56.0%) from the field and 10-of-12 (83.3%) at the free-throw line, to lead Duke to ACC victories over Miami and Boston College. In an 88-63 road victory over Boston College on Saturday, the native of Newport, Maine, amassed 28 points, shooting 9-of-14 from the field and 9-of-11 from the free-throw stripe, while adding five rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocked shots. In the Blue Devils’ 89-54 triumph over Miami on Tuesday, January 14, Flagg collected 13 points, seven boards, six assists and a steal in 28 minutes.
2024-25 ACC Players of the Week
Nov. 11 – Jamir Watkins, Sr., G, Florida State; Nijel Pack, Gr., G, Miami
Nov. 18 – Maxime Raynaud, Sr., C, Stanford
Nov. 25 – Cooper Flagg, Fr., G/F, Duke
Dec. 2 – Chucky Hepburn, Sr., G, Louisville
Dec. 9 – Ian Schieffelin, Sr., F, Clemson
Dec. 16 – Matt Cross, Sr., F, SMU
Dec. 23 – Reyne Smith, Sr., G, Louisville; Maxime Raynaud, Sr., C, Stanford
Dec. 30 – Donald Hand Jr., So., G, Boston College
Jan. 6 – Cooper Flagg, Fr., G/F, Duke
Jan. 13 – Cooper Flagg, Fr., G/F, Duke
Jan. 20 – Hunter Sallis, Sr., G, Wake Forest
2024-25 ACC Rookie of the Week
Nov. 11 – Kon Knueppel, G/F, Duke
Nov. 18 – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke
Nov. 25 – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke
Dec. 2 – Jeremiah Wilkinson, G, Cal; Donnie Freeman, F, Syracuse
Dec. 9 – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke
Dec. 16 – Brandin Cummings, G, Pitt
Dec. 23 – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke
Dec. 30 – Ian Jackson, G, North Carolina
Jan. 6 – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke
Jan. 13 – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke
Jan. 20 – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke