CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – After two big outings in wins over NC State and Baylor, Louisville freshman guard Mikel Brown Jr. earned Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week honors for games played from February 9-15, as announced Monday.
ACC men’s basketball weekly honors are nominated by the respective schools and determined by a vote of an 18-member media panel.
Mikel Brown Jr., Fr., G, Louisville (Orlando, Florida)
• Averaged 37.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.0 steals in wins over NC State and Baylor.
• Shot 59.5% from the floor and 66.7% beyond the arc; also knocked down 16-of-16 free throws.
• In a 118-77 win over NC State on Monday, February 9, Brown scored 45 points, breaking the ACC single-game freshman scoring record previously set by Cooper Flagg as well as Louisville’s single-game freshman scoring record previously set by LaBradford Smith.
• He tied Louisville’s overall single-game scoring record previously owned by Wes Unseld, as he scored 45 points.
• He went 14-of-23 from the floor, including netting 10 shots from the arc on 16 attempts, which tied Louisville’s program record for most 3-pointers made in a game.
• Per CBS Sports research, Brown is the only freshman in the last 30 years to log 45 points, nine rebounds and three steals.
• He followed up his record-setting night with 29 points on 8-of- 14 shooting, including 4-of-5 from long range, on Saturday, February 14, against Baylor. He tacked on six assists, five steals and three boards.
2025-26 ACC Player of the Week
Nov. 10 – Caleb Wilson, Fr., F, North Carolina; Neoklis Avdalas, Fr., G, Virginia Tech
Nov. 17 – Cameron Boozer, Fr., F, Duke; Mikel Brown Jr., Fr., G, Louisville
Nov. 24 – B.J. Edwards, Sr., G, SMU
Dec. 1 – Cameron Boozer, Fr., F, Duke
Dec. 8 – Cameron Boozer, Fr., F, Duke
Dec. 15 – Myles Colvin, Jr., G, Wake Forest
Dec. 22 – Paul McNeil Jr., So., G, NC State
Dec. 29 – B.J. Edwards, Sr., G, SMU
Jan. 5 – Boopie Miller, Sr., G, SMU
Jan. 12 – Tre Donaldson, Sr., G, Miami
Jan. 19 – Cameron Boozer, Fr., F, Duke
Jan. 26 – B.J. Edwards, Sr., G, SMU
Feb. 2 – Thijs De Ridder, Fr., F, Virginia
Feb. 9 – Quadir Copeland, Sr., G, NC State
Feb. 16 – Mikel Brown Jr., Fr., G, Louisville
2025-26 ACC Rookie of the Week
Nov. 10 – Caleb Wilson, F, North Carolina; Neoklis Avdalas, G, Virginia Tech
Nov. 17 – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke; Mikel Brown Jr., G, Louisville
Nov. 24 – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke
Dec. 1 – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke
Dec. 8 – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke
Dec. 15 – Neoklis Avdalas, G, Virginia Tech
Dec. 22 – Caleb Wilson, F, North Carolina
Dec. 29 – Ebuka Okorie, G, Stanford
Jan. 5 – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke
Jan. 12 – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke
Jan. 19 – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke
Jan. 26 – Cameron Boozer, F, Duke
Feb. 2 – Thijs De Ridder, Fr., F, Virginia
Feb. 9 – Caleb Wilson, F, North Carolina; Ebuka Okorie, G, Stanford
Feb. 16 – Mikel Brown Jr., G, Louisville