GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Duke sophomore ahead Matthew Damage was named the ACC Participant of the Week on Monday, whereas his teammate, freshman guard DJ Steward, was chosen because the ACC Freshman of the Week.
ACC males’s basketball weekly honors are decided by a vote of a 15-member media panel and introduced on Mondays all through the common season.
A local of Rochester, Minnesota, Damage averaged 21.5 ppg and eight.5 rpg final week in wins over Boston School and Wake Forest. He was a team-best .567 (17-of-30) from the sphere and .538 (7-of-13) from 3-point vary for the week. Damage posted his second double-double this season Wednesday with 17 factors and 11 rebounds within the 83-82 win over Boston School. Seven of his 17 factors got here within the sport’s remaining 5:15, together with a layup to drag Duke inside one at 69-68, a layup that tied the sport at 73-73 after a pair of his personal offensive rebounds and a nook 3-pointer with 1:30 left to provide Duke a 78-75 lead. He then poured in a career-high 26 factors with six boards within the 79-68 Saturday victory over Wake Forest. His 10 made area targets and three steals within the Wake win have been additionally profession highs.
Steward was Duke’s second-leading scorer for the week, averaging 17.5 ppg and seven.0 rpg. The Chicago native scored 14 factors with eight boards, two blocks and three steals versus Boston School and adopted it up with 21 factors, six rebounds and two extra blocks in a career-best 39 minutes towards Wake Forest. Steward completed the week 13-of-30 (.433) from the sphere and 7-of-10 (.700) from the free throw line. He made a number of key performs over a 23-5 Duke run within the BC win that turned a 41-25 deficit with 2:15 left within the first half to a 48-46 lead with 17:35 to play within the second. Steward scored seven factors throughout that stretch, together with a 3-pointer simply earlier than the buzzer that minimize BC’s result in simply eight and a layup that gave Duke its first lead since 2-0.
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Matthew Damage averaged 21.5 ppg in 2 @DukeMBB victories final week — together with a career-high 26 factors vs. Wake Forest ??@HurtMatthew | #ACCMBB pic.twitter.com/mlA8eBexet
— ACC Males’s Basketball (@accmbb) January 11, 2021
For the second time this season, @swipasnipa is our Freshman of the Week!
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— ACC Males’s Basketball (@accmbb) January 11, 2021
2020-21 ACC Participant of the Week Honors
Nov. 30 – Keve Aluma, Jr., F, Virginia Tech
Dec. 7 – Moses Wright, Sr., F, Georgia Tech
Dec. 14 – Justin Champagnie, So., F, Pitt
Dec. 21 – Quincy Guerrier, So., F, Syracuse
Dec. 28 – David Johnson, So., G, Louisville
Jan. 4 – Jose Alvarado, Sr., G, Georgia Tech
Jan. 11 – Matthew Damage, So., F, Duke
2020-21 ACC Freshman of the Week Honors
Nov. 30 – Jalen Johnson, F, Duke
Dec. 7 – Dre Davis, F, Louisville
Dec. 14 – Scottie Barnes, G, Florida State
Dec. 21 – DJ Steward, G, Duke
Dec. 28 – Shakeel Moore, G, NC State
Jan. 4 – Day’Ron Sharpe, F/C, North Carolina
Jan. 11 – DJ Steward, G, Duke
