Fair, Ennis Honored By ACC
2/3/2014 3:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Fair Receives ACC Player of the Week, Ennis Earns Rookie of the Week
Greensboro, N.C. - Senior C.J. was named the Atlantic Coast Conference's (ACC) Player of the Week, while freshman Tyler Ennis shared ACC Co-Rookie of the Week honors with Duke's Jabari Parker.
Fair, the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, earned the award for the first time this season following a pair of solid performances that helped propel the Orange (21-0, 8-0 ACC) to its best start in school history and a No. 1 national ranking. The Baltimore native scored a career-high 28 points in Saturday night's 91-89 overtime thriller against now 11th-ranked Duke. Against the Blue Devils, Fair shot a season-best 60-percent (12-20) from the floor and added five rebounds and two blocks. That performance followed a 16-point, eight-rebound effort against Wake Forest. For the week, Fair averaged 22 points and 6.5 rebounds in the two ACC wins.
Ennis earned his fourth ACC Rookie of the Week honor, all coming in the past 10 weeks. The freshman guard averaged 16 points and seven assists in the wins over Wake Forest and Duke. After scoring a game-high 18 points at Wake Forest, Ennis had 14 points and nine assists against the Blue Devils and converted 8-for-8 from the line. His assist total matched his career-high. In the two contests, Ennis committed just four turnovers in 80 minutes played.
The Orange play for the first time as the top team in the country on Monday, Feb. 3 against Notre Dame.Â
Fair, the ACC Preseason Player of the Year, earned the award for the first time this season following a pair of solid performances that helped propel the Orange (21-0, 8-0 ACC) to its best start in school history and a No. 1 national ranking. The Baltimore native scored a career-high 28 points in Saturday night's 91-89 overtime thriller against now 11th-ranked Duke. Against the Blue Devils, Fair shot a season-best 60-percent (12-20) from the floor and added five rebounds and two blocks. That performance followed a 16-point, eight-rebound effort against Wake Forest. For the week, Fair averaged 22 points and 6.5 rebounds in the two ACC wins.
Ennis earned his fourth ACC Rookie of the Week honor, all coming in the past 10 weeks. The freshman guard averaged 16 points and seven assists in the wins over Wake Forest and Duke. After scoring a game-high 18 points at Wake Forest, Ennis had 14 points and nine assists against the Blue Devils and converted 8-for-8 from the line. His assist total matched his career-high. In the two contests, Ennis committed just four turnovers in 80 minutes played.
The Orange play for the first time as the top team in the country on Monday, Feb. 3 against Notre Dame.Â
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