Maye Named Co-ACC Player Of The Week

by ACC Media Relations

GREENSBORO—North Carolina junior Luke Maye and Duke freshman Marvin Bagley III were voted Atlantic Coast Conference Basketball Co-Players of the Week following the first weekend of the 2017-18 season, with Bagley also earning ACC Rookie of the Week honors.

ACC basketball weekly honors are determined by a vote of a 15-member media panel.

Maye led all players in Friday night's 86-69 win over Northern Iowa with a career-high 26 points and 10 rebounds. His previous career high was 17 points against Kentucky in the 2017 NCAA Elite Eight. Maye made a career-high 11 field goals in helping the No. 9 Tar Heels build their lead as high as 31 points in the second half (his previous high in field goals was six three times: against Kentucky in the NCAA Elite Eight, Butler in the NCAA Sweet 16, and at NC State, all last season).

It marked the first time in his career that Maye led UNC in scoring and was his second career double-double. The Huntersville, N.C., native had 16 points and 12 rebounds against Butler in the 2017 NCAA Sweet 16.

Bagley led Duke to a pair of season-opening wins by becoming the Blue Devils' first freshman to post double-doubles in each of his first two collegiate games.

Bagley scored 25 points and pulled down 10 rebounds in Friday's 97-68 win over Elon and followed that with 24 points and 10 rebounds in Saturday's 99-69 victory over Utah Valley. The Phoenix native became the first Duke freshman with back-to-back double-doubles in any two games since January of 2016, when Brandon Ingram went for 19 point and 10 rebounds versus Miami and 14 points and 10 boards versus Georgia Tech.

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