University of North Carolina Athletics
ACC Men's Basketball Players Of The Week
January 29, 2001 | Men's Basketball
Jan. 29, 2001
GREENSBORO, N.C. - North Carolina's Joseph Forte and Georgia Tech's Alvin Jones were tabbed as Co-ACC Players of the Week while Georgia Tech's Marvin Lewis was selected as the ACC Rookie of the Week in voting by a select panel of the Atlantic Coast Conference Sportswriters Association (ACSWA).
In winning ACC Player of the Week honors for the fourth time this season, Forte averaged 27.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists as the fifth-ranked Tar Heels posted wins over No. 12 Virginia and NC State. The 6-4, 192-pound sophomore from Greenbelt, Md., made 13 of 23 shots from the field and added five rebounds and four assists in an 88-81 win over the Cavaliers. He scored 19 of his 33 points in the second half, including seven in a row in a key stretch late in the game.
In Sunday's game at NC State, Forte led all scorers with 21 points in a 60-52 win. He went 8 for 19 from the floor and had a team-high eight rebounds and a game-high five assists.
Jones, a 6-11, 265-pound senior from Lakeland, Fla., averaged 26.0 points, 10.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks in Georgia Tech's two wins last week. Jones shot 74 percent (14-19) from the field and 71 percent (24-34) from the free throw line in the two contests.
Jones began the week with 26 points, seven rebounds, three blocks and a career-best six assists in Tech's 111-108 win over Clemson.
He hit six of eight shots from the field and 14 of 19 free throws. Jones followed with 26 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks in the Yellow Jackets' win over Florida State. He connected on eight of 11 attempts from the field and 10 of 15 from the foul line.
Lewis, a 6-3, 198-pound guard from Germantown, Md., averaged 12.0 points as Georgia Tech posted wins over Clemson and Florida State. Lewis opened the week scoring 13 points in the Yellow Jackets' 111-108 win over the Tigers last Wednesday night, hitting on five of seven attempts from the field, including three of Tech's school-record 17 three-pointers. His biggest basket, however, was a two-pointer. After Clemson had pulled within one point, 105-104, his baseline jumper with 1:02 to play helped seal the win.
Lewis added 11 points, three steals and two assists in Tech's 77-68 win over Florida State. For the week, Lewis shot 64 percent (7-11) from the field and was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line.
