University of North Carolina Athletics
Brown, Teasley Earn All-ACC Hoops Honors
February 26, 2002 | Women's Basketball
Feb. 26, 2002
Tar Heel guards Coretta Brown and Nikki Teasley have been named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball first team, announced Tuesday. Guard Leah Metcalf, who joins Brown and Teasley in the starting lineup, was named to the ACC All-Freshmen team.
Brown, a 5-8 junior from Statesboro, Ga., leads UNC and ranks third in the conference in scoring with 16.8 points per game. She also ranks among the league's top 10 in field goal percentage (8th, 44.1 percent), three-point percentage (1st, 39.9), three-pointers per game (1st, 2.8), assists (8th, 3.7 per game) and assist-turnover ratio (6th, 1.43). She was named to the Preseason All-ACC team and was a second-team selection last season.
Teasley, a 6-0 senior from Washington, D.C., leads the conference in assists for the fourth year with 5.2 per game. She ranks second on the team and sixth in the conference in scoring with 15.4 points per game and is just behind Brown in three-point percentage (38.7) and threes per game (2.4). Also a member of the Preseason All-ACC team, she was a second-team All-ACC selection as a sophomore and third-team as a junior.
Metcalf, a 5-7 guard from Charlotte, was the ACC's Preseason Rookie of the Year and has started all but one game for UNC this season. She ranks third in the conference in assists (4.3 per game), fifth in steals (2.1 per game) and eighth in three-pointers (1.4 per game).
In addition to All-Freshman honors, Metcalf earned All-ACC honorable mention, as did sophomore center Candace Sutton.
The Tar Heels, 22-7 overall and 11-5 in ACC play, begin action in the 25th Annual ACC Women's Basketball Tournament on Saturday. The No. 2 seed in the field, Carolina will tipoff at 4:30 p.m. against the winner of Friday's game between No. 7 Wake Forest and No. 8 Maryland.
ALL-ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
The Associated Press all-Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball
teams for 2002 as voted on by 46 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports
Writers Association. First-place votes in parenthesis.
(Point totals on a 3-2-1 system)
FIRST TEAM
Alana Beard, Duke (46) 138
Iciss Tillis, Duke (40) 129
Coretta Brown, North Carolina (32) 120
Chrissy Floyd, Clemson (32) 119
Nikki Teasley, North Carolina (27) 111
SECOND TEAM
Brandi Teamer, Virginia (26) 108
Monique Currie, Duke (4) 80
Telisha Quarles, Virginia (6) 72
Kaayla Chones, N.C. State (5) 71
(tie) Sonja Mallory, Georgia Tech (2) 63
(tie) Milli Martinez, Georgia Tech (3) 63
THIRD TEAM
Tonia Brown, Wake Forest (1) 43
Marche Strickland, Maryland 35
Tasheika Morris, Florida St. 31
Marci Glenney, Clemson 27
Regina Tate, Georgia Tech 27
HONORABLE MENTION: (10 or more points): Deedee Warley, Maryland (25), Candace Sutton, North Carolina (23), Sheana Mosch, Duke (22), April Traylor, Florida St. (21), Carisse Moody, N.C. State (21), Nina Barlin, Georgia Tech (17), Leah Metcalf, North Carolina (14).
ACC ALL-FRESHMEN TEAM
The Associated Press all-freshmen women's team for
the Atlantic Coast Conference for 2002 as voted on by 46 members of the
Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association.
Player Team Votes
Monique Currie, Duke 45
Brandi Teamer, Virginia 45
Leah Metcalf, North Carolina 44
Rachel Stockdale, N.C. State 29
Wynter Whitley, Duke 28
HONORABLE MENTION: (5 or more votes): LaTonya Blue, Virginia (19), Anesia Smith, Maryland (6), Genesis Choice, Florida St. (5), Kenya McBee, North Carolina (5).
