Pair Of Terrapins Earn All-ACC Honors
3/7/2005 7:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 7, 2005
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Maryland juniors Nik Caner-Medley (Portland, Maine) and John Gilchrist (Virginia Beach, Va.) earned all-ACC accolades with the release of the 2005 all-conference teams on Monday. Caner-Medley, a first-time All-ACC honoree, garnered a third-team nod. Gilchrist is an honorable mention All-ACC selection.
Caner-Medley, the Terrapins' leading scorer, is sixth in the ACC with a 16.7 ppg scoring average. He has led the Terps in scoring 12 times on the season and has registered nine 20-plus scoring performances. He is ranked among ACC leaders in field goal percentage (ninth, .476), rebounding (17th, 5.9 rpg) and free throw shooting (ninth, 77 percent).
Caner-Medley has posted two double-doubles against ACC opponents: 15 points, 10 rebounds vs. NC State (Jan. 23) and 19 points, 11 rebounds at UVa (Feb. 19). His season and career-high 35 points vs. Temple (Jan. 15) ranks as the ACC's fourth-best individual performance of the season.
The Terp junior was named ESPN.com's National Player of the Week (Jan. 31) after averaging 22.0 ppg, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 2.0 assists in victories over No. 2 Duke and No. 22 Georgia Tech. He scored his 1,000th-career point against No. 2 North Carolina (Feb. 27).
Gilchrist, who earned third team honors a season ago, was a two-time ACC Player of the Week selection (Dec. 20 and Feb. 14) after leading the Terps to wins over No. 7/8 Duke and Virginia Tech and an early conference victory over Florida State. The Terps' point guard is third in the league in assists (5.6 per game) and second in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.2). He is also among league leaders in scoring (18th, 14.2 ppg), rebounding (19th, 5.2 per game) and free throw percentage (12th, 74 percent).
Gilchrist, who scored his 1,000th-career point against No. 2 North Carolina (Feb. 27), has led the Terps in scoring 10 times this season, including 20 games of double-figure scoring and six games of 20 or more points.
Gilchrist has registered five double-doubles on the season: 16 points, 10 rebounds vs. Memphis (Nov. 26), 21 points, 13 rebounds vs. Florida State (Dec. 19), 19 points, 10 assists vs. Virginia Tech (Feb. 8), 19 points, 10 rebounds, nine assists vs. Duke (Feb. 12) and 12 points, 10 rebounds vs. Clemson (Feb. 22).
2005 ALL-ACC TEAMSFirst Team J.J. Redick, Duke* (121) 363 Chris Paul, WF (113) 355 Sean May, UNC (111) 353 Shelden Williams, Duke (111) 353 Raymond Felton, UNC (82) 311 *unanimous 1st-team
Second Team Guillermo Diaz, Miami (19) 243 Julius Hodge, NCSU (22) 227 Eric Williams, WF (7) 222 Jarrett Jack, GT (9) 200 Justin Gray, WF (2) 184
Third Team Rashad McCants, UNC (7) 170 Sharrod Ford, Clemson (1) 131 Nik Caner-Medley, Maryland (0) 110 Daniel Ewing, Duke (0) 102 Jawad Williams, UNC (0) 83
Honorable Mention (25 or more points) Zabian Dowdell, VT (0) 64 John Gilchrist, Maryland (0) 50 Robert Hite, Miami (0) 27 Marvin Williams, UNC (0) 25
