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GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday, that Maryland's Lynetta Kizer and Alyssa Thomas were all named to the All-ACC women's basketball team. Both Kizer and Thomas, who was named the ACC's Rookie of the Week Monday, were named to the Second Team.

Junior Lynetta Kizer earned All-ACC honors for the third time in her career. The 2009 ACC Rookie of the Year and 2010 All-ACC Third team honoree finished tied for sixth in the league in rebounding (8.2 rpg) and 11th in scoring (14.4 ppg) in conference games.

She earned a spot in the top 15 of the ACC in free throw percentage and blocked shots, as she shot 73.7 percent from the foul line and averaged just under one block in league games. Her 3.6 offensive boards per league game were third-best in the ACC. Kizer scored in double figures in 25 of 29 games this year, including 12 of 14 ACC games.

Freshman Alyssa Thomas is the first freshman to be named to the first or second All-ACC team since former Terrapin Marissa Coleman was named a second team member in 2005-06. She is one of two freshmen to make an All-ACC team this year. In ACC play, Thomas was top-five in the league in scoring (15.7 ppg) and rebounding (8.4 rpg) and led the league in offensive rebounds (3.8 rpg). She finished the season tied for seventh in steals with 2.1 per contest.

Thomas led all ACC freshmen in scoring, rebounding and steals. She earned a school-record seven Rookie of the Week awards and notched five double-doubles in her first six conference games. Thomas scored in double figures in 13 of 14 ACC games and 25 of 28 games overall.

After earning a first-round bye, Maryland (23-6, 9-5) will play its opening game on Friday at 11 a.m. in the quarterfinal round against the winner of Thursday's 11 a.m. game between No. 5 Georgia Tech (21-9, 9-5) and No. 12 Virginia Tech (11-18, 1-13). Friday's game will be televised on RSN and Fox Sports Net HD. Please click here to find where to watch.

Maryland has earned a first round bye in five of the last six years.

A win in the quarterfinals would send the Terrapins to the 1:00 p.m. semifinal on Saturday against either 1st-seeded Duke (26-3, 12-3), 8th-seeded Virginia (16-14, 5-9) or 9th-seeded Wake Forest (16-14, 5-9).

Against the Yellow Jackets, junior Kim Rodgers hit a buzzer beater-beater for the 56-53 Terps win in Atlanta on Feb. 3. The Terrapins beat Virginia Tech 61-48 Feb. 24 in College Park.

Maryland advanced to the quarterfinals of last year's ACC Tournament as the No. 9 seed. The Terps beat 8-seeded North Carolina 83-77 in the first round, then fell to top-seeded Duke 66-64 in the quarterfinals.

All-ACC First Team
Cierra Bravard, Jr., Florida State
Shenise Johnson, Jr., Miami
Carolyn Swords, Sr., Boston College
Jasmine Thomas, Sr., Duke
Riquna Williams, Jr., Miami

All-ACC Second Team
Bonae Holston, Jr., NC State
Lynetta Kizer, JR., MARYLAND
Italee Lucas, Sr., North Carolina
Alex Montgomery, Sr., Georgia Tech
Alyssa Thomas, FR., MARYLAND

All-ACC Third Team
Tyaunna Marshall, Fr., Georgia Tech
Stefanie Murphy, Sr., Boston College
Morgan Stroman, So., Miami
Krystal Thomas, Sr., Duke
Courtney Ward, Sr. Florida State

All-ACC Honorable Mention (15 or more votes)
Jessica Breland, North Carolina; Laura Broomfield, North Carolina; Cetera DeGraffenreid, North Carolina; Chelsea Gray, Duke; Marissa Kastanek, NC State