Ty Lawson Named ACC Player Of The Week
Posted Dec 2, 2008
North Carolina's Ty Lawson has been named ACC Player of the Week while Wake Forest's Al-Farouq Aminu earned ACC Rookie honors, the conference announced on Monday. Lawson averaged 16 points, 7.3 assists and 0.7 turnovers in three games while leading the Tar Heels to the EA Sports Maui Classic championship. Lawson was named MVP after helping UNC set a tournament record for margin of victory in wins over Chaminade, Oregon and Notre Dame.
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