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Michael Gbinije earns All-ACC second team honors

Logan Reidsma | Senior Staff Photographer

Michael Gbinije has scored in double digits in every game Syracuse has played this season. He was named to the All-ACC second team on Sunday.

Syracuse point guard Michael Gbinije was named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference second team, the conference announced in a release on Sunday afternoon. He received eight first-team votes, tops among anyone else on the second team.

Malachi Richardson was named to the ACC all-freshman team. Tyler Lydon finished fourth on the ACC’s sixth man of the year award list. Gbinije also was on the ACC’s all-defensive team.

Gbinije averaged 17.6 points per game and 4.5 assists per game. He was the only player in the ACC to score at least 10 points in every game this season. He also received a vote for the ACC’s top defensive player this year.

Joining Gbinije on the All-ACC second team is Miami guard Sheldon McClellan, Notre Dame guard Demetrius Jackson, Duke forward Brandon Ingram and Louisville guard Damion Lee.

North Carolina forward Brice Johnson, Virginia guard Malcolm Brogdon, North Carolina State guard Anthony ‘Cat’ Barber, Duke guard Grayson Allen and Clemson forward Jaron Blossomgame were named to the All-ACC first team.



Syracuse plays Pittsburgh in the second round of the ACC tournament on Wednesday at noon at the Verizon Center in Washington, D.C.





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