Twice within a month, an ACC team broke a school record for 3-pointers made in a game. The most recent instance came on Jan. 3, when Virginia went 18-for-34 on threes in a surprising rout of Gonzoga, the only nonconference team to defeat North Carolina. Earlier, Maryland set school records for 3-pointers attempted (37) and made (17) in a route of Missouri-Kansas City.Wake Forest retains the ACC record for most 3-pointers attempted in a game - 43 at home against North Carolina in 1998. The Demon Deacons also hold the ACC mark for threes made in a game - 19 in double-overtime at Clemson in 2002, Skip Prosser's first year at Winston-Salem.
Both ACC/Wake standards were set in defeat.
Perhaps surprisingly, most existing school records for 3-pointers were set in victory. The exceptions, besides Wake, were Clemson's 42 attempts in a loss at Chapel Hill and N.C. State's 42 attempts in a loss at Maryland and 18 made in a 1992 defeat against Florida State.
The 3-point shot has been in effect since the 1987 season.
| BOMBING RUN | ||||
| Team Single-Game Records For 3-Pointers, As ACC Members | ||||
| (Bold Indicates School Record Set This Season) | ||||
| Team | 3's Att. | Site, Opponent, Year | 3's Made | Site, Opponent, Year |
| BC* | 25 | v. Sacred Hrt '06 | 8 | 5 times in '06, 2 in '07 |
| Clem | 42 | @UNC '94 | 16 | @ PR-Mayaguez '06 |
| Duke | 38 | v. Monmouth '01 | 18 | v. Monmouth '01 |
| FSU | 39 | @Wich St. '04 | 17 | @ Stetson '04 |
| GaT | 37 | @UNC '96 | 17 | v. Clemson '01 |
| Md | 37 | v. Mo-K.C. '07 | 17 | v. Mo-K.C. '07 |
| Mia** | 28 | v. Md '05 | 13 | v. UMass '05 |
| UNC | 35 | v. Davidson '03 | 17 | v. FSU '95 |
| NCS | 42 | @ Md '91 | 18 | v. FSU '92 |
| UVa | 38 | v. Clem '00 | 18 | v. Gonzaga '07 |
| VaT** | 29 | v. Coppin St. '07 | 12 | v. Coppin St. '07 |
| WF | 43 | v. UNC '98 | 19 | @ Clem '02 |
* Joined for 2006 season.
** Joined for 2005 season.
- Boston College's record for threes attempted in a game, set while a member of the Big East, was 42 against St. Bonaventure's during the '03 season. Miami was the victim in 2001 when the Eagles set a school mark with 13 made 3-pointers.
- Miami's record for 3-point attempts in a game, set as a Big East member, was 34 against Notre Dame in 2002. The Hurricanes made 15 against Georgetown in 1993, still the school high.
- Virginia Tech tried 36 threes against Marquette in 1989 and made 16, both school records. Back then, the Hokies were in the Metro Conference along with Florida State, among others.
- School records for best team 3-point percentage in a single game are all over the map. The ACC recognizes Duke as the leader with a 10-of-11 effort (.909 accuracy) against Clemson in 1988. Presumably the league prefers at least 10 attempts to qualify, since Virginia is not listed despite claiming perfect accuracy (1.000) for a contest in which it was 3-of-3 from the bonusphere.
- Georgia Tech, Miami and North Carolina join Virginia in claiming 3-point accuracy records based on single-digit attempts. Boston College and Maryland don't seem to claim anything; we could not find single-game records for best 3-point percentage in their 2007 media guides. As far as we can tell, Maryland has never listed best single-game 3-point percentage by the team since the shot went into effect.
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