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Teammates who really racked up the points

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Duke v Missouri X Williams

NC State’s game notes point out that only Pitt gets more points per outing this season than the Wolfpack’s top three scorers – Dennis Smith Jr., Terry Henderson and Torin Dorn.

This naturally caused us to wonder how that compared to other groups in other seasons. We took a look back to the start of the century, limited our purview to the best pair of scorers on the same ACC squad, and found Pitt’s Michael Young and James Artis offer the second-best offensive production of any duo since at least 2000.

The best scoring pair over those years was Duke’s J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams. The All-Americans had 45.6 points per game in 2006.

Of the twosomes that led the league in scoring over the past 18 seasons, half were Blue Devils.

POINT-PRODUCING PAIRS
Since 2000 Season, 2017 Through Games of Dec. 29, 2016
Pt. Avg. Year School Players (Pt. Avg.)
45.6 2006 Duke Redick (26.8), S. Williams (18.8)
43.6 2017 Pitt Young (22.8), Artis (20.8)
41.5 2001 Duke J. Williams, Battier (19.9)
39.5 2002 Duke J. Williams (21.3), Boozer (18.2)
39.2 2008 UNC Hansborough (22.6), Ellington (16.6)
38.9 2016 Duke Allen (21.6), Ingram (17.3)
37.5 2011 Duke N. Smith (20.6), Singler (16.9)
37.4 2007 Virginia Singletary (19.0), Reynolds (18.4)
37.2 2009 Va. Tech Vassallo (19.1), Delaney (18.1)
35.9 2010 Duke Scheyer (18.2), Singler (17.7)
35.9 2005 Miami Diaz (18.6), Hite (17.3)
35.2 2014 Duke Parker (19.1), Hood (16.1)
35.2 2004 UNC McCants (20.0), May (15.2)
34.6 2013 Duke Curry (17.5), Mason Plumlee (17.1)
32.3 2000 Duke Battier (17.4), Carrawell (16.9)
33.4 2012 UNC Barnes (17.1), Zeller (16.3)
32.8 2015 L'ville Rozier (17.1), Harrell (15.7)
32.7 2003 Duke D. Jones (17.7), Redick (15.0)

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