Hot Shots - Highest Scoring ACC Performances From 2019-20

Maybe it’s just a coincidence.

Maybe it’s just the inevitable relationship between robust scoring and keen public appreciation.

And maybe it’s just the smart thing to do.

Certainly there’s persuasive, enduring evidence that less-informed viewers tend to gravitate first to players who produce points in abundance. That in turn raises players’ profile, their contributions most readily drawing attention and becoming near-constant parts of the stories of their teams’ season.

Consequently four of the first team All-ACC members selected by a league-chosen board of voters led their squads in scoring, both over the course of the season and in a single game. The fifth first team honoree, Duke’s Tre Jones, tied Vernon Carey with the Devils’ single-game high at 31 points.

Two of the five second-team choices also set the bar for their squads, Florida State’s Devin Vassell and UNC’s Garrison Brooks.

Brooks was the only one of the ACC’s top five scoring leaders on the year who didn’t make first team all-conference, supplanted by Notre Dame’s John Mooney. The Irish senior also led the league in per-game rebounds, his average the highest in 23 years.

Louisville’s Jordan Nwora, the ACC’s preseason player of the year, had the league’s most productive outing with 37 points at Boston College. That was among 16 occasions a league player scored at least 30 points. Nwora and Pitt’s Justin Champagnie were the only players who twice hit for 30.

Six of the 20 team single-game scoring leaders, Champagnie among them, return for the upcoming season.

Nine of the 22 top efforts were achieved on the road, presumably a tougher task.