Acuff Tabbed 1st Team All-American by College Hoops Today

FAYETTEVILLE – Darius Acuff Jr. was named first team All-American by College Hoops Today with Jon Rothstein, it was announced today.

He was joined on the first team by Duke’s Cameron Boozer, who was selected as its National Player of the Year, as well as JT Toppin (Texas Tech), Yaxel Lendeborg (Michigan) and AJ Dybantsa (BYU). Others from the SEC making the team were Florida’s Thomas Haugh (second team) and Alabama’s Labaron Philon (third team).

Acuff is the only player in the nation averaging 20 points (22.0) and 6 assists (6.2) on the season. He is shooting 49% from the field and 42.1% from 3-point range.

Acuff is on pace to become the second player to lead the SEC in scoring and assists for a season, joining Pete Maravich in 1969-70. Also, he is on pace to be the first player, on record, to lead the league in both scoring (24.6) and assists (6.3) in SEC games only. (SEC complete stats for league games only date back to 1990-91.)

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