McGusty Named Co-ACC Player of the Week

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Kameron McGusty of the University of Miami men’s basketball is the Co-ACC Player of the Week, alongside NC State’s Markell Johnson, as announced Monday afternoon by the league office.

A redshirt junior guard, McGusty averaged 20.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.0 assist per game across the Hurricanes’ two wins last week. He shot 58.3 percent from the floor, 45.3 percent on 3-pointers and 77.8 percent at the line.

In Miami’s 78-77 triumph over Temple at the Barclays Center Tuesday in Brooklyn, N.Y., McGusty recorded his second-career double-double, tallying 12 points and a career-high-tying 10 rebounds.

Saturday at the Watsco Center, McGusty turned in a career outing to lead Miami (8-3, 0-1 ACC) past Coppin State, 91-60. He logged new highs in points (28) and made 3-pointers (five), while tying his top mark in made field goals (nine) and setting a season high in steals (three).

The Katy, Texas, native is the 10th Hurricane—13th total honor—to claim ACC Player of the Week recognition and the first since Tonye Jekiri on Nov. 23, 2015.

McGusty and the Hurricanes are back in action Dec. 31 at 4 p.m., as they square off with Clemson, live on ACC Network, at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C.

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The 2019-20 Miami Hurricanes men’s basketball season is presented by First National Bank.