Lykes Tabbed an All-ACC Honorable Mention
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Chris Lykes of the University of Miami men’s basketball team is a 2019-20 All-ACC Honorable Mention, as announced Monday morning.
A junior guard from Mitchellville, Md., Lykes averaged a team-high 15.2 points per game in the regular season, good for No. 11 in the league. His team-best 15.6 points per game in ACC play placed him ninth.
Lykes is the first Hurricane to garner conference postseason accolades since 2017-18 when Lonnie Walker IV also earned honorable mention status, as well as made the ACC All-Freshman Team.
Despite missing five games due to injury, Lykes scored in double figures 20 times, reaching the 20-point mark on five occasions. He scored a career-high-tying 28 points, tied for the most by a Hurricane this season, in a thrilling Dec. 2 road win at Illinois.
In addition, freshman guard Isaiah Wong earned three votes for ACC Sixth Man of the Year, an award claimed by Florida State freshman forward Patrick Williams. The complete list of ACC postseason honors can be found below.
Lykes, Wong and the Hurricanes begin postseason play Wednesday at noon in Greensboro, N.C., as they face Clemson in the second round of the ACC Tournament, live on ESPN from the Greensboro Coliseum.
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The 2019-20 Miami Hurricanes men’s basketball season is presented by First National Bank.
2020 All-ACC Team
First Team
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke, 367
Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 359
John Mooney, Notre Dame, 351
Tre Jones, Duke, 348
Elijah Hughes, Syracuse, 305
Second Team
Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 234
Devin Vassell, Florida State, 212
Garrison Brooks, North Carolina, 209
Trent Forrest, Florida State, 200
Markell Johnson, NC State, 101
Third Team
Kihei Clark, Virginia, 98
Jose Alvarado, Georgia Tech, 87
Aamir Simms, Clemson, 79
Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 69
Olivier Sarr, Wake Forest, 63
Honorable Mention
Landers Nolley II, Virginia Tech, 58
Michael Devoe, Georgia Tech, 48
Brandon Childress, Wake Forest 44
Chris Lykes, Miami, 32
M.J. Walker, Florida State, 22
Braxton Key, Virginia, 16
Dwayne Sutton, Louisville 15
Steffon Mitchell, Boston College, 11
ACC Player of the Year
Tre Jones, Duke, 34
Jordan Nwora, Louisville, 17
John Mooney, Notre Dame, 11
Elijah Hughes, Syracuse, 7
Trent Forrest, Florida State, 4
Mamadi Diakite, Virginia 2
Freshman of the Year
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke, 70
Landers Nolley II, Virginia Tech, 2
Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 2
Patrick Williams, Florida State, 1
All-Defensive Team
Tre Jones, Duke, 64
Mamadi Diakite, Virginia, 55
Trent Forrest, Florida State, 55
James Banks III, Georgia Tech, 34
Steffon Mitchell, Boston College, 30
All-Freshman Team
Vernon Carey Jr., Duke, 75
Cole Anthony, North Carolina, 55
Landers Nolley II, Virginia Tech, 54
Cassius Stanley, Duke, 36
Patrick Williams, Florida State, 29
Coach of the Year
Leonard Hamilton, Florida State, 62
Tony Bennett, Virginia, 12
Chris Mack, Louisville, 1
Defensive Player of the Year
Tre Jones, Duke, 45
Trent Forrest, Florida State, 18
Steffon Mitchell, Boston College, 8
Kihei Clark, Virginia, 3
Manny Bates, NC State, 1
Most Improved Player
Garrison Brooks, North Carolina, 17
Olivier Sarr, Wake Forest, 16
Devin Vassell, Florida State, 16
Buddy Boeheim, Syracuse, 10
Aamir Simms, Clemson, 6
Moses Wright, Georgia Tech, 6
Prentiss Hubb, Notre Dame, 2
DJ Funderburk, NC State, 1
Jay Huff, Virginia, 1
Sixth Man of the Year
Patrick Williams, Florida State, 35
Malik Williams, Louisville, 28
Dane Goodwin, Notre Dame, 9
Isaiah Wong, Miami, 3
