Gray Named ACC Player Of The Week
12/5/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 5, 2005
Wake Forest's Justin Gray was selected as the ACC Player of the Week after leading the Demon Deacons to a pair of victories including a win over Wisconsin in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge last week.
The senior guard started the week scoring a career-high 37 points in Wake Forest's 91-88 win over Wisconsin. Gray went 11-for-20 from the field while going a perfect 13-for-13 from the charity stripe. His 37-point effort against the Badgers tied a Lawrence Joel Coliseum record as well as an ACC/Big Ten Challenge record for points in a game.
Against the Phoenix, the Charlotte, N.C., native shot 67 percent from the floor on 8-of-12 shooting including 4-of-7 from long range in the 19-point win over Elon. For the week, Gray registered 59 points connecting on 19-of-32 field goal attempts. He went a perfect 15-of-15 from the free throw line in the two games and is shooting 83 percent on the season. Gray and the Demon Deacons are back in action on Tuesday, December 13 as they host DePaul in a game shown nationally on ESPN at 9:00 pm.
Gray is the second Demon Deacon, joining Trent Strickland, to earn ACC Player of the Week honors this season. Gray has earned the honor four times in his career, including twice as a sophomore and once as a junior.