Tyrese Rice Gains All-ACC First-Team Honors; Tyrelle Blair Earns All-Defensive Honors
March 10, 2008
Boston College junior Tyrese Rice captured All-ACC first-team honors and senior Tyrelle Blair earned All-Defensive Team honors, according to an announcement made by the Associated Press in conjunction with the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association.
Rice was joined on the first team by North Carolina's Tyler Hansbrough, Virginia's Sean Singletary, Duke's DeMarcus Nelson and Miami's Jack McClinton. Rice gained All-ACC second-team honors last winter, and ACC All-Freshman Team honors in 2005-06.
Joining Blair on the All-Defensive Team were Duke's DeMarcus Nelson, Florida State's Toney Douglas, North Carolina's Marcus Ginyard and Maryland's James Gist.
Rice averaged 22.9 points, 5-1 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game in 16 conference contests this season. The Richmond, Va., resident ranked among league leaders in seven categories: scoring (second), assists (second), field-goal percentage (10th, .444), free-throw percentage (fifth, .846), three-point field goals made (ninth, 2.25), assist-turnover ratio (eighth, 1.53) and minutes played per game (first, 39.00).
Blair finished the ACC schedule with a league-best 56 blocked shots in 16 games, an average of 3.5 blocks per game. He also averaged a team-leading 5.2 rebounds per game in league play.
Boston College (13-16, 4-12 ACC) returns to action on Thursday, March 13 against Maryland in the ACC Tournament's first round. Game time is 9:30 p.m. in Charlotte Bobcats Arena.
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BC's first-round game against Maryland will be broadcast by Raycom and shown on TV38 in the Greater Boston area.
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