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Will Solomon Named ACC Player Of The Week For Third Time

Will Solomon Named ACC Player Of The Week For Third TimeWill Solomon Named ACC Player Of The Week For Third Time

Feb. 14, 2000

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Clemson guard Will Solomon and Maryland guard Juan Dixon have been named ACC Co-Players of the Week by the Atlantic Coast Conference Sports Writers Association.

This is the third time this year Solomon has won at least a part of the award. His selection breaks the Clemson record for most ACC Player of the Week selections in a season. Terrell McIntyre (1998-99), Dale Davis (1988-89) and Horace Grant (1986-87) were also two-time selections.

Solomon scored 62 points in two games last week, 29 in a loss at Wake Forest and 33 in a victory over Florida State. Solomon was an impressive 22-38 from the field overall, 10-20 on three-point shots and 8-11 from the foul line. He also had nine total rebounds and five assists.

Solomon played all 40 minutes in the game at Wake Forest and also held Robert O’Kelley to 3-9 shooting from the field. In the 26-point win over Florida State, Solomon scored 15 consecutive points at one stretch late in the game, the longest stretch of its kind on record. He made 6-6 shots from the field in the four-minute outburst.

Solomon now has three straight games of 25 points or more, the longest streak by a Tiger since 1968-69. For the year he has scored 33.88 percent of Clemson’s points. No ACC player has scored a third of his team’s points since the 1970-71 season when Charlie Davis scored 33.4 percent for Wake Forest.

#1 – Will Solomon Last Week

Date Opponent Min F-Fga 3-3A Ft-FA Of-Rb A-T B-S PF Pts
2-8 *at Wake Forest 40 9-16 4-8 7-10 1-5 1-6 0-1 4 29
2-12 *Florida State 36 13-22 6-12 1-1 0-4 4-1 0-1 2 33
Totals 76 22-38 10-20 8-11 1-9 5-7 0-2 6 62