• University of North Carolina senior forward Brice Johnson is the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week for games played Jan. 4-10, 2016. The senior from Orangeburg, S.C., had 39 points and 23 rebounds at Florida State and 16 points, four rebounds and eight assists at Syracuse to win the award.
• This is the second time this season Johnson has earned ACC Player of the Week honors. He shared the award on Dec. 21st following his play against Tulane (25 points and 10 rebounds) and UCLA (27 points and nine rebounds).
• Johnson is the first Tar Heel in 24 seasons to win multiple ACC Player of the Week awards as a senior after not having won the award in his first three seasons. The last Tar Heel to accomplish that was Hubert Davis, who was a three-time recipient as a senior in 1992. The only other Tar Heel to do that was Kenny Smith, who won the weekly honor twice in 1987.
• Johnson followed his career-high 39-point performance at Florida State with a career-high eight assists at Syracuse. Since 1969, there have been 27 instances in which a Tar Heel scored 35 or more points in a game. Johnson is the only player in that group to have eight assists in the next game. The previous high was six assists by Charles Scott, who had 40 points against Duke in the 1969 ACC Tournament championship game and six assists in his next game against Duquesne in the 1969 NCAA Tournament.
• Since 1969, the average number of assists in a player’s next game after scoring 35 points was 2.3 – Johnson had eight.
• This is the second time this season Johnson has earned ACC Player of the Week honors. He shared the award on Dec. 21st following his play against Tulane (25 points and 10 rebounds) and UCLA (27 points and nine rebounds).
• Johnson is the first Tar Heel in 24 seasons to win multiple ACC Player of the Week awards as a senior after not having won the award in his first three seasons. The last Tar Heel to accomplish that was Hubert Davis, who was a three-time recipient as a senior in 1992. The only other Tar Heel to do that was Kenny Smith, who won the weekly honor twice in 1987.
• Johnson followed his career-high 39-point performance at Florida State with a career-high eight assists at Syracuse. Since 1969, there have been 27 instances in which a Tar Heel scored 35 or more points in a game. Johnson is the only player in that group to have eight assists in the next game. The previous high was six assists by Charles Scott, who had 40 points against Duke in the 1969 ACC Tournament championship game and six assists in his next game against Duquesne in the 1969 NCAA Tournament.
• Since 1969, the average number of assists in a player’s next game after scoring 35 points was 2.3 – Johnson had eight.
