
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, March 8, 1994                   TAG: 9403080100
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RALEIGH, N.C.                                LENGTH: Medium

HILL HEADS ACC SQUAD

Grant Hill, who stepped up his already spectacular game another notch this season in leading Duke to the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title, headed The Associated Press' All-ACC men's basketball team announced Monday.

Hill, who also made the squad as a junior last season, was chosen to the first team on all but one of the 114 ballots cast by the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association. He earned 341 points.

The 6-foot-8 Duke standout was joined on the first team by Wake Forest guard Randolph Childress (335 votes), ACC scoring leader Bob Sura of Florida State (301), power forward James Forrest of Georgia Tech (278) and freshman sensation Joe Smith of Maryland (274).

Heading into the ACC tournament this week, Hill was averaging 17.1 points, 5.1 assists and 1.6 steals per game. In addition to his offensive prowess, Hill is regarded as one of the best defenders in college basketball.

Childress is the ACC's second-leading scorer at 19.6 points per game, and his leadership was the main reason Wake Forest finished a surprising third in the league.

Sura leads the ACC in scoring at 21.1 points per game.

Forrest overcame an early season ankle injury to average 19.4 points, third in the league, and 8.2 rebounds. Forrest's best game was a 36-point effort against Maryland.

Smith, 6 feet 9, took the ACC by storm early, scoring 33 points on Dec. 1 against Rider. He also grabbed an ACC-high 20 rebounds Jan. 11 against Florida State.

Georgia Tech point guard Travis Best headed the second team - missing out on the top squad by four points.

North Carolina landed two seniors - 7-foot Eric Montross and Derrick Phelps - on the second team. Montross was a first-team pick last season but has struggled the past month.

Two more centers were picked for the second team - Sharone Wright of Clemson and Duke's Cherokee Parks.

The third team consisted of Trelonnie Owens of Wake Forest, Junior Burrough of Virginia, Antonio Lang of Duke, Todd Fuller of North Carolina State and Devin Gray of Clemson.

by CNB