Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, March 7, 1995 TAG: 9503070119
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
DATELINE: RALEIGH, N.C. LENGTH: Medium
The 6-foot-10 center was selected on all but two of the 114 ballots cast by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association and earned 340 points out of a possible 342.
Smith finished the regular season as the ACC's scoring leader. He averaged 20.9 points per game in leading Maryland to a 23-6 record, the best yet under coach Gary Williams.
Smith was second in two other categories. He hit 59.4 percent of his field-goal attempts and averaged 10.2 rebounds per game. His 2.8 blocked shots per game put him third in the league. His performance, aided by a formidable supporting cast, took the Terrapins to the verge of a first-place finish in the regular season. Maryland last took first place into the tournament in 1980. The third-place finish by virtue of a tiebreaker is Maryland's best since 1984.
Joining Smith on the ACC first team were Jerry Stackhouse and Rasheed Wallace of North Carolina, and Randolph Childress and Tim Duncan of Wake Forest.
Childress and Smith were first-team repeaters from the 1993-94 squad. Duncan, Wallace and Smith were members of the all-freshman team last season.
Stackhouse earned 331 points from 103 first-team ballots and 11 second-team votes after helping to guide the Tar Heels to a share of first place and the second seed in this week's ACC Tournament. His 19.5 points and 8.2 rebounds per game place him among the conference's top 10 players. In addition, his defense has put him among the leaders in blocked shots and steals.
Childress, who had his number 22 jersey retired Saturday, received 97 first-team votes and 17 votes for second team for a total of 325 points. The Demon Deacons rode the skills of the 6-2 Maryland native as they gained the top seed in the tournament for the first time in 33 years.
Although he averaged 18.4 points per game overall, Childress scored 19.4 in ACC outings, third in the league. Childress was a better free-throw shooter in league games, hitting 89 percent of his attempts. He sank 82.1 percent overall.
Duncan, the 6-10 sophomore who made a big impression last season, made an even bigger one this year. He had 16 games in which he reached double figures in points and rebounds, and he finished among the top 15 scorers in the league with a 16.5 mark.
In addition to leading the ACC with 12.2 rebounds per game, Duncan blocked four shots per game, also a league best.
Wallace was another sophomore who made a big impression in his initial ACC season. He scored better than 17 points per game this season and hit 66.1 percent of his shots, best in the league. Wallace also was fourth in rebounds and second in blocked shots.
Five schools were represented on the All-ACC second team. Selected were Travis Best of Georgia Tech, Bob Sura of Florida State, Cherokee Parks of Duke, Harold Deane of Virginia and Todd Fuller of North Carolina State.
Best, Sura, Parks and Deane all received first-team votes. Best and Parks were second-team picks last season, while Sura was a first-team choice in the 1993-94 season. Fuller was on the third team last year, while Deane was a member of the all-freshman team.
Sura has the only triple-double in the ACC this season, the third ever in an ACC game. Deane took up the slack when Virginia's Cory Alexander went down with an injury and Fuller came on strong in the second half of the season when the Wolfpack took its offense inside to him.
Parks managed to keep his game going despite the woes that surrounded Duke during the season and Best finished as the league's second-best scorer.
Junior Burrough of Virginia led the third team. He was joined by James Forrest of Georgia Tech, Johnny Rhodes of Maryland, Jeff McInnis of North Carolina and James Collins of Florida State.
by CNB