ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, March 6, 1996 TAG: 9603060065
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE GEORGIA TECH STAR tops a squad that also includes Virginia swingman Courtney Alexander.
Stephon Marbury, an integral part of Georgia Tech's regular-season championship squad, was a unanimous selection Tuesday to The Associated Press' All-ACC freshman team.
Courtney Alexander, a guard for Virginia, also made the team.
Marbury, a flashy guard from New York City who came to Atlanta with a big-time reputation, backed up his press clippings by averaging 18.4 points and 4.4 assists per game for the Yellow Jackets.
The 6-foot-1 guard, often compared to former Georgia Tech star Kenny Anderson, was on all 108 ballots cast by members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Writers Association. He was joined on the team by North Carolina forward Antawn Jamison, Clemson guard Terrell McIntyre, Duke forward Taymon Domzalski and Alexander.
Marbury heads to the ACC tournament this week in Greensboro, N.C., fourth in the league in scoring, eighth in field-goal percentage, tied for fifth in assists and fourth in steals. He scored in double figures in his first 27 games and has run the team brilliantly as a point guard. He has scored 20 or more points 13 times and is third in the ACC in minutes per game, at 37.2.
``I have asked Stephon Marbury to run this team, to get the ball to the other players, and he has done that,'' said Bobby Cremins, Georgia Tech's coach.
Jamison, who is shooting 62 percent to lead the ACC, was named on 107 of 108 ballots, while Alexander and McIntyre each got 93 votes and Domzalski 33.
Marbury and Jamison were selected to the AP All-ACC first team, which was released Monday.
Alexander, from Durham, N.C., filled a much-needed shooting void for the Cavaliers when Harold Deane and Curtis Staples struggled from the outside. He is averaging 13.9 points, but that figure jumps to 15.5 in ACC games.
Alexander also shot 48 percent in league games (fourth best) and nearly 80 percent from the free-throw line. He scored at least 13 points in each of Virginia's last eight regular-season games, including a high of 30 at Duke.
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