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Vernon Carey Jr. gets named as ACC Freshman of Week once again

By Kevin Connelly

EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN - DECEMBER 03: Vernon Carey Jr. #1 of the Duke Blue Devils looks on while playing the Michigan State Spartans during the second half at the Breslin Center on December 03, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. Duke won the game 87-75. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
EAST LANSING, MICHIGAN - DECEMBER 03: Vernon Carey Jr. #1 of the Duke Blue Devils looks on while playing the Michigan State Spartans during the second half at the Breslin Center on December 03, 2019 in East Lansing, Michigan. Duke won the game 87-75. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /
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Duke Basketball star center Vernon Carey Jr. was named as the ACC Freshman of the Week for his dominant double-double on Thursday night against Wofford.

For the third time this season, Vernon Carey Jr. was named as the ACC Freshman of the Week after the Blue Devils’ center posted a double-double in a win over Wofford.

Duke was able to defeat the Terriers 86-57 without Tre Jones and after Wofford was coming off of a win earlier in the week on the road against the then No. 17 North Carolina Tar Heels.

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In the victory, Carey Jr. posted 20 points and ten rebounds on 8-of-11 shooting and making all four of his free throw attempts. The Florida native also accumulated two blocks and a steal.

Thursday night marked Vernon Carey Jr.’s eighth double-double in the past nine games after his streak of seven straight double-doubles was snapped in Duke’s win over Virginia Tech on December 6 when the freshman had 12 points and five rebounds in 15 minutes.

Carey was Duke’s second leading scorer on Thursday as sophomore Joey Baker exploded for 22 points off the bench in the win.

On the season, the 6-foot-10 center is averaging 18.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks per game while shooting 61.0% from the field, 66.7% from 3-point range, but only 63.7% from the free throw line.

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This week was the third time Carey Jr. was named as the ACC Freshman of the Week as he can now set his sights on Marvin Bagley III who was recognized seven times in his freshman season at Duke.

Last season, Zion Williamson won the award five times while R.J. Barrett was acknowledged four times.

Carey Jr. was once named as the ACC Co-Player of the Week this season, but this week those honors go to Markell Johnson of North Carolina State and Kameron McGusty of Miami.

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Vernon Carey Jr. and the rest of the Duke Blue Devils will be back on the court to host the Brown Bears on Friday, December 28 at 11:30am EST and the game can be seen on ESPN2.

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