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Gray, Deng Repeat In ACC Honors

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Wake Forest's Justin Gray and Duke'sLuol Deng were both honored Monday for the second straight week bythe Atlantic Coast Conference.

Gray won the ACC's player of the week award for the secondconsecutive time for leading the Demon Deacons to two conferencewins. He scored a career-high 31 points in a 90-87 overtime victoryover Florida State. Gray followed that up with 22 points in a 91-83 victory overMaryland.

Deng was named rookie of the week for the fifth time and thefourth time in the last five weeks.

He scored 18 points and grabbed eight rebounds in the BlueDevils' 97-63 win over Valparaiso on Thursday.

Deng then scored a team-high 20 points in a 70-65 win at FloridaState on Sunday. Deng also had nine rebounds and two blocked shotsin the victory over the Seminoles.

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