The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kelly, Ndongo earn spots on ACC all-conference lists
Georgia Tech junior Miles Kelly and freshman Baye Ndongo received postseason honors from the Atlantic Coast Conference as it released all-conference teams Monday.
Kelly, the team’s leading scorer at 14.1 points per game, was named honorable mention all-ACC, and Ndongo earned a spot on the ACC’s all-rookie team. Voting was done by a 75-member panel that includes head coaches and media.
Kelly is shooting 38.5 percent on 3-point attempts in ACC games and leads the team in free throw shooting (72.5%). He also is Tech’s second-leading rebounder, at 5.6 per game.
Kelly became the 48th Tech player to reach 1,000 career points Feb. 21 against Clemson and has entered the top 10 in program history in 3-pointers (183). He has reached double figures in all but five games this season, has scored 20 points or more eight times and has four double-doubles in points and rebounds.
Ndongo missed Tech’s first three games with a hand
Junior guard Miles Kelly was named honorable mention all-ACC, and teammate Baye Ndongo was named to the all-freshman team.
injury but has started every game since. The 6-foot-9 forward from Mboro, Senegal, is one of only two freshmen in Division I to average 12 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game while hitting at least 56% of his shots from the floor. Only Chris Bosh (2003) and Derrick Favors (2010) have exceeded
all those numbers as Tech freshmen.
Ndongo has led the Jackets in scoring nine times and in rebounding 17 times, with six double-doubles. He was named the ACC’s rookie of the week three times and is the first Tech freshman since Josh Okogie (2017) to be voted to the all-rookie team.