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NOTING ELLINGTON
Smooth shooting two guard was
one of three Tar Heel freshmen to
make the 2007 ACC All-Tournament
Team • Helps form one of the best
backcourts in the country • Needs to
become more consistent shooter, better
ball-handler and defender • Excellent
free throw shooter, but needs
to get to the line more • Made Team
USA's roster for the Pan Am Games,
but suffered a left shoulder sprain in
the first game and missed the rest of
the competition.
FRESHMAN SEASON
(2006-07)
Started 37 of 38 games (all but
Senior Day) • Third on the team in
scoring (11.7 ppg) and led the team
with 66 three-point field goals • Hit
at least one three-pointer in 33 of 38
games • Made two or more three-pointers
22 times, including all three
ACC Tournament games and six of
last 11 games • Scored in double figures
27 times with highs of 19
against Gardner-Webb and Ohio
State • Had 48 assists and only 14
turnovers in regular-season ACC
games • Had more assists than
turnovers in 11 of the last 17 games
and 19 overall • Converted 83.6 percent
from the free throw line • Had a
streak of 20 straight made free
throws snapped in the Michigan
State game • Made 34 of his last 38
free throws (.895).
Game Highlights
November: Earned ACC Rookie
of the Week honors for his play
against Ohio State and Kentucky •
Scored 19 points against Ohio State
on his 19th birthday • Hit three three-pointers
in the win over Ohio State •
Scored 17 of his 19 points against
Ohio State in the second half.
December: Led the Tar Heels
with 17 points in the win over Kentucky
• Had a season-high seven rebounds
against High Point • Had
four assists and no turnovers against
UNC Asheville • Went 3 for 3 from
three-point range vs. Florida Atlantic
• Had a season-low three points in
the win at Saint Louis • Made 12 of
19 threes in a three-game stretch
against Rutgers, Dayton and Penn •
Made a season-high five three-pointers
(in six attempts) and had 17
points against Rutgers.
January: Earned defensive player
of the game honors for the first time
against Penn • Went 3 for 12 from
the floor, but had five assists
against the Seminoles • Hit 5 of
8 shots from the floor (11
points) and added four assists in
win at Clemson • Led all scorers
on both teams with 18 points at
Wake Forest • Tied his season high
with eight field goals • Took a season-
high 15 shots and scored 14
points in the win at Arizona • Scored
eight in the first half when he hit two
three-point goals • Had 14 points,
four assists and two steals vs. Miami
• Went 3 for 5 from three-point
range.
February: One of four Tar Heels
in double figures (11 points) and
added five assists in 104-67 win over
Wake Forest • Had five assists and,
for the second game in a row, did not
commit a turnover • Scored 12 points
and had three assists in win at
Boston College • Had six points, six
rebounds and three assists in win
over NC State • Scored 17 points, his
second-highest ACC figure, in the
loss at Maryland • Made three 3FGs,
his most in seven games • Added a
season-high six assists and five
boards.
March: Scored 14 points and
had three assists in a season-high 31 minutes at Georgia Tech.
ACC Tournament: Earned first-team
all-tournament honors after
averaging 14.7 points and leading
UNC in scoring in two of three
wins • Shot 48.3 percent from the
floor (14 of 29), 50 percent from
three-point range (6 of 12) and was
10 for 10 from the free throw line •
Led all scorers with 18 points and
was UNC's defensive player of the
game in quarterfinal win over
Florida State • Shared UNC scoring
honors with 16 points in the
championship game win over NC
State • Made 6 of 8 field goal tries
in finals • Joined on all-tourney
team by Brandan Wright and Ty
Lawson, the first time in ACC history
more than one freshman on a
team won first-team honors.
NCAA Tournament: Had 12
points, six rebounds and five assists
vs. Eastern Kentucky and hit
two three-pointers for the fourth
game in a row • Equaled his season
low with one field goal against
Michigan State • One of three Tar
Heels in double figures with 12
points against USC • Had a spectacular
reverse lay-up that gave
Carolina a 67-59 lead with 4:40 to
play.
PREP/PERSONAL
Second-team USA Today All-
America selection • Played in Mc-
Donald's All-Star Game, Jordan
Classic and Nike Hoop Summit •
McDonald's and Parade All-America
selection • Won three-point
contest at McDonald's Game •
Tied event record with 31 points to
lead United States to a win in 2006
Nike Hoop Summit (Tyler Hansbrough
scored 31 in 2005 game) •
Named Co-Most Valuable Player
in Philadelphia by the Markward
Basketball Club • Shared MVP
honors with teammate Gerald Henderson,
now a sophomore at Duke
• Coached at Episcopal by Dan
Dougherty • Led Episcopal to 27-4 record as a senior and 25-3 mark as
a junior • Ranked No. 1 in
Philadelphia in 2005 and 2006 •
Episcopal went 20-0 in the league
and won the conference title in his
last two seasons (school does not
play in state tournament) • Averaged
21.9 points, 8.3 rebounds, 3.2
assists and shot 39 percent from
three-point range as a senior • Averaged
21 points, five boards, three
assists and shot 43 percent from
beyond the arc in 2005 • Two-year
letterman on the track team (high,
triple and long jumps) • Originally
attended Daniel Boone High
School in Reading, Pa. • Scored
2,211 career points, including 455
at Daniel Boone and 1,756 at Episcopal
Academy.
