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GREENSBORO, N.C. Virginia freshman guard Sylven Landesberg (Flushing, N.Y.) is the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Week for the fourth time this season. Landesberg was honored Tuesday (Dec. 30) for his play in Virginia’s wins over Hampton and Georgia Tech last week.
In UVa’s two games last week, Landesberg averaged 17.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists. He scored nine points in Virginia’s 74-48 win over Hampton. At Georgia Tech, he led the Cavaliers to an 88-84 overtime win in their ACC opener with 26 points, six rebounds and five assists in 41 minutes. He was nine-of-18 from the floor and eight-of-nine from the free throw line against the Yellow Jackets.
With the honor, Landesberg becomes the fifth Cavalier in history to win the award at least four times in a season. Bryant Stith won the award six times in 1988-89, Ralph Sampson won it five times in 1979-80, Sean Singletary won it five times in 2004-05 and Chris Williams won it four times in 1998-99.
For the season, Landesberg leads the ACC in scoring at 19.1 points per game. He has scored in double figures in nine of the Cavaliers’ 10 games this season, including six 20-point games.
Florida State’s Toney Douglas was named the ACC Player of the Week.
Virginia returns to action on Saturday (Jan. 3) when it hosts No. 22 Xavier at John Paul Jones Arena. Game time is 2 p.m. and the game will be televised by Comcast SportsNet.