Lowe Named Third Team All-ACC; Austin Selected to ACC All-Defensive Team
3/10/2025 5:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
PITTSBURGH – Pitt sophomore guard Jaland Lowe was named Third Team All-ACC, while redshirt senior Zack Austin grabbed a spot on ACC All-Defensive Team as announced on ACC PM Monday evening.
Lowe, one of eight players in the NCAA averaging at least 16.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game, is averaging a team-high 16.8 points to go along with 4.2 rebounds, 5.5 assists, and 1.77 steals per game. He leads the Panthers with five double-doubles and 10 20+ point scoring games. The Missouri City, Texas, native has scored in double-figures 25 times and has also led the Panthers in assists in 26 games, while recording five or more assists in a game 19 times.
Lowe ranks among the ACC leaders in scoring (T-9th - 16.8 ppg.), free throw percentage (1st - .883), steals (4th - 1.77 spg.), assists (5th - 5.5 apg.), assist-to-turnover ratio (13th - 1.90:1), and minutes (4th - 35.3 mpg.). He is one of three players, joined by Brandin Knight (2001-02) and Vonteego Cummings (1997-98), in program history to record 500+ points and 150+ assists in a season. He enters Tuesday's ACC Tournament game against Notre Dame with 503 points and 165 assists.
Lowe becomes the ninth Panther to earn All-ACC honors (first, second, or third team). Pitt has had an all-conference selection in each of the past three seasons.
Austin established himself as one of the top three and D players in the NCAA this season and is averaging 9.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, and an ACC-leading 1.65 blocks in 32.0 minutes per game. He leads the Panthers in three-point field goals (54) and blocked shots (51) and is the only player in the NCAA in the 50-50 club (three-pointers and blocks) this season.
Austin leads the ACC in STOCKS (steals + blocks) with 86. He has 15 games with two or more blocked shots and has scored in double-figures 12 times, while making two or more threes in a game 16 times. Austin leads the ACC in blocks (51) and is attempting to join Charles Smith (Big East - 1987) as the only Panthers to lead the conference in blocks in a season.
2024-25 ACC AWARDS
Player of the Year – Cooper Flagg, Fr., G/F, Duke
Defensive Player of the Year – Chucky Hepburn, Sr., G, Louisville
Rookie of the Year – Cooper Flagg, G/F, Duke
Most Improved Player – Donald Hand Jr., So., Boston College
Sixth Man of the Year – Jeremiah Wilkinson, Fr., G, California
Coach of the Year – Pat Kelsey, Louisville
2024-25 ALL-ACC TEAM
FIRST TEAM
Name, School, Points
- Cooper Flagg, Duke, 400
- Maxime Raynaud, Stanford, 392
- Chucky Hepburn, Louisville, 364
- Chase Hunter, Clemson, 328
- Hunter Sallis, Wake Forest, 257
SECOND TEAM
- RJ Davis, North Carolina, 241
- Markus Burton, Notre Dame, 238
- Ian Schieffelin, Clemson, 225
- Kon Knueppel, Duke, 208
- Jamir Watkins, Florida State, 150
THIRD TEAM
- Terrence Edwards Jr., Louisville, 125
- Tyrese Proctor, Duke, 72
- Baye Ndongo, Georgia Tech, 72
- Boopie Miller, SMU, 71
- Jaland Lowe, Pitt, 62
HONORABLE MENTION
- Matthew Cleveland, Miami, 49
- Andrej Stojakovic, California, 48
- Naithan George, Georgia Tech, 40
- Isaac McKneely, Virginia, 38
- J.J. Starling, Syracuse, 32
- Donald Hand Jr., Boston College, 29
- Cameron Hildreth, Wake Forest, 26
- Khaman Maluach, Duke, 23
- Viktor Lakhin, Clemson, 20
- Eddie Lampkin, Syracuse, 19
Note: All-ACC Team points are determined on a 5-3-1 system (five points for first team, three points for second team, one point for third team).
Player of the Year
- Cooper Flagg, Duke, 76 votes
- Maxime Raynaud, Stanford, 4
- Chucky Hepburn, Louisville, 1
Defensive Player of the Year
- Chucky Hepburn, Louisville, 32 votes
- Cooper Flagg, Duke, 26
- Jaeden Zackery, Clemson, 8
- Zack Austin, Pitt, 4
- Maliq Brown, Duke, 3
- Chad Venning, Boston College, 2
- Khaman Maluach, Duke, 2
- Sion James, Duke, 1
- Mady Sissoko, California, 1
- Tae Davis, Notre Dame 1
- Cameron Hildreth, Wake Forest 1
Rookie of the Year
- Cooper Flagg, Duke, 79 votes
- Jeremiah Wilkinson, California, 2
Sixth Man Of the Year
- Jeremiah Wilkinson, California, 22 votes
- Duncan Powell, Georgia Tech, 15
- Ian Jackson, North Carolina, 13
- Maliq Brown, Duke, 11
- Kario Oquendo, SMU, 11
- Isaiah Evans, Duke, 9
Most Improved Player
- Donald Hand Jr., Boston College, 25 votes
- Jaylen Blakes, Stanford, 22
- Tae Davis, Notre Dame, 8
- Naithan George, Georgia Tech, 7
- Jaland Lowe, Pitt, 7
- Andrej Stojakovic, California, 4
- Andrew Rohde, Virginia, 4
- B.J. Edwards, SMU, 2
- Eddie Lampkin, Syracuse, 1
- Tyrese Proctor, Duke, 1
Coach of the Year
- Pat Kelsey, Louisville, 47 votes
- Jon Scheyer, Duke, 25
- Brad Brownell, Clemson, 8
- Kyle Smith, Stanford, 1
All-Defensive Team
- Chucky Hepburn, Louisville, 70 votes
- Cooper Flagg, Duke, 57
- Jaeden Zackery, Clemson, 55
- B.J. Edwards, SMU, 34
- Sion James, Duke, 28
- Zack Austin, Pitt, 28
All-Rookie Team
- Cooper Flagg, Duke, 80 votes
- Kon Knueppel, Duke, 79
- Ian Jackson, North Carolina, 65
- Jeremiah Wilkinson, California, 59
- Khaman Maluach, Duke, 47
81 total votes (Note: coaches cannot vote for their players)
