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Eleven consecutive postseason appearances: 1991, ‘92, ‘93, ‘94, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, ‘00, ‘01

Deacons To Host On Date Opponent Time ESPN2 Wednesday At The Joel #21 Wake Forest (13-5/3-2) Nov. 12 UNC-WILMINGTON W, 79-78 Wake Forest, coming off consecutive road vs. losses to top 10-ranked teams, returns home #3 Maryland (14-3/4-1) Nov. 16 at Arkansas W, 76-71 Wednesday to face its second straight 2001 Game #19 Jan. 23, 2002 Final Four participant, No. 3-ranked Maryland Lawrence Joel Coliseum (14,665) Nov. 18 ELON W, 87-67 (ESPN2/7:30 p.m.). Winston-Salem, NC The Demon Deacons, 13-5 overall and 3-2 Nov. 21 (23) Fresno St. W, 62-61 Tip-Off: 7:35 p.m. in the ACC, enter Wednesday’s game after Television: ESPN 2. Mike Patrick (play-by-play) Nov. 23 (18) Syracuse L, 67-74 consecutive losses at No. 10 Virginia (86-74 on Tuesday) and at No. 1 Duke (103-80) on and Dick Vitale (color analysis) call the action. Tim Corrigan produces. Ken Dennis directs. Nov. 27 MINNESOTA W, 85-79 Saturday. Wake Forest could not overcome injuries to Radio: The Deacon Radio Network, distrib- Dec. 4 at (4) Kansas L, 76-83 key players and Duke’s hot shooting Saturday. uted by ISP. Stan Cotten (play-by-play) and led Wake Forest with his sev- Mark Freidinger (color analysis) call the action. Dec. 7 SC STATE W, 115-75 enth double-double of the season (16 points, The Records: Wake Forest is 13-5 overall and 10 rebounds). Senior Broderick Hicks sat out 3-2 in the ACC after losing at No. 1 Duke, Dec. 16 FLORIDA STATE W, 93-72 the second half with a deep thigh bruise and 103-80, Saturday afternoon. Maryland is 14-3 Antwan Scott (finger) and (hip) and 4-1 following a 99-90 win over visiting Dec. 19 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W, 89-60 Clemson on Sunday. played with injuries. The Rankings: Wake Forest is ranked 16th in Dec. 22 at St. John's L, 62-70 Maryland, 14-3 and 4-1, is just half a game behind Duke in the ACC standings after beat- the ESPN/USA Today poll and 21st in the Associated Press poll. Maryland is ranked 3rd Dec. 29 (19) MARQUETTE W, 65-59 ing visiting Clemson, 99-90, Sunday night. in the ESPN/USA Today poll and 3rd in the AP ’s 23 points and ’s 14 poll. Jan. 2 RICHMOND W, 67-52 rebounds led the Terrapins. What’s at stake for Wake Wednesday: WFU Coach : Prosser (U.S. Jan. 5 at W, 84-62 Wake Forest plays its third consecutive Merchant Marine Academy ‘72) is 13-5 in his first season at Wake Forest. In nine years opponent ranked in the top 10 for the first Jan. 7 at Navy W, 87-65 overall as a head coach, including one season time since 1985-86. at Loyola (MD) and seven seasons at Xavier, The Deacons, 2-4 against ranked teams Jan. 12 CLEMSON W, 96-55 Prosser has a career record of 178-83. this season, play their seventh ranked foe. All Maryland Coach : Williams Jan. 15 at (10) Virginia L, 74-86 four losses have come away from home. (Maryland ‘68) is 263-142 in 13 seasons at his Wake owns a nine-game homecourt win- alma mater, 463-270 in 24 years overall. Jan. 19 at (1) Duke L, 80-103 ning streak. The Deacs look to avoid losing three The Series History: Maryland leads 53-50. More series information on page two. Jan. 23 (3) MARYLAND 7:30 straight games for the first time since Jan. 30-Feb. 5, 2000. The Officials: Announced on game day. Jan. 26 GEORGIA TECH 1:30

Jan. 30 at NC State 7:30 A Quick Look At The Demon Deacons Feb. 2 at Florida State 3:00 # Player Pos Ht Wt Cl Ppg Rpg Note 2 Walt Chancellor G 6-1 167 So. 0.0 1.0 Walk-on looking for first points of career Feb. 6 NORTH CAROLINA 9:00 3 Broderick Hicks G 6-1 171 Sr. 8.5 2.2 Suffered deep thigh bruise at Duke Saturday 4 Taron Downey G 6-2 171 Fr. 3.1 1.2 Played 30 minutes, had 5 assists at Duke Feb. 9 Noon 5 Josh Howard F 6-6 198 Jr. 14.1 7.9 Overcame foul trouble for 15 points at Duke 10 Jamaal Levy F 6-9 177 Fr. 2.8 2.6 Freshman had 10 points, 5 boards Saturday Feb. 13 at Clemson 9:00 13 Vytas Danelius F 6-8 228 Fr. 6.3 4.1 Rookie leads all non-starters in scoring 20 Alan Williams G 6-3 177 So. 0.3 0.0 In second season as a walk-on Feb. 17 VIRGINIA 6:30 25 Darius Songaila F 6-9 248 Sr. 16.6 7.6 Among ACC leaders in 7 statistical categories 30 Brett Hickman F 6-6 210 Sr. 2.3 0.8 Walk-on nailed first career 3-pointer Jan. 12 Feb. 21 DUKE 9:00 31 Ervin Murray G 6-5 189 Sr. 1.3 1.1 -to-turnover ratio 2-to-1 33 Steve Lepore G 6-5 199 Jr. 4.7 2.8 Northwestern transfer a solid contributor Feb. 24 at Maryland 2:00 34 Antwan Scott F 6-8 205 Sr. 10.5 5.2 Played 31 minutes at Duke with injured finger 42 Craig Dawson G 6-5 211 Sr. 11.4 2.5 Has 14 3- field goals over last 4 games Feb. 27 at Georgia Tech 7:30 44 R.D. Montgomery F 6-6 231 Fr. 0.3 1.0 Football player joined squad in December 53 Dshamal Schoetz C 7-0 263 Fr. ------Seven-footer will miss season with injury March 2 NC STATE 2:00 Head Coach: Skip Prosser (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy ‘72)/Career W-L: 178-83 (nine seasons) Assistants: Jeff Battle (Marshall ‘85), ( ‘81), (Xavier ‘92) March 7-10 ACC Tournament Director of Basketball Operations: Pat Kelsey (Xavier ‘98)

1 A Quick Look At The Deacons percent, committed just eight turnovers and Career Scoring Wake Forest is a veteran club with four seniors made more free throws (18) than Wake Forest 1. (1952-55) 2587 attempted (16). 2. R. Childress (91, 93-95) .2208 and one junior in the starting lineup. The expe- 3. (1960-62) .2165 rienced group is 5-0 this season in games decid- Senior Darius Songaila (16 points, 10 4. (94-97) . . . .2117 ed by less than seven points. rebounds) led Wake with his seventh double- 5. Skip Brown (74-77) . . . .2034 The Deacons, 13-5 overall and 3-2 in the ACC, double of the season. Josh Howard scored 15 6. (75-78) . . . .1985 have three players -- Broderick Hicks (deep thigh points before fouling out and freshman Jamaal 7. Charlie Davis (69-71) . . .1970 Levy came off the bench for 10 points. 8. Robert O’Kelley (98-01) .1885 bruise), Antwan Scott (dislocated finger) and 9. Frank Johnson (77-81) . .1749 Josh Howard (hip bruise) -- trying to recover More from Saturday’s loss at Duke: 10. Chris King (88-92) . . . . .1721 from recent injuries (see note below). Duke’s 103 points were the most by a 11. (91-93) .1720 Senior Darius Songaila (16.6 points and 7.6 Deacon opponent since No. 2 scored 12. Bob Leonard (64-66) . . .1637 rebounds per game) is an All-ACC candidate 103 against WFU in the 1993 NCAA Tournament. 13. Lefty Davis (53-56) . . . . .1594 The Blue Devils’ 103 points were their most 14. Darius Songaila (99- ) . .1551 who ranks among the league leaders in seven Sam Ivy (87-90) ...... 1551 different statistical categories. He recorded a against Wake Forest since the 1987-88 season. 16. Jack Williams (53, 56-57) 1453 double-double (16 points, 10 rebounds) ’s 18 rebounds were the most 17. Alvis Rogers (79-83) . . . .1441 Saturday at No. 1 Duke. by a Deacon opponent this season. 18. J. Schellenberg (74-77) .1366 Howard (14.1 ppg. and 7.9 rpg.) has been Duke’s percentage (.536) was the 19. Delaney Rudd (82-85) . .1329 highest by a Deacon opponent since Feb. 6, 20. Billy Packer (60-62) . . . .1316 Wake’s hottest player since mid-December. 21. Tony Rutland (95-98) . . .1274 Howard, 6-6, leads the ACC in offensive 2001. 22. Kenny Green (83-85) . . .1252 rebounds and he leads Wake Forest in steals. Wake committed its fewest turnovers (11) 23. Jack Murdock (55-57) . .1239 Senior Craig Dawson (11.4 ppg.) ranks among since Nov. 21 vs. Fresno State. 24. Paul Long (66-67) . . . . .1225 the ACC leaders in three-point field goals (50) The Deacons made a season-low three 25. Mark Cline (84-87) . . . . .1202 three-point field goals and shot a season-low 26. Dickie Walker (68-70) . . .1201 and three-point percentage (.409). He has 14 27. Danny Young (81-84) . . .1170 three-pointers over the last four games. Scott 18.8 percent (3-of-16) from three-point range. 28. Mike Helms (79-82) . . . .1165 (10.5 ppg. and 5.2 rpg.) has led the ACC in 29. Guy Morgan (79-82) . . .1128 blocked shots most of the season. Wake-Maryland Series History 30.Craig Dawson (99- ) . .1126 Hicks (8.5 ppg.), who played just seven min- Maryland leads the all-time series, 53-50. 31. Jim Johnstone (79-82) .1117 Entering last season the series was tied, 50- 32. Trelonnie Owens (91-94) 1104 utes Saturday at Duke because of his injury, has 33. Ronny Watts (63-65) . . .1069 started all 18 games at and he leads 50, before Maryland beat Wake Forest three 34. Tony Byers (73-74) . . . . .1054 the team in assists (60). Freshman Vytas times in one season for the first time ever. 35. Anthony Tucker (90-92) .1043 Danelius (6.3 ppg. and 4.1 rpg.) continues to The Terrapins have 36. Gil McGregor (69-71) . . .1039 improve each week. Wake Forest won the last five meet- 37. Ernie Wiggins (55-57) . .1037 Vs. The ACC ings, sweeping the sea- 38. Anthony Teachey (81-84)1036 Freshman Taron Downey, who played 30 min- 39. Dave Budd (58-60) . . . .1014 utes Saturday at Duke, continues to blossom at Clemson 88-49 son series in each of the 40. Frank Christie (62-64) . .1000 point guard. Freshman Jamaal Levy scored 10 Duke 72-146 last two years. Wake’s nr. Josh Howard (00- ) . . . .982 points off the bench at Duke. Junior transfer Florida State 13-11 last win in the series was Georgia Tech 25-24 an 85-72 victory in Steve Lepore has been one of WFU’s top Maryland 50-53 Career Rebounds Winston-Salem on Jan. 1. Dickie Hemric (52-55) . .1802 reserves. N. Carolina 58-146 2. Tim Duncan (94-97) . . . .1570 NC State 88-122 31, 1999. 3. Len Chappell (60-62) . . .1213 Injuries Piling Up For Deacons Virginia 58-55 Wake Forest is 30-19 4. Rod Griffin (75-78) . . . . .947 TOTALS 452-606 at home against It’s likely that Wake Forest will have all 10 5. Anthony Teachey (81-84) .869 Maryland. The two teams scholarship players ready for action Wednesday 6. Gil McGregor (69-71) . . . .850 have split the last 10 meetings at Lawrence Joel 7. Ronny Watts (63-65) . . . .833 against Maryland, but it’s possible that three Coliseum. 8. Jack Williams (53, 56-57) .751 starters could be playing at less than full Just two of the last nine meetings have 9. Rafael Vidaurreta (98-01) .727 strength. 10. Rodney Rogers (91-93) . .705 been decided by less than 10 points. Senior point guard Broderick Hicks suffered a 11. Guy Morgan (79-82) . . . .703 Wednesday’s game will be the ninth deep thigh bruise in the first half of Saturday’s 12. Sam Ivy (87-90) ...... 695 straight against the Terrapins when they were 13. Chris King (89-92) ...... 690 loss at Duke. He sat out the entire second half. nationally-ranked. Maryland will bring its highest 14. Dave Budd (58-60) . . . . .682 Junior forward Josh Howard played the entire ranking into a game against Wake Forest since 15.Darius Songaila (99- ) . .673 game Saturday despite a hip bruise suffered in 16. Josh Shoemaker (98-01) .667 the No. 2 Terrapins beat the Deacons, 92-69 on the first half. 17. Alvis Rogers (79-83) . . . . .656 Dec. 3, 1998 in College Park. Last Tuesday, senior Antwan Scott suffered a 18. Larry Harrison (76-79) . . .631 Wednesday’s game will be the fourth 19. Lefty Davis (53-56) . . . . .618 severely dislocated finger on his non-shooting straight when both teams were ranked. 20. Frank Christie (62-64) . . .600 (left) hand. Scott, who is playing with a splint on The two teams first met in 1952-53 and 21. Trelonnie Owens (91-94) .581 the finger, scored nine points and grabbed two 22. Jim Johnstone (79-82) . .573 they have met at least twice each season since rebounds Saturday against Duke. 23. Kenny Green (83-85) . . . .554 1953-54. 24. Jim Gilley (55-57) ...... 543 Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser is 0-1 all- 25. Bob Leonard (64-66) . . . .514 No. 1 Duke Hands Wake A 103-80 time against Maryland. In his first season as a 26. Bob Woollard (61-63) . . .508 Loss Saturday In Durham head coach, at Loyola (MD) in 1993-94, his Wake Forest lost its second straight game for Career 3-Point Field Goals Greyhounds fell to the Terrapins, 94-71, in the first time this season, 103-80 at No. 1- 1. R. Childress (91, 93-95) . .329 College Park. ranked Duke Saturday afternoon. 2. Robert O'Kelley (98-01) . .288 Maryland’s Gary Williams is 13-12 versus 3. Tony Rutland (95-98) . . . .248 The Deacons closed a 14-point second half Wake Forest while coaching the Terrapins. 4. Craig Dawson (99- ) . . .205 deficit to 76-73 with just over 10 minutes Williams is 15-14 all-time versus the Deacons 5. Rusty LaRue (93-96) . . . .151 remaining. Duke, however, went on a 16-0 run 6. Steven Goolsby (95-98) . .127 including a 2-0 record while at Boston College to secure the victory. 7. Jerry Braswell (95-98) . . .117 and an 0-2 mark while at American. He did not Wake Forest shot a solid 48.5 percent from 8. Cal Boyd (86-89) ...... 116 coach against Wake Forest while coaching at 9. Derrick McQueen (89-92) .99 the floor and committed just 11 turnovers. Ohio State. However, the Blue Devils shot a sizzling 53.6

2 ACC Standings #3 Maryland Terrapins (14-3/4-1) ACC Overall No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Ppg Rpg Hometown (Previous School) (1) Duke 5-1 16-1 1 G/F 6-6 215 Sr. 10.5 4.5 Rayne, La. (Rayne/Tulane) (3) Maryland 4-1 14-3 3 Juan Dixon G 6-3 164 Sr. 18.9 4.4 , Md. (Calvert Hall) NC State 4-2 14-4 4 Earl Badu G 6-0 160 Sr. 0.3 0.3 Baltimore, Md. (St. Frances Academy) (21) Wake Forest 3-2 13-5 5 Calvin McCall G 6-3 200 Jr. 1.4 1.2 Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips) (7) Virginia 3-2 12-2 10 Andre Collins G 5-9 180 Fr. 2.5 0.6 Crisfield, Md. (Crisfield/Hargrave Military) Florida State 2-3 9-7 12 G 6-3 160 Jr. 7.1 2.5 Hempstead, N.Y. (Long Island Lutheran) Clemson 2-4 11-8 21 Mike Grinnon F 6-6 195 Fr. 1.2 0.5 Huntington, N.Y. (St. Dominic) North Carolina 1-4 5-10 25 G 6-3 160 Jr. 7.1 4.0 Miami Lakes, Fla. (Oak Hill (Va.) Academy) Georgia Tech 0-5 7-11 33 Ryan Randle F 6-9 245 Jr. 4.3 3.9 Duncanville, Texas (Duncanville/Allegany CC) ( ) AP ranking 35 F/C 6-8 260 Sr. 15.4 8.5 Silver Spring, Md. (Anacostia/Hargrave) 45 Tahj Holden F 6-10 247 Jr. 6.4 2.6 Red Bank, N.J. (Red Bank Regional) Tuesday 54 Chris Wilcox F/C 6-10 220 So. 11.2 7.7 Whiteville, N.C. (Enloe) Virginia at Georgia Tech Head Coach: Gary Williams Assistants: , , Matt Kovarik Wednesday Maryland at WAKE FOREST Deacon-Terrapin Connections Statistical Comparison NC State at North Carolina Wake Forest junior Josh Howard and Category WFU UMD Thursday Maryland senior Lonny Baxter both attended Record 13-5 14-3 Clemson at Florida State Hargrave Military Academy. Scoring Average 80.0 82.2 Duke at Boston College Wake freshman Taron Downey and Opponent Scoring 70.6 69.2 VMI at Virginia Maryland’s Chris Wilcox were once teammates Scoring Margin +9.4 +13.0 on the Raleigh (NC) Razorbacks AAU team. Average 40.8 42.1 Saturday Maryland coach Gary Williams went 3-5 Opponent Rebounds 36.0 39.2 Georgia Tech at WAKE FOREST against Wake Forest as a player for the Terrapins Rebound Margin +4.8 +2.9 Florida State at Maryland from 1964-67. Field Goal Percentage 47.2 47.1 Temple at NC State Opponent Field Goal Percentage 41.1 38.8 Wake Forest will play two games in the state 3-Point Field Goal Percentage 33.6 37.0 Sunday of Maryland this season having already played at Percentage 72.1 65.9 North Carolina at Clemson Navy. Assists Average 16.4 19.9 Virginia at Duke Turnovers Average 15.7 14.5 Deacon Streaks Blocks Average 5.4 7.0 January 30 The Deacons have an nine-game home- Steals Average 7.2 8.2 WAKE FOREST at NC State court winning streak with a perfect 9-0 record Florida State at Georgia Tech this season. Wake has not lost in Lawrence Joel against teams ranked in the top 10 (No. 10 Virginia and No. 1 Duke). Janary 31 Coliseum since an 82-80 defeat to No. 4-ranked Maryland at Virginia Duke on Feb. 24, 2001. Wake Forest slipped to 16th in the ESPN/USA Duke at North Carolina Wake Forest has won 23 consecutive non- Today poll (down from 13th) and to 21st in the conference home games. Wake’s last non-con- Associated Press poll (down from 14th). ference loss at home came against 19th-ranked The Deacons have been in the AP poll in 28 of 2001-02 Honors Arkansas on Dec. 23, 1998. the last 29 weeks. JOSH HOWARD The Deacons have lost two straight road More on Wake Forest and 2nd team preseason All-ACC games (at Virginia and at Duke) after previously Sagarin the national polls: winning two straight (at North Carolina and at Ratings Wake Forest is 2-4 against DARIUS SONGAILA Navy). 1 Duke ranked foes this year with ACC Player of the Week (12.17) Wake Forest has made at least one three- 2 Cincinnati three of the losses coming on Preseason NIT All-Tournament point field goal in 273 consecutive games. 3 Kansas the road to top 10 teams. The Senior CLASS Award candidate 4 Oklahoma Deacons beat No. 25 The Deacons are 5-0 this season in games 5 Florida JAMAAL LEVY decided by six points or less. 6 Maryland Marquette and No. 23 Fresno ACC Rookie of the Week (12.17) Wake Forest is 8-0 when scoring more than 7 Gonzaga State and lost to No. 18 80 points. 8 Kentucky Syracuse, No. 4 Kansas, No. 10 WFU is 12-0 this season when shooting a 9 Oklahoma St. Virginia and No. 1 Duke. 20 WAKE FOREST Double-Doubles higher field goal percentage than its opponent. Wake Forest is ranked DARIUS SONGAILA (7) Wake has used the same starting lineup -- 10th by CBS Sportsline.com, 15 pts, 10 reb at Arkansas (11.16) Broderick Hicks, Craig Dawson, Antwan Scott, 18th by The Sporting News, 17th by Basketball 16 pts, 10 reb vs. Syracuse (11.23) Darius Songaila and Josh Howard -- in all 18 America, 17th by CollegeRPI.com and 20th in 23 pts, 10 reb vs. Minnesota (11.27) games. the Sagarin ratings. 25 pts, 10 reb vs. SC State (12.7) Dawson has made at least one three-point 17 pts, 10 reb at St. John’s (12.22) field goal in every game this season. Throw out Howard Eyes 1,000th Career Point 18 pts, 12 reb at Navy (1.7) 16 pts, 10 reb at Duke (1.19) the game against Maryland in last year’s ACC Junior Josh Howard enters Wednesday’s Tournament when Dawson played just one game against Maryland with 982 career points. JOSH HOWARD (4) minute before getting injured, he has made at With 18 more points, Howard will become the 18 pts, 12 reb vs. Elon (11.18) least one three-pointer in 28 straight games. 41st player in Wake Forest history to reach the 15 pts, 10 reb at St. John’s (12.22) 1,000-point mark. 10 pts, 11 reb vs. Marquette (12.29) Deacons Fall To 16th In ESPN/USA Two other Deacons -- seniors Darius Songaila 16 pts, 12 reb vs. Richmond (1.2) Today Poll, 21st In AP Poll (1,551 points) and Craig Dawson (1,126 points) VYTAS DANELIUS (1) Wake Forest remained in the national polls for -- have already reached the 1,000-point mile- 11 pts, 13 reb vs. Clemson (1.12) the ninth consecutive week. The Deacons went stone. Songaila reached that mark last season. 0-2 last week, but both losses came on the road

3 The National Polls How Wake Forest Has Won The Close Ones AP Coaches Wake Forest is 5-0 this season in games decided by less than seven points. In four of those five wins, 1. Duke 1. Duke the Deacons have overcome deficits. 2. Kansas 2. Kansas 3. Maryland 3. Maryland Biggest Biggest 4. Cincinnati 4. Florida Date Opponent Result Lead Deficit Key Play(s) 5. Florida 5. Cincinnati Nov. 12 UNC-Wilmington W, 79-78 13 (51-38) 10 (2-12) Songaila lay-up with 2.7 seconds left 6. Oklahoma 6. Oklahoma Nov. 16 Arkansas W, 76-71 17 (64-47) 2 (20-22) Four free throws in final 25 seconds 7. Virginia 7. Virginia Nov. 21 Fresno State W, 62-61 16 (28-12) 3 (53-56) Songaila follow with 1.7 seconds left 8. Kentucky 8. Illinois Nov. 27 Minnesota W, 85-79 6 (85-79) 9 (44-53) Hicks 3-pointer with 58 seconds left 9. Illinois 9. Kentucky Dec. 29 Marquette W, 64-59 19 (52-33) none Songaila FTs, Scott dunk in final 3:37 10. Arizona 10. Syracuse 11. Oklahoma St. 11. Oklahoma St. 12. Syracuse 12. Arizona Wake Forest Will Play Seventh Below is a list of Wake’s three-game stretches 13. UCLA 13. UCLA Nationally-Ranked Opponent against ranked teams since 1985-86. 14. Alabama 14. Stanford Wake Forest is facing one of the most difficult 15. Georgia 15. Alabama 2001-02 16. Gonzaga 16. WAKE FOREST schedules in the nation. Consider: Jan. 15 at #10 Virginia L, 74-86 17. Stanford 17. Georgia The Deacons will play their third consecu- Jan. 19 at #1 Duke L, 80-103 18. Missouri 18. Gonzaga tive nationally-ranked opponent on Wednesday. Jan. 23 vs. #3 Maryland 7:30 p.m. 19. Oregon 19. Miami (FL) The last time Wake played three straight ranked 20. Ohio State 20. Missouri opponents came in 1994- 1994-95 21. WAKE FOREST 21. Oregon 95. Jan. 11 vs. #11 Duke W, 74-64 22. Miami (FL) 22. Southern Cal Opponent’s Jan. 14 at #9 Maryland L, 66-76 23. Southern Cal 23. Ohio State Wake Forest is also play- RPI Ratings Jan. 17 at #22 Georgia Tech L, 65-67 24. Texas 24. Iowa ing its third straight oppo- 25. Connecticut 25. nent ranked in the top 10 Kansas 1 1991-92 for the first time since 1985- Duke 3 Feb. 1 at #23 Florida State L, 78-79 Cincinnati 7 Wake Forest In The 86. Feb. 3 vs. #14 Tulane W, 69-66 National Polls Maryland 11 Feb. 8 at #9 North Carolina L, 78-80 The Deacons are playing Virginia 21 AP Coaches consecutive games against St. John’s 22 1990-91 Pre- -- NR 2001 Final Four teams -- NC State 26 Feb. 10 vs. #11 Virginia W, 74-66 Nov. 12 -- NR Duke (last Saturday) and Syracuse 27 Nov. 19 NR NR Feb. 13 at #8 North Carolina L, 70-85 Maryland (Wednesday). Arkansas 36 Feb. 16 vs. #5 Duke W, 86-77 Nov. 26 25 23 Fresno State 39 Dec. 3 23 22 Using the ESPN/USA Marquette 45 1988-89 Dec. 10 19 20 Today poll, six of the nation’s Jan. 18 at #15 NC State L, 64-82 Dec. 17 20 20 top 10 ranked teams are on Dec. 24 25 25 Jan. 21 vs. #1 Duke W, 75-71 the Deacon schedule -- No. 1 Duke, No. 2 Jan. 25 vs. #7 North Carolina L, 74-88 Dec. 31 23 24 Kansas, No. 5 Cincinnati, No. 7 Virginia and No. Jan. 7 19 19 1987-88 Jan. 14 14 13 10 Syracuse. Jan. 21 21 16 Wake is 2-4 this season against ranked Jan. 20 vs. #20 NC State W, 71-67 Jan. 28 teams. Last season the Deacons won two games Jan. 23 vs. #9 Duke L, 70-103 Jan. 28 vs. #3 North Carolina W, 83-80 Feb. 4 against ranked teams all year. Another win over Feb. 11 a ranked team would give the Deacons their Feb. 18 1986-87 most wins over ranked teams since 1996-97. Jan. 15 at #17 NC State L, 67-75 Feb. 25 March 4 Four of Wake’s five losses against ranked Jan. 17 at #14 Duke L, 49-69 teams this season have come on the road or at Jan. 22 vs. #2 North Carolina L, 53-79 Poll Notes a neutral court. Three of Wake’s losses have 1985-86 Highest AP ranking in ‘01-02 14 come on the road against top 10 teams (No. 4 Jan. 8 at #5 Georgia Tech L, 58-72 Highest USA ranking in ‘01-02 13 Kansas, No. 10 Virginia and No. 1 Duke). Jan. 11 vs. #1 North Carolina L, 65-89 Consecutive weeks in AP poll 9 The Deacons are looking to beat a ranked Consecutive weeks in ESPN poll 9 Jan. 16 at #3 Duke L, 63-92 Opponents in AP poll 6 team on the road for the first time since beat- Opponents in ESPN/USA poll 6 ing No. 21 Clemson on Jan. 9, 1999. Deacons Find Comfort Zone In Total opponents receiving votes 9 Wake will look for its first win on the road Lawrence Joel Coliseum All-time weeks ranked in AP poll 188 against a top 10 team since beating four teams Wake Forest is making Lawrence Joel Coliseum Weeks ranked in AP top 10 67 in the top 10 in 1996-97. Weeks ranked in AP top 5 26 an unfriendly place for visitors. In No. 3-ranked Maryland, Wake Forest is The Deacons own a nine-game homecourt WFU vs. AP-Ranked looking for a win over its highest-ranked oppo- winning streak and are putting up big numbers Opponents nent, regardless of site, since beating No. 3 within the friendly confines. Wake averages In 2001-02 2-4 Kansas 84-53 last season in Winston-Salem. more than 86 points per game and shoots near- at home 1-0 Seven of Wake’s final 14 games come ly 51 percent at home. on road 0-3 against teams currently ranked in the AP top 25. neutral 1-1 Wake’s schedule, according to College Comparing Wake At Home And On Road Vs. Top 10-ranked teams 0-3 RPI.com, is the most difficult in the ACC. Category Home Road Neutral at home 0-0 on road 0-3 In November and December, Wake Forest Record 9-0 3-4 1-1 played four nationally-ranked teams. The last Scoring Average 86.1 76.7 64.5 WFU In Other Polls time the Deacs played four ranked opponents Opponent Scoring Average 66.4 77.0 67.5 CBS Sportsline.com 10th before Jan. 1 came in the 1953-54 season. Scoring Margin +19.7 - 0.3 - 3.0 Basketball America 17th Field Goal Percentage 50.5 45.4 39.7 Wake’s last non-conference game -- Feb. 9 3-Point Field Goal Percentage 36.4 31.2 30.0 CollegeRPI.com 17th versus No. 4 Cincinnati -- comes against a Sagarin 20th Free Throw Percentage 74.3 70.2 61.9 Sporting News 18th Bearcat team that owns the nation’s longest Assists Average 18.0 14.3 16.5 winning streak (17 games). Blocks Average 6.5 4.7 3.5

4 The Skip Prosser Era In Full Swing Prosser Enjoying Success In First Games Started At Wake Forest Season At Wake 1. Tim Duncan (94-97) . . .127 2. Frank Johnson (77-81) .116 Skip Prosser, who previously served as the Wake Forest first-year coach Skip Prosser is 3. Skip Brown (74-77) . . . .108 head coach at Loyola (MD) and Xavier, is begin- trying to accomplish what no other first-year Alvis Rogers (79-83) . . .108 ning his first season at Wake Forest. Robert O’Kelley (98-01) .108 coach in Deacon history has done since 1927 -- 6. Jim Johnstone (79-82) .105 His record at Wake Forest produce a winning season. 7. Darius Songaila (99- ) .104 is 13-5. His career record, in With four more victories this season, Prosser 8. Guy Morgan (79-82) . . .100 nine seasons, is 178-83. will become the first rookie coach at Wake Blocked Shots Prosser comes to Winston- Forest to earn a winning record since James 1. Tim Duncan (94-97) . . .481 Salem after serving seven Baldwin led the Deacons to a 22-3 record in his 2. Anthony Teachey (81-84) 203 seasons as the head coach at first season in 1927. Prosser, in fact, has already 3. Larry Harrison (76-79) . .188 Xavier, where he compiled a 4. Guy Morgan (79-82) . . .182 earned more wins in his initial season than any 5. Antwan Scott (99- ) . .124 record of 148-65 (.695) and other first-year Deacon coach, with the excep- 6. Rod Griffin (75-78) . . . .113 led the Musketeers to six tion of Baldwin. 7. Chris King (88-92) ...... 99 postseason appearances. By beating North Carolina 84-62 on Jan. 5, 8. Kenny Green (83-85) . . . .89 9. Darius Songaila (99- ) . .88 A 1972 graduate of the Prosser became the first Deac first-year coach 10.Josh Howard (00- ) . . . .83 U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Prosser’s teams to win in Chapel Hill since R.S. Hayes in 1926. 11.Rodney Rogers (91-93) . .74 won 20 games or more six times in seven years at Xavier. He has the 18th-highest winning per- Coaches In First Season At WFU Steals 1. Tyrone Bogues (84-87) .275 centage among active Division I coaches and he Coach (Season) Thru 18 Games Final Record 2. Frank Johnson (77-81) .204 helped Xavier earn one of the nation’s highest Skip Prosser (2002) 13-5 ? 3. Skip Brown (74-77) . . . .195 graduation rates. (1990) 7-11 12-16 4. Danny Young (81-84) . .194 Joining Prosser on the coaching staff are for- (1986) 6-12 8-21 5. R. Childress (91, 93-95) . .180 mer Xavier assistants Jeff Battle and Dino (1973) 9-9 12-15 6. Rodney Rogers (91-93) .146 Jack McCloskey (1967) 7-11 9-18 7. Alvis Rogers (79-83) . . .135 Gaudio and former Musketeer players Chris Jack Murdock (1966) 6-12 8-18 8. J. Schellenberg (74-77) .134 Mack (assistant coach) and Pat Kelsey (director 9. Tony Rutland (94-98) . .130 Bones McKinney (1958) 5-13 6-17 10.Josh Howard (00- ) . . .129 of basketball operations). nr. Darius Songaila (99- ) .121 Winningest Active Division I Coaches Milestones Within Reach Free Throws Rk. Coach, Current School Pct. Milestones that could be reached Wednesday: 1. Dickie Hemric (52-55) . .905 1. , Fresno State ...... 802 Craig Dawson (1,126 career points) needs 2. Len Chappell (60-62) . . .637 2. John Kresse, Charleston ...... 801 three points to pass Guy Morgan (1,128 points 3. R. Childress (91, 93-95) . .583 4. Charlie Davis (69-71) . . .578 3. Roy Williams, Kansas ...... 800 from 1979-82) for 29th place on the scoring list. 5. Tim Duncan (94-1997) .520 4. Rick Majerus, Utah ...... 742 Songaila (88 career blocks) needs two 6. Darius Songaila (99- ) .484 4. Jim Boeheim, Syracuse ...... 742 blocked shots to move into eighth place on 7. Jackie Murdock (55-57) .465 6. , Louisville ...... 739 8. Rod Griffin (75-78) . . . .439 Wake’s all-time blocks list. 7. Lute Olson, Arizona ...... 738 9. Lefty Davis (53-56) . . . .430 8. Tom Izzo, Michigan State ...... 736 Songaila (673 career rebounds) needs 10 10.Bob Leonard (64-66) . . .391 8. Bob Huggins, Cincinnati ...... 736 rebounds to move into 14th place on Wake’s all- Jack Williams (53, 56-57) 391 10. John Chaney, Temple ...... 734 time rebounds chart. 11. , Duke ...... 731 Free Throw Attempts Songaila should make his 105th career start 1. Dickie Hemric (52-55) .1,359 12. Nolan Richardson, Arkansas ...... 721 on Wednesday, which would tie him for the 2. Len Chappell (60-62) . . .897 13. Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State ...... 716 sixth-most starts in Wake Forest history. 14. John Calipari, Memphis ...... 712 3. Tim Duncan (94-1997) .755 Junior Josh Howard (129 career steals) 4. R. Childress (91, 93-95) . .725 15. Tubby Smith, Kentucky ...... 711 5. Charlie Davis (69-71) . . .662 16. Jim Calhoun, Connecticut ...... 682 needs two pilfers to move into ninth place on 6. Rod Griffin (75-78) . . . .597 17. Mike Montgomery, Stanford ...... 680 Wake’s all-time steals chart. 7. Darius Songaila (99- ) .589 18. Skip Prosser, Wake Forest ...... 679 Dawson (205 career three-point field goals) 8. Lefty Davis (53-56) . . . .578 9. Jack Williams (53, 56-57) .575 19. Larry Eustachy, Iowa State ...... 673 needs five three-pointers to move into 21st 10.Dave Budd (1958-60) . .543 20. Billy Tubbs, TCU ...... 672 place on the ACC’s all-time list. 11.Jackie Murdock (55-57) .542 *Entering the 2001-02 season Broderick Hicks should play in his 116th game, which would tie for 11th in WFU history. Free Throw Percentage Prosser Has Two Wins Vs. No. 1 (At least 150 FGM) 1. Charlie Davis (69-71) . .87.3 Wake Forest’s Skip Prosser has coached Songaila Gaining Reputation As 2. Jackie Murdock (55-57) 85.8 against the nation’s No. 1-ranked team four Clutch Performer 3. Paul Long (66-67) . . . . .85.1 times and he has come Senior Darius Songaila is the type of player 4. Skip Brown (74-77) . . .83.6 5. J. Montgomery (67-69) 83.4 away a winner twice. who wants the ball in his hands at crunch time. 6. Darius Songaila (99- ) 82.3 Prosser’s Xavier Wins Vs. No. 1 And almost each time, the results have been 6. Ernie Wiggins (55-57) . .82.0 teams beat No. 1 By ACC Coaches great for Wake Forest: 8. Billy Packer (60-62) . . .81.9 Cincinnati in 1999-00 Mike Krzyzewski 5 Songaila hit a lay-up with 2.7 seconds 9. Mark Cline (84-87) . . . .81.7 Gary Williams 3 10.J. Schellenberg (74-77) 80.9 and in 1996-97. His remaining to lift Wake Forest to a 79-78 win SKIP PROSSER 2 11.Delaney Rudd (82-85) .80.5 only losses to a No. 1- 1 over UNC-Wilmington in the season opener. ranked team was an Nov. 21 against Fresno State, Songaila’s fol- Three-Point Attempts Larry Shyatt 1 1. R. Childress (91, 93-95) . . .832 overtime decision to Steve Robinson 1 low tip with 1.7 seconds left gave the Deacons 2. Robert O’Kelley (98-01) .801 No. 1 Massachusetts in a 62-61 win over the Bulldogs in the semifinals 3. Tony Rutland (95-98) . .657 1995-96 and the loss at of the Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden. 4. Craig Dawson (99- ) . .535 No. 1 Duke on Jan. 19. 5. Rusty LaRue (1993-96) .348 Songaila’s two free throws with 3:37 6. Steven Goolsby (95-98) .326 Prosser, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and remaining broke a 57-57 tie with 19th-ranked 7. Jerry Braswell (95-98) . .297 Maryland’s Gary Williams are the only current Marquette on Dec. 29. The Deacons led the rest 8. Derrick McQueen (89-92) .271 Atlantic Coast Conference coaches to own more of the way en route to a 64-59 win over the 9. David Carlyle (1989-92) .261 than one victory against a No. 1-ranked team. Golden Eagles.

5 Senior Darius Songaila Enjoying An Where Songaila Ranks In The ACC ACC Coaches All-ACC-Type Season Free Throw Percentage 4th (.829) Teleconference Perhaps senior Darius Songaila is motivated Field Goal Percentage 4th (.522) All nine ACC head coaches will because he was left off the preseason All-ACC Defensive Rebounds 5th (5.77) Scoring 7th (16.6) be featured on a weekly tele- team, or maybe he’s flourishing in coach Skip conference each Tuesday from Rebounding 8th (7.6) 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. begin- Prosser’s system. Regardless, Blocked Shots 10th (1.06) ning Jan. 8 and concluding Songaila is enjoying his finest Steals 13th (1.39) March 12. There will be an season as a Deacon. Assists 14th (2.72) instant replay of each telecon- Songaila ranks among the ference on the ACC’s website, ACC leaders in eight different Josh Howard One Of The ACC’s TheACC.com. The media phone statistical categories. number is 913-981-5507. Most Versatile Players More on Songaila: All you need to know about junior Josh He ranks seventh in the 12:20 Larry Shyatt, Clemson Howard’s athleticism and versatility is that at 6- ACC in scoring (16.6 points 12:10 Mike Krzyzewski, Duke 6, he is among the ACC’s best rebounders 12:00 Steve Robinson, FSU per game). Howard ranks second in the ACC in offensive 11:50 , Ga Tech Songaila has scored in rebounds. He also ranks among the leaders in 11:40 Gary Williams, Maryland double figures in every game but one this sea- scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage, 11:30 Matt Doherty, UNC son and he has scored in double figures 90 11:20 Herb Sendek, NC State steals and blocked shots. times in his career. 11:10 , Virginia And since mid-December, He ranks fourth in the ACC in free throw 12:20 Skip Prosser, WFU Howard has been Wake’s percentage (.829) and he has shot 87.4 percent most consistent performer. (83-of-95) from the line over the last 13 games Skip Prosser On Radio More on Howard: combined. Every Thursday from 7-8:30 Since Dec. 19 (the last His career free throw percentage (.823) is p.m. Wake Forest head coach nine games), Howard has Skip Prosser and the voice of the sixth-highest in Wake Forest history. averaged 16.1 points, 8.3 the Deacons, Stan Cotten, host Songaila is second a weekly call-in radio show live rebounds and 1.2 blocks per Songaila In The on the team and ranks from Shorty’s on campus. The game. Record Book eighth in the ACC in show airs locally on WBRF (98.1 Nearly half of Howard’s rebounding (7.6 rpg.). FM). The first 30 minutes of the Scoring 14th 142 rebounds have come on the offensive He ranks 15th in show is generally dedicated to Rebounding 15th boards (68). Blocked Shots 9th Wake Forest history a special guest, followed by He is second on the team and 13th in the Prosser at 7:30. Free Throws 6th with 657 career ACC in scoring (14.1 ppg.). FT Percentage 6th rebounds and will move He ranks sixth in the ACC in field goal per- The Deacon Minute FT Attempts 7th into 14th place with 10 Games Started 7th centage (.517). Airs locally six times per week. more boards. Only five players in the ACC have more dou- The Deacon Minute, a 60-sec- He ranks ninth in ble-doubles this season than Howard (four). ond televised mini-program, Wake history with 88 career blocked shots. airs six times per week, Just a junior, Howard will soon become the He ranks 10th in the ACC this season in Wednesday through Saturday, 41st player in Wake Forest history to score 1,000 blocked shots (1.06). during WFMY-TV’s newscast career points (he has 982 career points). Songaila has sports segments. These pro- He ranks 10th in the ACC in steals (1.5 spg.). grams also air weekly on Fox seven double-doubles ACC Double- Howard ranks 10th among Wake’s all-time Sports South, HTS and Time this season. Only Double Leaders leaders in steals with 129. Warner Cable-Raleigh/Durham. Virginia’s Travis Travis Watson (VA) 9 Howard ranks 13th in the ACC in blocked Watson (9) and Duke’s Deacon Radio Carlos Boozer (DU) 8 shots (1.00 bspg.). Carlos Boozer (8) have Ray Henderson (CU) 7 Network Affiliates He ranks among Wake’s all-time leaders in more. Songaila owns DARIUS SONGAILA (WF) 7 blocked shots (83). WBHN Bryson City 1590 AM 15 career double-dou- Jason Capel (NC) 6 WCSL Cherryville 1590 AM In ACC games, Howard leads the team in bles. JOSH HOWARD (WF) 4 WBGO Concord/ scoring (16.6 ppg.), rebounding (7.4 rpg.), He ranks fourth in Lonny Baxter (MD) 4 Charlotte 1410 AM Edward Scott (CU) 4 blocks (1.2) and steals (1.8). WBRF Danville/ the ACC in field goal Martinsville 98.1 FM percentage (.522). Josh Howard’s Last Nine Games WGNC Gastonia 1450 AM He ranks 14th in Wake Forest career scoring Opponent PTS REB FG-A BS WKTE King 1090 AM history with 1,551 points. vs. St. Francis 21 6 9-11 0 WLNC Laurinburg 1300 AM Songaila is just the ninth player in Wake his- WLXN Lexington 1440 AM at St. John’s 15 10 6-12 1 WLON Lincolnton 1050 AM tory with 1,500 points and 600 rebounds. vs. Marquette 10 11 3-11 1 WMVA Martinsville 1450 AM Only five players in school history have vs. Richmond 16 12 7-13 2 WRMT Rocky Mount 1490 AM made more free throws than Songaila (484) and at North Carolina 20 9 9-15 1 WSAT Salisbury 1280 AM only six players have attempted more free at Navy 14 7 6-13 1 WOHS Shelby 730 AM throws (589). vs. Clemson 16 7 6-14 2 WSVM Valdese 1490 AM He has scored 20 or more points in a game at Virginia 19 8 6-16 2 WTRU W-Salem 830 AM at Duke 15 5 6-8 1 14 times, including four times this season. Flagship stations He ranks 13th in the ACC in steals (1.39). Where Howard Ranks In The ACC The broadcast of WFU basket- He ranks 14th in the ACC in assists (2.72). Offensive Rebounds 2nd (3.78) ball games can also be heard Songaila and North Carolina’s Jason Capel are Field Goal Percentage 6th (.517) over the internet at: the only frontcourt players to rank among the Rebounding 6th (7.9) top 15. Steals 10th (1.50) WAKEFORESTSPORTS.COM Songaila was named to the Preseason NIT Defensive Rebounds 13th (4.11) All-Tournament team after his performances Blocked Shots 13th (1.00) against Fresno State and Syracuse. Scoring 13th (14.1)

6 Antwan Scott One Of The ACC’s The Enemy Camp Wake Forest In The Most Improved Players ACC Statistics A look at how Wake Forest’s 2001-02 opponents Senior Antwan Scott, in his first year as a are doing (thru Jan. 20). TEAM Scoring Offense . . . . .4th 80.0 starter, is making the most of his final season. AP Coaches RPI Opponent W-L Scoring Defense . . . . .5th 70.6 He has nearly doubled his statistics from a year 1 1 3 Duke 16-1 Scoring Margin ...... 5th +9.4 ago, easily making him one of the ACC’s most 2 2 1 Kansas 15-2 FT Percentage ...... 2nd 72.1 improved players. FG Percentage ...... 2nd 47.2 3 3 11 Maryland 14-3 FG Percentage Defense .3rd 41.1 Scott is not at 100 per- 4 5 7 Cincinnati 17-1 3-Pt. FG Percentage . .6th 33.6 cent. He suffered a severely 7 7 21 Virginia 12-2 3-Pt. FG% Defense . . .4th 32.6 dislocated middle finger on 12 10 27 Syracuse 16-3 Rebounds ...... 4th 40.8 his non-shooting (left) hand rv rv 22 St. John’s 13-4 Rebound Margin . . . . .4th +4.8 Assists ...... 4th 16.39 in the Jan. 15 game against rv rv 26 NC State 14-4 Turnover Margin . . . . .6th +0.11 Virginia. He will wear a splint rv rv 45 Marquette 15-3 Offensive Rebounds . .5th 14.39 for up to two weeks. 36 Arkansas 10-7 3-Point Field Goals . . .5th 6.61 Consider: 39 Fresno State 13-6 Blocked shots ...... 2nd 5.39 63 Minnesota 10-7 He ranks second in the Steals ...... 7th 7.17 74 UNC-Wilmington 11-6 Assist/Turnover Ratio . .5th 1.05 ACC in blocked shots (1.72 76 Florida State 9-7 bspg.). Tim Duncan, who led the ACC in blocks SCORING 108 Clemson 11-8 1. Jason Williams (DU) . . . . .21.9 for four seasons (from 1994-97), is the only 118 North Carolina 5-10 2. Juan Dixon (MD) ...... 18.9 player in WFU history to lead the ACC in blocks. 110 Georgia Tech 7-11 7. Darius Songaila (WF) . . .16.6 Scott ranks second on the team in minutes 124 Richmond 8-9 13. Josh Howard (WF) . . . .14.1 20. Craig Dawson (WF) . . .11.4 played (28.8). 231 St. Francis (PA) 5-10 24. Antwan Scott (WF) . . .10.5 His field goal percentage (.551) would be 232 SC State 8-10 the fourth-highest in the ACC, but he does not 238 Elon 7-10 BLOCKED SHOTS have the minimum number of field goals made 267 Navy 8-11 1. Lonny Baxter (MD) ...... 1.88 to qualify. 2. Antwan Scott (WF) . . . .1.72 Record of teams WFU has played: 192-116 (.623) 10. Darius Songaila (WF) . .1.06 He ranks 24th in the ACC in scoring (10.5 13. Josh Howard (WF) . . . .1.00 ppg.) and 18th in rebounding (5.2 rpg.). Record of teams WFU has beaten: 133-104(.561) Record of teams WFU has lost to: 72-12 (.857) Scott ranks fifth on Wake Forest’s all-time FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 1. Carlos Boozer (DU) ...... 59.3 blocked shots list with 124 career rejections. 2. Chris Williams (VA) ...... 58.3 He has scored in double figures 11 times Downtown Dawson One Of ACC’s 4. Darius Songaila (WF) . . .52.2 this season. Most Prolific 3-Point Shooters 6. Josh Howard (WF) . . . .51.7 He has shot better than 50 percent from Senior Craig Dawson con- FREE THROW PERCENTAGE the field in 13 of 18 games this season. tinues to prove why he is one 1. Roger Mason (VA) ...... 91.3 of the nation’s most danger- 2. Juan Dixon (MD) ...... 89.9 Antwan Scott This Season Last Season ous perimeter shooters. 3. Marvin Lewis (GT) ...... 86.9 Minutes Per Game 28.8 16.2 Dawson ranks among the 4. Darius Songaila (WF) . . .82.9 Points Per Game 10.5 6.8 ACC leaders in three-point 3-POINT FG PERCENTAGE Rebounds Per Game 5.2 3.6 field goals (50) and in three- 1. Tony Akins (GT) ...... 43.6 Field Goal Percentage 55.1 48.7 point field goal percentage 2. Jason Williams (DU) . . . . .42.1 Blocks Per Game 1.7 1.3 3. Craig Dawson (WF) . . . .41.0 (.410). Over his last four 4. Roger Mason (VA) ...... 40.7 games, Dawson has made 14 Freshman Downey Enjoying The three-point field goals. REBOUNDING New Year More on Dawson: 1. Travis Watson (VA) ...... 10.8 In November and December, freshman guard 2. Jason Capel (NC) ...... 10.3 He has made at least one three-point field 3. Ray Henderson (CU) ...... 9.5 Taron Downey was a solid reserve in the Deacon goal in every game this 6. Josh Howard (WF) . . . . .7.9 backcourt. But in January, the rookie point season and he has ACC Career 3- 8. Darius Songaila (WF) . . . .7.6 guard has been one of the ACC’s top freshmen. made at least two 18. Antwan Scott (WF) . . . .5.2 Point FG Leaders Downey played a career- three-pointers in every C. Staples (VA) 413 ASSISTS high 30 minutes Saturday at game but three. 1. Edward Scott (CU) ...... 7.79 No. 1-ranked Duke. He D. Scott (GT) 351 Dawson has made T. Langdon (DU) 342 2. Steve Blake (MD) ...... 7.76 scored seven points, dished 11. Broderick Hicks (WF) .3.33 three or more three- R. Childress (WF) 329 14. Darius Songaila (WF) . .2.72 out five assists and had no pointers in a game R. Monroe (NCS) 322 turnovers against the Blue eight times this season, R. O’Kelley (WF) 288 STEALS Devil pressure defense. 28 times in his career. B. Hurley (DU) 264 1. Juan Dixon (MD) ...... 3.12 Over his last four games, T. Best (GT) 258 2. (DU) ...... 2.59 He ranks fourth in Downey has averaged 8.5 J. Collins (FS) 255 3. Anthony Grundy (NCS) . . .2.44 Wake Forest history T. Rutland (WF) 247 10. Josh Howard (WF) . . . .1.50 points per game, compared with 205 career three- S. Battier (DU) 246 13. Darius Songaila (WF) . .1.39 to 1.6 ppg. in the first 14 point field goals. H. Deane (VA) 237 S. Williams (NC) 233 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS games. He has nine three-point field goals on He ranks 22nd in 1. Tony Akins (GT) ...... 3.39 the season and five of those have come over ACC history for career J. Williams (DU) 226 D. Williams (NC) 221 2. Jason Williams (DU) . . . . .3.29 the last four games. three-point field goals. 3. Roger Mason (VA) ...... 3.14 J. Capel (DU) 220 Dawson ranks 2th 4. Craig Dawson (WF) . . . .2.78 Taron Downey W. Solomon (CU) 214 in the ACC in scoring B. Sura (FS) 214 ASSIST/TURNOVER RATIO Category First 12 Games Last 4 Games (11.4 ppg.). M. Harpring (GT) 211 Minutes Per Game 6.8 20.3 1. Archie Miller (NCS) ...... 3.15 He ranks 30th in J. Lebo (NC) 211 2. Chris Duhon (DU) ...... 2.32 Points Per Game 1.7 8.5 C. Collins (DU) 209 Wake Forest career 3. Edward Scott (CU) ...... 2.28 Three-Point Field Goals 0.3 1.3 C. Dawson (WF) 205 11. Broderick Hicks (WF) .1.20 Rebounds 0.5 1.8 scoring history with H. Davis (NC) 197 Assists 0.7 2.0 1,126 points. L. McCuller (NCS) 197

7 Lepore Beginning To Find Touch Freshman Jamaal Levy Shows All-Time Deacons With Steve Lepore has turned his game up a notch Potential Against Duke 1,500 Points And 700 in January. Rebounds Freshman Jamaal Levy did not seem intimi- The junior transfer from dated by playing in frenzied Cameron Indoor PLAYER PTS REB Northwestern is beginning Dickie Hemric 2,587 1,802 Stadium against No. 1 Duke, on national televi- Len Chappell 2,165 1,213 to get his confidence back sion, last Saturday. Tim Duncan 2,117 1,570 after struggling at times in Levy came off the bench for 10 points and Rod Griffin 1,985 947 November and December. five rebounds against the Blue Devils. His 10 Rodney Rogers 1,720 705 January began quietly points were more than he had scored in his pre- Darius Songaila 1,551 673 enough with a 7-point, 2- vious seven games combined. His 22 minutes assist effort in the win over against the Blue Devils tied a career-high. Richmond Jan. 2. But Jan. 5 Levy showed similar signs of brilliance Dec. 16 Preseason ACC at North Carolina, Lepore Predicted Finish against Florida State. He came off the bench for 1. Duke came off the bench for WFU career-highs of 15 career-highs of 15 points and seven rebounds in 2. Maryland points, seven rebounds, three 3-point field 21 minutes. 3. Virginia goals and 22 minutes played. 4. North Carolina Lepore is proving to be a solid rebounder from Senior Class’ Accomplishments 5. Wake Forest the guard position. Over the last five games he Continue To Grow 6. Georgia Tech has averaged 4.6 rebounds per game. 7. NC State With five fourth-year seniors on its roster, 8. Florida State Steve Lepore including four seniors in the starting lineup, 9. Clemson Category First 12 Games Last 6 Games Wake Forest has one of the ACC’s most experi- (as voted by the media) Minutes Per Game 10.8 17.2 enced groups. Points Per Game 3.7 6.5 Four of Wake’s top five Preseason All-ACC Three-Point Field Goals 0.8 1.0 Senior Starts scorers -- Darius Songaila FIRST TEAM Rebounds 2.0 4.6 In 2001-02 (16.6 ppg.), Craig Dawson Jason Williams (Duke) Assists 1.0 1.2 (11.4 ppg.), Antwan Scott Mike Dunleavy (Duke) WAKE FOREST 72 Carlos Boozer (Duke) Maryland 43 (10.5 ppg.) and Broderick Juan Dixon (Maryland) Vytas Danelius Emerging As One Of Florida State 41 Hicks (8.5 ppg.) -- are all Lonny Baxter (Maryland) The ACC’s Top Freshmen NC State 30 seniors. Seniors lead Wake North Carolina 24 Freshman forward Vytas Danelius, who was a in basically every statisti- Virginia 24 SECOND TEAM highly-touted recruit last year, has many skills. cal category. Chris Duhon (Duke) Georgia Tech 17 But the rookie’s best talent is simply putting the Clemson 12 Those five seniors -- Roger Mason, Jr. (Virginia) Songaila, Dawson, Hicks, Josh Howard (Wake Forest) ball in the basket. Duke 0 Jason Capel (North Carolina) Not that Danelius is a huge scorer -- he’s aver- Ervin Murray and Scott -- Travis Watson (Virginia) aging 6.3 points per game (the most of any have enjoyed much suc- non-starting Deacon) and he has scored in dou- cess over the last four years. Consider: ble figures just four times. But when Danelius Wake’s senior class has appeared in post- Records Broken In 2001- shoots, it usually goes in. season play every season, including an NCAA 02 Danelius is shooting 63.0 percent from the Tournament appearance last season. Lawrence Joel Coliseum field, which leads the team but does not qualify Over the last four seasons, Wake Forest is a Records for the ACC rankings because he doesn’t have combined 71-44 (.617). The Class of 2002 is try- Most Points -- 115 vs. SC State enough field goal attempts. More impressively, ing to become the seventh senior class to win (Dec. 7, 2001) Danelius has shot less than 50 percent in a game 80 games or more over four seasons. Most Free Throws -- 34 vs. SC State (Dec. 7, 2001) just twice this season and he has yet to shoot The seniors have been a part of three wins Most Free Throw Attempts -- 46 below 40 percent in a game. over teams ranked in the top 10. vs. SC State (Dec. 7, 2001) More on Danelius: In 2001, Wake Forest won the postseason He has started the second half of each of NIT championship. Dean E. Smith Records the last two games. The five seniors have combined to play in UNC’s Biggest Margin of Defeat - Jan. 12 against Clemson, he recorded his 563 career games. - 22 (84-62) by Wake Forest (Jan. 5, 2002) first career double-double (11 points, 13 rebounds). Career Games Played/WFU History His 13 rebounds against the Tigers were the Rk. Player (Years) Games Navy 1. Tim Duncan (1994-1997) 128 Most Three-Point Field Goals by most single-game rebounds by any Deacon 2. Robert O’Kelley (1998-01) 127 an Opponent -- 12 by Wake player this season. 3. Josh Shoemaker (1998-01) 126 Forest (Jan. 7, 2002) His numbers in ACC games (7.0 points and 4. Danny Young (1981-1984) 122 5.6 rebounds per game) are higher than his Tony Rutland (1995-98) 122 stats in non-league games. 6. Anthony Teachey (1981-84) 121 He had seven points and three rebounds at 7. Frank Johnson (1977-81) 120 No. 1 Duke on Saturday. (1991, 93-95) 120 9. Tyrone Bogues (1984-87) 119 Vytas Danelius Rafael Vidaurreta (1998-01) 119 11. Lee Garber (1982-85) 116 Category First 12 Games Last 6 Games 12. Broderick Hicks (1998- ) 115 Minutes Per Game 14.1 17.8 Trelonnie Owens (1991-94) 115 Points Per Game 6.0 7.0 Jerry Braswell (1995-98) 115 Double-Figure Scoring 2 2 15. Darius Songaila (1998- ) 114 Free Throw Percentage 60.9 66.7 nr. Antwan Scott (1998- ) 113 Rebounds Per Game 3.6 5.0 Craig Dawson (1998- ) 112 Total Turnovers 11 2 Ervin Murray (1998- ) 109 Total Steals 2 3

8 Beating The Skip-Isms Skip Prosser’s Milestone Victories Highly-Ranked Unusual sayings from Wake Over the last Win Date Site Result Forest head coach Skip Prosser: eight seasons, Wake 1 Nov. 29, 1993 Williamsburg, VA Loyola (MD) 97, William & Mary 84 Forest has defeated 25 Dec. 28, 1994 Cincinnati, OH Xavier 77, UMBC 58 "He's still built like Ichabod 50 Feb. 20, 1996 Cincinnati, OH Xavier 102, Dayton 95 12 teams ranked in Crane. And that's not going to 75 March 2, 1997 Blacksburg, VA Xavier 81, Virginia Tech 72 change, maybe ever, but cer- the top 10. That 100 Nov. 21, 1998 Cincinnati, OH Xavier 90, Chicago State 50 tainly not until he matures a lit- includes wins last 125 Nov. 25, 1999 Anchorage, AL Xavier 81, Louisville 79 tle bit and gets in a weight room season over No. 3 150 Dec. 14, 2000 Cincinnati, OH Xavier 69, Cincinnati 67 and all that." (on Jamaal Levy) - Kansas and No. 8 175 Jan. 2, 2002 Winston-Salem, NC Wake Forest 67, Richmond 52 Winston-Salem Journal Virginia. 12/18/01 ball team, joined Wake’s squad Dec. 6 as a walk- Recent Wake Wins Vs. Top 10 Teams "Defensively we haven't been on. Montgomery was a standout basketball Opponent Site Date Result player at Wilmington’s Laney High School -- the the Russians at Stalingrad, but No. 8 Virginia H Jan. 2, 2001 W, 96-73 offense, I think, is really what No. 3 Kansas H Dec. 7, 2000 W, 84-53 same school that produced . hurt us more in the (games) we No. 4 Maryland H Jan. 31, 1999 W, 85-72 In Wake’s Oct. 26 Black/Gold scrimmage lost." - Winston-Salem Journal No. 7 Clemson H Feb. 12, 1997 W, 55-49 game, Craig Dawson canned a remarkable 11 12/7/01 No. 7 Maryland A Feb. 1, 1997 W, 74-69 consecutive shots, including nine from three- No. 2 Clemson A Jan. 23, 1997 W, 65-62 point range, without a miss. Dawson scored 43 "I think I would be foolhardy to No. 10 Duke A Jan. 11, 1997 W, 81-69 points in the game. hang crepe on a win like this." - No. 7 Utah A Dec. 31, 1996 W, 70-59 Greg Kerr, sports anchor at WFMY-TV, News & Record 11/29/01 No. 4 N. Carolina N March 12, 1995 W, 82-80ot swished five three-pointers in 30 seconds to win No. 2 N. Carolina A Feb. 28, 1995 W, 79-70 "I wish we had more time to No. 7 Maryland H Feb. 15, 1995 W, 63-54 the second annual Wake Forest Media Halftime practice. It's like the Robert No. 5 N. Carolina H March 2, 1994 W, 68-61 Shootout Dec. 19. Frost poem: We've got miles to Senior Ervin Murray will celebrate his 22nd go before we sleep." - The Miscellaneous Deacon Items birthday on Jan. 27, one day after Wake hosts Charlotte Observer 11/21/01 Georgia Tech. Reserve sophomore guard A.W. Hamilton announced Dec. 28 that he will transfer to "All kids love to play that style. Wake’s Dino Gaudio A Fashion Marshall. Even Clydesdales think they're Statement Secretariat." - Basketball America Wake Forest has played three games this October 2001 season at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Wake Forest assistant coach Dino Gaudio is The Deacons beat Fresno State before losing to one of the best-dressed coaches in college bas- "It tests your mettle. My father Syracuse in the Preseason NIT finals on Nov. 21 ketball, according to College Insider.com. That used to say, 'You don't get sharp and Nov. 23. Wake lost to St. John’s on Dec. 22. Website ranks Gaudio as the 7th-ranked best- teeth by eating oatmeal.'" - Seniors Broderick Hicks and Darius Songaila dressed assistant. News & Record 8/16/01 are serving as team co-captains in 2001-02. “No coach has better posture than the distin- With a 79-78 win over UNC-Wilmington guished Dino. He brings the CEO-look to the "I think our guys have to learn Nov. 12, Wake Forest is 69-28 all-time in season Wake Forest bench,” the Website’s author how to extricate themselves wrote. from difficult situations." openers. The Deacons haven’t lost a season - Old Gold & Black opener since losing at Alaska-Anchorage in the Songaila A Candidate 11/29/01 opening round of the 1993 Great Alaska Shootout. Darius Songaila is one of 30 candidates for the “We have 10 guys on scholar- Wake Forest added three walk-ons to the first annual Senior CLASS Award, presented in ship. The dog may bark, but the roster in October: Alan Williams (6-3), Brett April by the Kansas City Club. caravan moves on.” Hickman (6-6) and Walt Chancellor (6-1). - Winston-Salem Journal R.D. Montgomery, a 6-6, 231-pound red- 1/16/02 shirt freshman linebacker on the Deacon foot-

Quotebook Wake Forest vs. Maryland Career Statistics “He (Josh Howard) created a big Wake Forest problem for me. I threw him a Player GP-GS MP FG-A 3PT-A FT-A REB AVG PF A TO BS ST PTS AVG head fake, and he didn’t go for Songaila 7-6 179 30-64 0-4 27-34 51 7.3 21 6 18 2 4 87 12.4 it. I tried to step through (the Howard 5-4 147 20-46 2-11 17-26 30 6.0 9 8 12 5 10 59 11.8 trap), and he’s so long, he’s like Dawson 7-3 134 16-46 9-27 5-5 17 2.4 3 10 7 1 2 46 6.6 everywhere.” Hicks 7-1 113 12-34 4-17 9-13 16 2.3 22 7 12 0 5 37 5.3 -- UNC’s Melvin Scott Scott 7-0 82 12-3 0-1 6-8 14 2.0 4 0 4 4 2 30 4.3 Murray 7-5 146 9-19 1-2 6-8 23 3.3 12 15 10 1 6 25 3.6 “Darius Songaila has a scorer’s mentality. He’s a very skilled Maryland post player. He has great hands, Player GP-GS MP FG-A 3PT-A FT-A REB AVG PF A TO BS ST PTS AVG he catches everything. He’s Dixon 7-5 195 48-98 15-33 21-25 32 4.6 18 20 15 1 22 132 18.9 excellent at using either hand Baxter 7-5 157 40-68 0-0 6-17 61 8.7 21 0 10 7 3 86 12.3 around the basket. Darius Blake 5-5 163 13-33 6-16 2-2 10 2.0 6 33 19 0 3 34 6.8 Songaila is a weapon. When you Mouton 2-2 42 4-13 1-1 3-4 5 2.5 7 1 0 1 1 12 6.0 combine him with Josh Howard, Holden 5-0 72 7-18 3-8 11-17 17 3.4 11 7 3 4 0 28 5.6 Wake Forest is very solid. They’re Wilcox 3-0 34 2-4 0-0 6-6 6 2.0 8 2 1 5 2 10 3.3 going to be a factor in the ACC. Nicholas 5-0 67 5-1 2-7 1-2 7 1.4 9 6 4 1 0 13 2.6 -- Jay Bilas, ESPN McCall 2-0 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.0

9 2001-02 Wake Forest Roster

Alphabetical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Hometown (Previous School) 2 Walt Chancellor G 6-1 167 So. Houston, TX (Churchill) 13 Vytas Danelius F 6-8 228 Fr. Kaunas, Lithuania (Indianapolis {IN} Park Tudor) 42 Craig Dawson*** G 6-5 211 Sr. Kinston, NC (Kinston) 4 Taron Downey G 6-2 171 Fr. Oxford, NC (Fork Union Military Academy) 30 Brett Hickman F 6-6 210 Sr. Rock Hill, SC (Northwestern HS) 3 Broderick Hicks*** G 6-1 171 Sr. Houston, TX (Strake Jesuit) 5 Josh Howard** F 6-6 198 Jr. Winston-Salem, NC (Hargrave Academy) 33 Steve Lepore G 6-5 199 Jr. North Olmsted, OH (Northwestern University) 10 Jamaal Levy F 6-9 177 Fr. Panama City, Panama (Berkshire {FL} Academy) 44 R.D. Montgomery F 6-6 231 r-Fr. Wilmington, NC (Laney) 31 Ervin Murray*** G 6-5 189 Sr. Wallace, NC (Wallace-Rose Hill) 53 # Dshamal Schoetz C 7-0 263 r-Fr. Cottbus, Germany (High Point Wesleyan Academy) 34 Antwan Scott*** F 6-8 205 Sr. New Bern, NC (Oak Hill Academy) 25 Darius Songaila*** F 6-9 248 Sr. Marijampole, Lithuania (New Hampton) 20 Alan Williams G 6-3 177 So. Memphis, TN (Briarcrest Christian) * letters won / # will sit out 2001-02 season with injury

Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Ppg. Rpg. Hometown (Previous School) 2 Walt Chancellor G 6-1 167 So. Houston, TX (Churchill) 3 Broderick Hicks*** G 6-1 171 Sr. Houston, TX (Strake Jesuit) 4 Taron Downey G 6-2 171 Fr. Oxford, NC (Fork Union Military Academy) 5 Josh Howard** F 6-6 198 Jr. Winston-Salem, NC (Hargrave Academy) 10 Jamaal Levy F 6-9 177 Fr. Panama City, Panama (Berkshire {FL} Academy) 13 Vytas Danelius F 6-8 228 Fr. Kaunas, Lithuania (Indianapolis {IN} Park Tudor) 20 Alan Williams G 6-3 177 So. Memphis, TN (Briarcrest Christian) 25 Darius Songaila*** F 6-9 248 Sr. Marijampole, Lithuania (New Hampton) 30 Brett Hickman F 6-6 210 Sr. Rock Hill, SC (Northwestern HS) 31 Ervin Murray*** G 6-5 189 Sr. Wallace, NC (Wallace-Rose Hill) 33 Steve Lepore G 6-5 199 Jr. North Olmsted, OH (Northwestern University) 34 Antwan Scott*** F 6-8 205 Sr. New Bern, NC (Oak Hill Academy) 42 Craig Dawson*** G 6-5 211 Sr. Kinston, NC (Kinston) 44 R.D. Montgomery F 6-6 231 r-Fr. Wilmington, NC (Laney) 53 # Dshamal Schoetz C 7-0 263 r-Fr. Cottbus, Germany (High Point Wesleyan Academy) * letters won / # will sit out 2001-02 season with injury

Head Coach - Skip Prosser (Merchant Marine Academy ‘72); 1st year at Wake Forest Assistants - Jeff Battle (Marshall ‘85), Dino Gaudio (Ohio ‘81), Chris Mack (Xavier ‘92) Director of Basketball Operations - Pat Kelsey (Xavier ‘98)

10 2001-02 Wake Forest Basketball Statistics Overall: 13-5 ACC: 3-2 Home: 9-0 Neutral: 1-1 Away: 3-4

REBOUNDS # Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AVG 25 Songaila, Darius 18 18 530 29.4 97 186 .522 3 7 .429 102 123 .829 32 104 136 7.6 55 2 49 62 19 25 299 16.6 05 Howard, Josh 18 18 490 27.2 105 203 .517 13 39 .333 31 50 .620 68 74 142 7.9 54 1 33 43 18 27 254 14.1 42 Dawson, Craig 18 18 495 27.5 72 173 .416 50 122 .410 11 14 .786 7 38 45 2.5 34 1 45 24 0 9 205 11.4 34 Scott, Antwan 18 18 519 28.8 75 136 .551 1 3 .333 38 55 .691 36 58 94 5.2 25 0 11 21 31 20 189 10.5 03 Hicks, Broderick 18 18 417 23.2 54 134 .403 22 71 .310 23 31 .742 5 35 40 2.2 43 2 60 50 3 17 153 8.5 13 Danelius, Vytas 18 0 276 15.3 46 73 .630 0 2 .000 22 35 .629 31 42 73 4.1 34 0 6 13 12 5 114 6.3 33 Lepore, Steve 18 0 233 12.9 30 83 .361 15 59 .254 9 11 .818 21 29 50 2.8 26 0 20 15 3 5 84 4.7 04 Downey, Taron 18 0 199 11.1 22 55 .400 9 29 .310 3 5 .600 3 18 21 1.2 11 0 20 17 2 3 56 3.1 11 Hamilton, A.W. 4 0 30 7.5 4 6 .667 2 2 1.000 2 2 1.000 0 8 8 2.0 7 0 5 5 0 0 12 3.0 10 Levy, Jamaal 16 0 172 10.8 17 41 .415 2 11 .182 8 18 .444 14 27 41 2.6 19 0 9 7 5 5 44 2.8 30 Hickman, Brett 4 0 11 2.8 4 8 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 2 1 3 0.8 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 2.3 31 Murray, Ervin 16 0 201 12.6 5 19 .263 1 6 .167 9 13 .692 8 9 17 1.1 22 0 36 18 3 12 20 1.3 20 Williams, Alan 4 0 10 2.5 0 4 .000 0 1 .000 1 2 .500 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0.3 44 Montgomery, R.D. 1 0 4 4.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 02 Chancellor, Walt 4 0 8 2.0 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 4 4 1.0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 TM TEAM...... 31 28 59 3.3 0 2 Total...... 18 531 1124 .472 119 354 .336 259 359 .721 259 476 735 40.8 335 6 295 282 97 129 1440 80.0 Opponents...... 18 462 1123 .411 116 356 .326 231 359 .643 258 390 648 36.0 342 - 240 284 48 149 1271 70.6

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total Wake Forest 755 686 1441 Opponents 610 664 1274

DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF TOTAL Wake Forest 40 1 41 Opponents 56 1 57

11 Wake Forest’s ACC Basketball Statistics Record: 3-2 Home: 2-0 Away: 1-2

REBOUNDS # Player GP GS Min Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts AVG 05 Howard, Josh 5 5 118 23.6 33 62 .532 3 13 .231 14 16 .875 19 18 37 7.4 15 1 12 9 6 9 83 16.6 25 Songaila, Darius 5 5 144 28.8 28 61 .459 1 3 .333 22 26 .846 10 24 34 6.8 19 1 18 14 4 8 79 15.8 34 Scott, Antwan 5 5 137 27.4 23 41 .561 1 2 .500 8 14 .571 10 14 24 4.8 8 0 3 7 4 7 55 11.0 42 Dawson, Craig 5 5 144 28.8 18 46 .391 9 29 .310 2 2 1.000 3 9 12 2.4 11 0 9 5 0 3 47 9.4 03 Hicks, Broderick 5 5 88 17.6 17 35 .486 6 17 .353 2 3 .667 0 5 5 1.0 13 0 13 9 0 6 42 8.4 13 Danelius, Vytas 5 0 83 16.6 13 21 .619 0 1 .000 9 15 .600 12 16 28 5.6 9 0 2 3 1 3 35 7.0 10 Levy, Jamaal 5 0 70 14.0 12 20 .600 2 4 .500 5 12 .417 5 10 15 3.0 6 0 2 2 1 2 31 6.2 33 Lepore, Steve 5 0 81 16.2 11 26 .423 6 19 .316 3 3 1.000 9 15 24 4.8 5 0 4 3 2 1 31 6.2 04 Downey, Taron 5 0 88 17.6 9 25 .360 2 12 .167 1 2 .500 3 6 9 1.8 3 0 11 7 0 1 21 4.2 30 Hickman, Brett 1 0 2 2.0 1 2 .500 1 1 1.000 0 0 .000 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.0 44 Montgomery, R.D. 1 0 4 4.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 1 1 2 2.0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 02 Chancellor, Walt 1 0 3 3.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 2 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 20 Williams, Alan 1 0 2 2.0 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 11 Hamilton, A.W. 1 0 3 3.0 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 31 Murray, Ervin 4 0 33 8.3 0 2 .000 0 1 .000 0 0 .000 1 2 3 0.8 3 0 6 6 1 2 0 0.0 TM TEAM...... 5 5 10 2.0 0 1 Total...... 5 165 344 .480 31 102 .304 66 93 .710 78 128 206 41.2 95 2 81 68 20 42 427 85.4 Opponents...... 5 142 324 .438 35 96 .365 59 95 .621 78 118 196 39.2 89 - 71 91 12 34 378 75.6

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total Wake Forest 232 195 427 Opponents 201 177 378

DEADBALL REBOUNDS: OFF DEF TOTAL Wake Forest 9 1 10 Opponents 10 1 11

12 2001-02 Wake Forest Basketball Results

Date Opponent W/L Score Record WFU High Scorer OPP High Scorer High Rebounds High Assists Attendance 11’12 # UNC-WILMINGTON W 79-78 1-0 Craig Dawson . . .23 Brett Blizzard . . .26 Darius Songaila . .7 Ervin Murray . . . .7 8,474 11/16 # at Arkansas W 76-71 2-0 Josh Howard . . .16 Jannero Pargo . .19 Darius Songaila . .10 Hicks/Dawson . . .4 17,820 11/18 ELON W 87-67 3-0 Darius Songaila . .27 Brendon Rowell .20 Josh Howard . . .12 Broderick Hicks . .5 5,752 11/21 (23) #vs. Fresno State W 62-61 4-0 Scott/Hicks . . . . .14 . . . . .16 Josh Howard . . .11 Howard/Hicks . . .4 6,837 11/23 (18) #vs. Syracuse L 67-74 4-1 Darius Songaila . .16 DeShaun Williams 23 Darius Songaila . .10 Hicks/Murray . . . .5 7,891 11/27 % MINNESOTA W 85-79 5-1 Darius Songaila . .23 Dusty Rychart . .22 Darius Songaila . .10 Hicks/Murray . . . .4 9,227 12/4 (4) at Kansas L 76-83 5-2 Antwan Scott . . .13 . . .16 Craig Dawson . . . .6 Steve Lepore . . . .4 (c) 16,300 12/7 S. CAROLINA STATE W 115-75 6-2 Darius Songaila . .25 Andre Riviera . . .24 Darius Songaila . .10 Darius Songaila . .5 7,694 12/16 *FLORIDA STATE W 93-72 7-2/1-0 Darius Songaila . .29 Monte Cummings 16 Josh Howard . . . .8 Darius Songaila . .5 9,833 12/19 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W 89-60 8-2/1-0 Josh Howard . . .21 Bryan Martin . . .15 Howard/Levy . . . .6 Broderick Hicks . .8 7,839 12/22 at St. John’s L 60-72 8-3/1-0 Darius Songaila . .17 Marcus Hatten . .26 Howard/Songaila 10 Craig Dawson . . .4 12,072 12/29 (19) MARQUETTE W 64-59 9-3/1-0 Broderick Hicks . .14 Dwayne Wade . .22 Josh Howard . . .11 Craig Dawson . . .5 11,865 1/2 RICHMOND W 67-52 10-3/1-0 Darius Songaila . .19 Reggie Brown . .19 Josh Howard . . .12 Songaila/Hicks . . .3 7,498 1/5 *at North Carolina W 84-62 11-3/2-0 Josh Howard . . .20 Jason Capel . . . .13 Antwan Scott . . .10 Darius Songaila . .5 (c) 21,293 1/7 at Navy W 87-65 12-3/2-0 Craig Dawson . . .21 Jehiel Lewis . . . .14 Darius Songaila . .12 Craig Dawson . . .6 3,551 1/12 *CLEMSON W 96-55 13-3/3-0 Antwan Scott . . .17 Jamar McKnight .13 Vytas Danelius . .13 Broderick Hicks . .4 12,139 1/15 (10) *at Virginia L 74-86 13-4/3-1 Josh Howard . . .19 Roger Mason, Jr. 25 Josh Howard . . . .8 Broderick Hicks . .4 (c) 8,392 1/19 (1) *at Duke L 80-103 13-5/3-2 Darius Songaila . .16 Jason Williams . .23 Darius Songaila . .10 Taron Downey . . .5 (c) 9,314 1/23 (3) *MARYLAND 1/26 *GEORGIA TECH 1/30 *at NC State 2/2 *at Florida State 2/6 *NORTH CAROLINA 2/9 CINCINNATI 2/13 *at Clemson 2/17 *VIRGINIA 2/21 *DUKE 2/24 *at Maryland 2/27 *at Georgia Tech 3/2 *NC STATE 3/7-10 ^ ACC Tournament

CAPS home game # Preseason NIT % ACC/Big Ten Challenge ^ ACC Tournament at Charlotte, NC * ACC game

13 2001-02 Wake Forest Basketball Superlatives Individual Wake Forest Opponents Points scored 29, Darius Songaila vs. Florida State (12.16) 26, Brett Blizzard of UNCW (11.12) 26, Marcus Hatten of St. John’s (12.22) Points scored/half 19 (1st), Darius Songaila vs. SC State (12.7) 21 (2nd), Marcus Hatten of St. John’s (12.22) Offensive rebounds 8, Josh Howard vs. Elon (11.18) 8, Dusty Rychart of Minnesota (11.27) 8, Travis Watson of Virginia (1.15) Defensive rebounds 12, Darius Songaila at Navy (1.7) 12, Carlos Boozer of Duke (1.19) Total rebounds 13, Vytas Danelius vs. Clemson (1.12) 18, Carlos Boozer of Duke (1.19) Field goals 11, Darius Songaila vs. Elon (11.18) 10, Dwayne Wade of Marquette (12.29) Field goal attempts 18, Darius Songaila vs. Florida State (12.16) 24, Dwayne Wade of Marquette (12.29) Field goal percentage (min. 6 made) .875 (7-8), Darius Songaila vs. SC State (12.7) .857 (6-7), Chris Williams of Virginia (1.15) (min. 10 made) .846 (11-13), Darius Songaila vs. Elon (11.18) .417 (10-24), Dwayne Wade of Marquette (12.29) 3-Point field goals 7, Craig Dawson at Navy (1.7) 7, Roger Mason, Jr. of Virginia (1.15) 3-Point field goal attempts 11, Craig Dawson at Navy (1.7) 13, Roger Mason, Jr. of Virginia (1.15) 3-Point FG percentage (min. 4 made) .667 (4-6), Craig Dawson vs. Elon (11.18) .833 (5-6), Brett Blizzard of UNCW (11.12) Free throws 13, Darius Songaila vs. Minnesota (11.27) 10, Andre Riviera of SC State (12.7) 10, Travis Watson of Virginia (1.15) Free throw attempts 13, Darius Songaila vs. Minnesota (11.27) 13, Andre Riviera of SC State (12.7) 13, Darius Songaila vs. Richmond (1.2) Free throw percentage (min. 6 made) 1.000 (13-13), Darius Songaila vs. Minnesota (11.27) 1.000 (9-9), Brendon Rowell of Elon (11.18) Assists 8, Broderick Hicks vs. St. Francis (12.19) 8, Matt Mitchell of Fresno State (11.21) Steals 5, Josh Howard at North Carolina (1.5) 6, Dionisio Gomez of Arkansas (11.16) 6, DeShaun Williams of Syracuse (11.23) Turnovers 9, Darius Songaila vs. Richmond (1.2) 8, of Kansas (12.4) Blocked shots 4, Antwan Scott at Kansas (12.4) 3, Nick Collison of Kansas (12.4) 4, Vytas Danelius vs. SC State (12.7) 3, Ray Henderson of Clemson (1.12) 4, Darius Songaila at St. John’s (12.22) Minutes played (regulation) 39, Darius Songaila at St. John’s (12.22) 40, Kueth Duany of Syracuse (11.23) Minutes played (ot game) 0

Wake Forest High Wake Forest Low Team Opponent High Opponent Low 115 vs. SC State (12.7) 60 at St. John’s (12.22) Points Scored 103 by Duke (1.19) 52 by Richmond (1.2) 59 (2nd) vs. SC State (12.7) 21 (2nd) vs. Fresno State (11.21) Points In One Half 61 (1st) by Duke (1.19) 21 (2nd) by Richmond (1.2) 41 (96-55) vs. Clemson (1.12) 1 (79-78) vs. UNCW (11.12) Victory Margin 23 (103-80) by Duke (1.19) 7 (74-67) by Syracuse (11.23) 1 (62-61) vs. Fresno State (11.21) 7 (83-76) by Kansas (12.4) 36 vs. SC State (12.7) 20 at St. John’s (12.22) Field Goals 37 by Duke (1.19) 19 by St. Francis (12.19) 36 vs. St. Francis (12.19) 76 at N. Carolina (1.5) 49 vs. Richmond (1.2) Field Goal Attempts 75 by SC State (12.7) 51 by UNCW (11.12) 51 by St. Francis (12.19) .581 vs. SC State (12.7) .377 at St. John’s (12.22) Field Goal Percentage .536 by Duke (1.19) .303 by Richmond (1.2) .692 (2nd) at Navy (1.7) .237 (2nd) vs. Fresno St. (11.21) Single-Half FG Percentage .630 (1st) by Florida St. (12.16) .211 (1st) by Navy (1.7) 12 at Navy (1.7) 3 at Duke (1.19) 3-Point Field Goals 11 by Duke (1.19) 3, five times 25 vs. Minnesota (11.27) 14 vs. Richmond (1.2) 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 34 by Richmond (1.2) 10 by Kansas (12.4) 25 at Virginia (1.15) .563 vs. SC State (12.7) .188 at Duke (1.19) 3-Point Field Goal Percentage .692 by UNCW (11.12) .143 by Fresno State (11.21) 34 vs. SC State (12.7) 3 vs. Fresno State (11.21) Free Throws 21 by Arkansas (11.16) 4 by Clemson (1.12) 21 by St. John’s (12.22) 46 vs. SC State (12.7) 8 vs. Fresno State (11.21) Free Throw Attempts 40 by Kansas (12.4) 8 by Richmond (1.2) .857 vs. Minnesota (11.27) .375 vs. Fresno State (11.21) Free Throw Percentage .909 by Navy (1.7) .222 by Clemson (1.12) .909 by Virginia (1.15) 21 vs. Minnesota (11.27) 9 at Arkansas (11.16) Offensive Rebounds 24 by Clemson (1.12) 6 by Syracuse (11.23) 37 vs. SC State (12.7) 18 at Virginia (1.15) Defensive Rebounds 30 by Kansas (12.4) 12 by Richmond (1.2) 37 vs. Clemson (1.12) 56 vs. Clemson (1.12) 31 vs. UNCW (11.12) Total Rebounds 48 by Clemson (1.12) 24 by Richmond (1.2) 27 at Kansas (12.4) 10 vs. Richmond (1.2) Personal Fouls 31 by SC State (12.7) 14 by Fresno State (11.21) 2 at Kansas (12.4) 0, 13 times DQs 3 by Arkansas (11.16) 0, 12 times 3 by SC State (12.7) 24 vs. SC State (12.7) 10 at St. John’s (12.22) Assists 20 by Syracuse (11.23) 7 by St. John’s (12.22) 21 vs. Elon (11.18) 9 vs. Fresno State (11.21) Turnovers 22 by Florida State (12.16) 7 by Richmond (1.2) 21 vs. Richmond (1.2) 10 vs. SC State (12.7) 2, three times Blocked Shots 6 by Elon (11.18) 0 by Navy (1.7) 0 by Duke (1.19) 11 at N. Carolina (1.5) 3 vs. Richmond (1.2) Steals 14 by Syracuse (11.23) 5 by Elon (11.18) 11 vs. Clemson (1.12) 5 by Fresno State (11.21) 5, four times 3, six times Double-Figure Scorers 6 by Kansas (12.4) 1 by Marquette (12.29) 1 by Navy (1.7)

14 Game-By-Game Statistics Wake Forest Opponent Result Halftime FG-FGA PCT 3PT-3PA PCT FT-FTA PCT O D REB PF A TO BS ST Bench UNC-WILMINGTON W, 79-78 41-35 28-52 .538 9-20 .450 14-20 .700 12 19 31 20-1 17 19 5 9 12 at Arkansas W, 76-71 39-36 25-51 .490 6-18 .333 20-32 .625 9 31 40 23-0 14 17 3 7 13 ELON W, 87-67 48-34 35-68 .515 6-21 .286 11-15 .733 19 26 45 17-0 19 21 5 10 25 vs. Fresno State W, 62-61 41-30 26-68 .382 7-19 .368 3-8 .375 15 24 39 16-0 19 9 4 8 5 vs. Syracuse L, 67-74 35-32 26-63 .413 5-21 .238 10-13 .769 18 26 44 19-0 14 19 2 5 9 MINNESOTA W, 85-79 36-39 28-67 .418 5-25 .200 24-28 .857 21 24 45 15-1 16 12 9 8 9 at Kansas L, 76-83 30-41 29-70 .414 6-18 .333 12-18 .667 14 21 35 27-2 13 17 8 10 20 SC STATE W, 115-75 56-24 36-62 .581 9-16 .563 34-46 .739 14 37 51 26-0 24 16 10 6 49 FLORIDA STATE W, 93-72 43-38 34-61 .557 7-19 .368 18-24 .750 13 21 34 19-0 15 15 2 10 23 ST. FRANCIS (PA) W, 89-60 49-28 36-64 .563 7-20 .350 10-16 .625 14 24 38 16-0 18 14 6 6 28 at St. John’s L, 60-72 30-28 20-53 .377 4-16 .250 16-21 .762 11 28 39 20-0 10 20 7 4 3 MARQUETTE W, 64-59 39-26 21-54 .389 6-21 .286 16-21 .762 10 26 36 15-0 15 15 8 4 7 RICHMOND W, 67-52 42-31 25-49 .510 6-14 .429 11-13 .846 13 35 48 10-0 15 21 5 3 17 at North Carolina W, 84-62 48-34 35-76 .461 5-22 .227 9-13 .692 18 30 48 16-0 18 13 5 11 25 at Navy W, 87-65 37-25 31-59 .525 12-23 .522 13-17 .765 11 29 39 16-0 20 14 5 7 23 CLEMSON W, 96-55 53-27 35-73 .479 9-20 .450 17-26 .654 19 37 56 20-0 23 14 8 11 26 at Virginia L, 74-86 39-41 28-66 .424 7-25 .280 11-14 .786 15 18 33 19-1 12 15 3 6 17 at Duke L, 80-103 49-61 33-68 .485 3-16 .188 11-16 .688 13 22 35 21-1 13 11 2 4 30 MARYLAND GEORGIA TECH at NC State at Florida State NORTH CAROLINA CINCINNATI at Clemson VIRGINIA DUKE at Maryland at Georgia Tech NC STATE ACC Tournament

Opponents Opponent Result Halftime FG-FGA PCT 3PT-3PA PCT FT-FTA PCT O D REB PF A TO BS ST Bench UNC-WILMINGTON L, 78-79 35-41 27-51 .529 9-13 .692 15-20 .750 9 16 25 19-1 16 17 1 9 20 at Arkansas L, 71-76 36-39 21-59 .356 8-32 .250 21-34 .618 13 22 35 24-3 12 15 1 9 39 ELON L, 67-87 34-48 24-66 .364 3-13 .231 16-22 .727 18 17 35 17-0 11 17 6 5 25 vs. Fresno State L, 61-62 30-41 26-62 .419 3-21 .143 6-15 .400 16 28 44 14-0 18 14 4 5 9 vs. Syracuse W, 74-67 35-32 27-54 .500 7-18 .389 13-21 .619 6 20 26 15-0 20 13 3 14 4 MINNESOTA L, 79-85 39-36 30-73 .411 9-26 .346 10-12 .833 20 21 41 23-0 9 11 2 7 13 at Kansas W, 83-76 41-30 30-58 .517 3-10 .300 20-40 .500 16 30 46 18-0 18 19 4 11 17 SC STATE L, 75-115 24-56 27-75 .360 3-15 .200 18-29 .621 18 18 36 31-3 10 15 2 7 33 FLORIDA STATE L, 72-93 38-43 29-58 .500 4-14 .286 10-17 .588 13 19 32 21-1 15 22 3 6 16 ST. FRANCIS (PA) L, 60-89 28-49 19-51 .373 10-21 .476 12-18 .667 11 18 29 15-0 11 19 4 7 21 at St. John’s W, 72-60 28-30 22-58 .379 7-20 .350 21-27 .778 13 26 39 20-0 7 16 3 11 27 MARQUETTE L, 59-64 26-39 23-60 .383 6-16 .375 7-10 .700 13 25 38 20-1 14 16 4 10 13 RICHMOND L, 52-67 31-42 20-66 .303 6-34 .176 6-8 .750 12 12 24 18-0 11 7 2 9 10 at North Carolina L, 62-84 34-48 24-66 .364 7-27 .259 7-12 .583 15 26 41 15-0 12 21 3 8 31 at Navy L, 65-87 25-37 24-66 .364 7-21 .333 10-11 .909 15 19 34 19-0 12 14 0 11 25 CLEMSON L, 55-96 27-53 24-74 .324 3-12 .250 4-18 .222 24 24 48 21-1 8 21 4 7 25 at Virginia W, 86-74 41-39 28-57 .491 10-18 .556 20-22 .909 12 25 37 16-0 17 19 2 6 18 at Duke W, 103-80 61-49 37-69 .536 11-25 .440 18-25 .720 14 24 38 16-0 19 8 0 7 9 MARYLAND GEORGIA TECH at NC State at Florida State NORTH CAROLINA CINCINNATI at Clemson VIRGINIA DUKE at Maryland at Georgia Tech NC STATE ACC Tournament

15 Miscellaneous Statistics

Wake Forest’s Record When... WFU Starting Lineups (W-L) At home 9-0 Forward Forward Center Guard Guard W-L On road 3-4 Howard Songaila Scott Dawson Hicks 13-5 At neutral sites 1-1 In overtime 0-0 In games decided by 3 points or less 2-0 Attendance G Total Average Double-Doubles In games decided by 3-5 points 3-0 Home 9 80,321 8,925 Darius Songaila 7 In games decided by 6-10 points 0-2 Away 7 88,742 12,678 Josh Howard 4 In games decided by 10-20 points 2-2 Neutral 2 14,728 7,364 Vytas Danelius 1 In games decided by 20-plus points 6-1 Total 18 183,791 10,211 Scoring first 10-1 Four-Point Plays Leading at half 12-2 Miscellaneous WFU Opponents none Tied at half 0-0 3-second violations 1 1 TOTALS 0 Trailing at half 1-3 5-second violations 3 0 Opponents 1 Leading with 10:00 remaining 12-1 10-second violations 0 1 Trailing with 10:00 remaining 1-4 Lane violations 3 2 Technical Foul Free Throws Leading with 5:00 remaining 12-0 Defensive goal tending 2 2 Wake Forest 5-6 Trailing with 5:00 remaining 1-5 Shot clock expired 3 8 Opponents 3-4 WFU shoots 50% or better 7-0 4-point plays 0 1 WFU shoots less than 50% 6-5 Jump balls controlled 17 11 Dunks WFU shoots better than opponent 12-0 Technical fouls (players) 2 1 Antwan Scott 41 Opponent shoots 50% or better 2-3 Technical fouls (bench) 1 2 Josh Howard 13 Opponent shoots less than 50% 11-2 Vytas Danelius 8 WFU out-rebounds opponent 11-1 Double-Figure Scoring Darius Songaila 4 Opponent out-rebounds WFU 2-3 Darius Songaila 17 Jamaal Levy 2 WFU shoots 70% or better from FT line 8-3 Josh Howard 14 Broderick Hicks 2 WFU has more FT attempts 8-0 Antwan Scott 11 Taron Downey 1 Opponent has more FT attempts 4-5 Craig Dawson 10 TOTALS 71 WFU shoots 40% or better from 3-pt range 5-0 Broderick Hicks 8 Opponents 43 WFU has more turnovers than opponent 6-3 Vytas Danelius 4 WFU has less turnovers than opponent 6-2 Steve Lepore 3 Charges Drawn WFU scores 90-plus points 3-0 Jamaal Levy 2 Broderick Hicks 10 WFU scores 80-89 points 5-1 Taron Downey 1 Josh Howard 6 WFU scores 70-79 points 2-2 Ervin Murray 2 WFU scores 60-69 points 3-2 Double-Figure Rebounding Jamaal Levy 2 WFU scores 50-59 points 0-0 Darius Songaila 7 Craig Dawson 2 Opponent scores 90-plus points 0-1 Josh Howard 5 Darius Songaila 2 Opponent scores 80-89 points 0-2 Antwan Scott 1 Steve Lepore 2 Opponent scores 70-79 points 5-2 Vytas Danelius 1 Antwan Scott 1 Opponent scores 60-69 points 5-0 TOTALS 27 Opponent scores 50-59 points 3-0 Double-Figure Assists Opponents 21 Opponent scores less than 50 points 0-0 none On Mondays 2-0 Games Missed Because Of On Tuesdays 1-2 Injury/Illness On Wednesdays 3-0 None On Thursdays 0-0 On Fridays 2-1 On Saturdays 3-2 On Sundays 2-0 In November 5-1 In December 4-2 In January 4-2 In February 0-0 In March 0-0 Wearing white uniforms 5-1 Wearing gold uniforms 4-0 Wearing black uniforms 4-4 On ESPN or ESPN 2 4-3 On ABC 0-1 On CBS 0-0 On Fox Sports/Fox Net South 2-0 On Raycom-Jefferson Pilot 2-1

Miscellaneous Streaks Current streak Lost 2 Homecourt streak Won 9 Neutral court streak Lost 1 Road streak Lost 2 Consecutive games with a 3-point field goal 273 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AP poll 8 Consecutive weeks ranked in the ESPN/USA poll 8

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