Wake Forest (12-11/1-9 Acc) Vs. Charlotte
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Game No. 24 / Lawrence Joel Coliseum Demon Deacons Renew Non-Conference Rivalry With Surging Charlotte Wake Forest (12-11/1-9 acc) vs. Wake Forest and Charlotte jump out of their respective conference Charlotte (14-8/7-3 atlantic 10) schedules Saturday to meet for the first time in nearly 20 years at Tip-Off: 3:30 p.m. Lawrence Joel Coliseum (3:30 p.m./ABC regional TV). The Demon Deacons, 12-11 overall and 1-9 in the ACC, have lost TV: ABC. Former NC State guard Terry Gannon six straight -- their longest losing streak since 1990. Wake Forest fell (play-by-play) and former Arkansas guard Jimmy to 17th-ranked Boston College Wednesday night in Winston-Salem, Dykes (color) call the action. Chris Pfeiffer is the producer. 72-66. Wake Forest is led by senior guard Justin Gray (19.7 ppg), who is Radio: Wake Forest ISP Sports Network. Stan putting up All-American numbers despite the Deacons’ skid. Gray has Cotten (play-by-play) and Mark Freidinger (color scored in double figures in every game this season, including a 24- analysis) call the action. point effort Wednesday against Boston College. 2005-06 Schedule/Results Live Stats: WakeForestSports.com. Charlotte, 14-8 overall and 7-3 in the Atlantic 10, has won three N3 WINSTON-SALEM ST. (Ex.) W, 88-84 Records: Wake Forest is 12-11 overall and 1-9 in straight, including a 66-59 win over visiting Temple Wednesday night. N5 MARS HILL (Ex.) W, 96-63 the ACC after a 72-66 loss to visiting 17th-ranked Leemire Goldwire scored 21 points, De’Angelo Alexander chipped in N10 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ST. W, 78-64 Boston College Wednesday night. Charlotte is 19 points and Curtis Withers pulled down 14 rebounds in the win. N11 GEORGE MASON W, 83-78 (ot) 14-8 overall and 7-3 in Conference USA after Alexander (17.3 ppg), Withers (15.6 ppg and 11.3 rpg) and Goldwire beating visiting Temple, 66-59, Wednesday night. (12.6 ppg) pace the 49ers. N17 # vs. Florida L, 72-77 Rankings: Wake Forest is not ranked. Charlotte Saturday’s game marks the first meeting between Wake Forest and N18 # vs. Texas Tech W, 78-73 (2ot) is not ranked. Charlotte since Valentine’s Day of 1987. The Deacons won that meet- N21 UNC ASHEVILLE W, 79-63 Coaches: Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser (U.S. ing, 84-76, at the old Winston-Salem Coliseum. Wake Forest leads the N25 APPALACHIAN STATE W, 91-78 Merchant Marine Academy ‘72) is 106-46 (.697) all-time series, 4-1. N29 % WISCONSIN W, 91-88 in his fifth season with the Demon Deacons, 271- D3 *at Elon W, 78-59 124 (.686) in his 13th season overall. Saturday’s Storylines D13 DePAUL L, 81-84 Charlotte coach Bobby Lutz (Charlotte ‘80) is Wake Forest’s Justin Gray, a Charlotte native, teamed with D17 PRINCETON W, 61-42 149-91 in his eighth season at his alma mater, Charlotte’s Curtis Withers last summer on the USA Under-21 team. 330-182 in 17 seasons overall. Gray and Withers have been friends for years. D22 at Richmond W, 47-40 D30 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 87-47 Series: Wake Forest leads the all-time series, 4- Gray has scored in double figures in all 22 games that he has 1. played in; he has made at least one three-point field goal in 71 of his J3 EAST CAROLINA W, 58-54 On Deck: Wake Forest travels to second-ranked last 73 games; and he enters Saturday’s game with 1,779 career J8 (1) DUKE L, 64-82 Duke Tuesday. Charlotte will host Richmond points, which ranks 10th in Deacon scoring history. J11 at Clemson L, 73-74 (ot) Wednesday. Wake Forest is 11-2 in non-conference games this season. J15 at (23) Maryland L, 86-90 Wake needs a win Saturday to remain above .500. Officials: Announced on game day. J18 GEORGIA TECH W, 86-71 The Deacs, 9-5 at home, will try to avoid losing six home games J21 at (14) NC State L, 82-92 in a season for the first time since 1989-90. J24 FLORIDA STATE L, 68-75 J28 VIRGINIA TECH L, 70-76 Wake Forest Demon Deacons (12-11/1-9) J31 at Miami L, 69-78 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Ppg Rpg Note F4 at Virginia L, 73-75 0 Chris Ellis*** F 6-9 267 Sr. 5.1 4.8 Started Wednesday vs. BC; shooting 41.7% from three F8 BOSTON COLLEGE L, 66-72 1 Justin Gray*** G 6-2 194 Sr. 19.7 3.6 Averaging most points by a Deac since Tim Duncan in ‘97 2 Shamaine Dukes G 6-1 175 Fr. 1.4 0.9 Jet-quick guard trying to get back in the rotation F11 CHARLOTTE 3:30 4 Harvey Hale G 6-2 186 Fr. 6.4 2.9 Freshman had 13 points, 4 assists, 4 steals Wednesday F14 at Duke 8:00 10 John Buck*** F 6-8 201 Sr. 0.0 0.6 Senior is captain of the walk-ons, leader of the scout team F19 NORTH CAROLINA 1:30 11 Cameron Stanley F 6-6 214 Fr. 1.8 2.1 Southpaw scored career-high nine points against BC F22 CLEMSON 7:00 13 Matt Smith G 6-2 185 Fr. 0.5 0.0 Walk-on from nearby Davie County saw brief action vs. BC F25 at Georgia Tech 1:00 20 Mike Lepore G 6-1 165 Fr. 0.0 0.0 Rookie walk-on; no relation to former Deacon Steve Lepore 23 Kevin Swinton F 6-7 224 Fr. 2.0 3.3 Stats don’t reflect how valuable rookie has been F28 at Boston College 7:00 31 Eric Williams*** C 6-9 280 Sr. 15.7 8.4 The ACC leader in field goal percentage (63.6 percent) M4 NC STATE 4:00 33 Trent Strickland*** G-F 6-5 216 Sr. 12.9 7.2 Has 12 three-point field goals over the last four games M9 *ACC Tournament 34 Michael Drum F 6-6 204 Jr. 5.5 1.4 Non-scholarship player got starting nod Wednesday vs. BC # at New York, NY 44 David Weaver F-C 6-10 224 Fr. --- --- Athletic big man has great potential; redshirting in ‘05-06 % ACC/Big Ten Challenge 52 Bobby Hoekstra F 6-7 225 Fr. 1.0 0.0 Walk-on scored first career points vs. Charleston Southern * Greensboro, NC 55 Kyle Visser** C 6-11 244 Jr. 5.9 4.6 Ranks among the ACC leaders with 33 blocked shots * denotes letters earned Head Coach: Skip Prosser (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy '72) / 106-46 (.697) in 5 seasons at WFU/271-124 (.686) in 13 seasons overall Associate Head Coaches: Jeff Battle (Marshall '85)/5th season at WFU; Dino Gaudio (Ohio '81)/5th season at WFU Assistant Coach: Pat Kelsey (Xavier '98)/5th season at Wake Forest Director of Basketball Operations: Tim Fuller (Wake Forest ‘00)/2nd season at Wake Forest How To Say It Shamaine Dukes..............shuh-main Dukes Bobby Hoekstra................Hoke-stra Demon Deacon Basketball 2005-06 More From Wednesday’s Loss To BC eight games in January and early February that season, Wake Forest made eight more field goals than Boston but Wake rallied to finish 9-7 in the ACC and ultimately College, the Deacons had more assists (15) than turnovers advance to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. (11), but the Eagles won the rebounding battle and set a In 2001-02, Skip Prosser’s first season at Wake record for free throw attempts. More from Wednesday’s 72- Forest, the Deacons lost eight of 13 games in January and 66 Boston College victory: February, but scrapped their way to a 9-7 ACC record and Boston College had more free throw attempts (50) a second-round appearance in the NCAA Tournament. than any Wake Forest opponent in more than 30 years -- In 1993-94, Wake lost four of five January games but since Davidson attempted 51 on Jan. 29, 1972. finished 9-7 in the ACC and went to the NCAA Tournament. The Eagles’ 50 free throw attempts set a Joel The 1976-77 Deacons lost four consecutive February Coliseum record. games, but rallied to go 8-4 in the ACC and advance all the Wake Forest, ranked 10th nationally in rebound mar- way to the NCAA regional championship game. ACC Standings ACC Overall gin, was out-rebounded by double-digits for the second The 1960-61 Wake Forest team dropped four of five Duke 10-0 22-1 straight game. February games, but managed to win the ACC champi- NC State 8-2 19-4 The Deacons used their eighth different starting com- onship and advance to within one game of the Final Four. Miami 6-4 14-9 bination of the season. Boston College 6-4 18-5 The Deacs had double-figure steals for the first time Justin Gray One Of The Nation’s Best Maryland 5-4 15-7 since Jan. 18 vs. Georgia Tech. Lost in Wake Forest’s recent skid is the play of senior North Carolina 5-4 14-6 Wake Forest did not record a blocked shot for the first guard Justin Gray, who is putting up numbers similar to Virginia 5-5 11-9 time since March 6, 2005 vs. NC State. those of recent Deacon greats Josh Florida State 5-5 14-6 Three Wake players fouled out in a game for the first Howard and Tim Duncan.