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GAME #21 | FEB. 3, 2019 | 12:00 P.M. | LITTLEJOHN COLISEUM | CLEMSON, SC HEAD COACH SERIES HISTORY TELEVISION WAKE FOREST Danny Manning (Kansas ‘91) Overall: 99-62 ESPNU DEMON DEACONS At CU: 35-41 (19-27 Littlejohn) Anish Shroff & Cory Alexander Record: 8-12 | ACC: 1-7 Career Record: 100-114 (7th) Streak: L5 WFU Record: 62-85 (5th) HEAD COACH LAST MEETING RADIO CLEMSON Brad Brownell (DePauw ‘91) CU 75, WF 67 (2/3/18 at WF) Wake Forest IMG Sports Network TIGERS Stan Cotten & Mark Freidinger Career Record: 328-206 (17th) LAST MEETING AT CU Record: 12-8 | ACC: 2-5 Clemson Record: 161-121 (9th) CU 95, WF 83 (2/14/17) GoDeacs.com | @WakeMBB | @wakebasketball | WakeBasketball | #GoDeacs NOVEMBER WAKE FOREST AT CLEMSON 2 BELMONT ABBEY (EX) W, 106-74 10 NORTH CAROLINA A&T W, 90-78 DEACS OPEN FEBRUARY WITH A VISIT TO CLEMSON 15 vs. Saint Joseph’s ^ L, 69-89 16 vs. Cal State Fullerton ^ W, 66-59 • Wake Forest visits Clemson to open a seven-game February schedule 18 vs. Valparaiso ^ W, 69-63 • The Deacs are looking to snap a season-long four-game losing streak 23 HOUSTON BAPTIST L, 91-93 (OT) • Wake Forest is looking for its first road win of the season 27 WESTERN CAROLINA W, 71-64 SERIES HISTORY DECEMBER • Wake Forest leads 99-62 (Clemson leads 41-35 in Clemson, 27-19 at Littlejohn Coliseum) 1 at Richmond L, 74-84 • With a victory, Clemson would be the second opponent the Deacs have defeated 100 times (NC State 6 CHARLOTTE W, 80-56 - 106) 17 DAVIDSON W, 67-63 • Clemson has won the last five meetings overall, including 75-67 last season in Winston-Salem 22 at #3 Tennessee L, 64-83 • The Tigers have won the last six meetings at Littlejohn Coliseum, with the Deacs’ last victory in Clemson 29 GARDNER-WEBB L, 69-73 coming in 2009 JANUARY LAST TIME OUT 2 CORNELL W, 83-61 5 at Georgia Tech * L, 79-92 • Wake Forest suffered an 82-54 loss to No. 15 Louisville on Wednesday at LJVM Coliseum 8 #1 DUKE * L, 65-87 • The Demon Deacons shot a season-low 26.5 percent (18-68) from the floor 12 at Miami * L, 65-76 • Brandon Childress led the Deacs with 13 points 15 #17 NC STATE * W, 71-67 • Jaylen Hoard had 11 points and eight rebounds 19 at #9 Virginia Tech * L, 71-87 22 at #3 Virginia * L, 45-68 SUPER BOWL SUNDAY 26 BOSTON COLLEGE * L, 61-65 • Wake Forest is 4-6 all-time on Super Bowl Sunday 30 #15 LOUISVILLE * L, 54-82 • The Deacs haven’t played on Super Bowl Sunday in 11 years, a 67-65 loss at NC State in 2008 (Super Bowl XLII - NYG 17, NE 14 - David Tyree helmet catch ruins Patriots’ perfect season) FEBRUARY • Wake Forest’s last win on Super Bowl Sunday was a 71-60 home victory over Florida State in 2003 3 at Clemson * ESPNU 12:00 (Super Bowl XXXVII - TB 48, OAK 21) 5 PITT * ESPNU 7:00 13 at Florida State * RSN 7:00 16 NORTH CAROLINA * RAYCOM 12:00 19 at Notre Dame * ESPN2/ESPNU 7:00 PROBABLE STARTERS 24 at NC State * ESPNU 6:00 No. Pos. Name Yr. Ht. / Wt. PPG RPG Of Note 26 MIAMI * RSN 7:00 0 G Brandon Childress Jr. 6-0 / 190 16.0 3.6 Career-high 28 pts at GT and at VT 2 G Sharone Wright, Jr. Fr. 6-5 / 180 7.1 2.7 Double figures in six games this season MARCH RAYCOM 10 F Jaylen Hoard Fr. 6-8 / 215 14.1 8.1 Has a pair of 20-and-15 games this year 2 SYRACUSE * 12:00 5 at Duke * ESPN/ESPN2 7:00 23 G Chaundee Brown So. 6-5 / 215 10.5 4.4 Career-high 22 points at Miami RAYCOM 30 C Olivier Sarr So. 7-0 / 235 5.9 5.7 Career-high 11 rebounds vs. Boston College 9 FLORIDA STATE * 12:00 12-16 at ACC Tournament % KEY RESERVES No. Pos. Name Yr. Ht. / Wt. PPG RPG Of Note Home games in BOLD CAPS 1 F Isaiah Mucius Fr. 6-0 / 190 7.0 3.6 Had 17 pts and 7 rebs at Richmond * - ACC game 4 G Torry Johnson Grad. 6-3 / 170 5.6 1.7 Leading scorer at Northern Arizona last year (11.5) ^ - Myrtle Beach Invitational (Conway, S.C.) 35 C Ikenna Smart Grad. 6-10 / 245 2.7 2.8 Helped Buffalo to NCAA Second Round last season % - Charlotte, N.C. (Spectrum Center) 20 G Michael Wynn Fr. 6-6 / 200 1.9 0.9 First career double figure game (11 pts) at Miami All times listed are ET 34 F Sunday Okeke So. 6-8 / 245 0.8 1.6 Four points and four rebounds vs. Cal State Fullerton INTERVIEW POLICIES PRESS CREDENTIALS QUICK FACTS Media credentials for Wake Forest home games should be re- POSTGAME INTERVIEWS quested by contacting Steve Kirkland in the Wake Forest Athletic UNIVERSITY INFORMATION Communications Office. Please make your requests at least 48 Location Winston-Salem, NC 27109 HEAD COACHES: Both head coaches will appear in hours prior to tip-off. Founded 1834 the media room following brief cool-down periods. Credential requests are contingent on available space. Priority Enrollment 5,102 undergraduate In most cases, the visiting head coach will appear is given to daily newspapers, radio/TV sports directors and other Colors Old Gold & Black Arena LJVM Coliseum (14,665) first, followed by Wake Forest coach Danny Manning. media who cover the Demon Deacons and their opponents on a regular basis, in addition to national print and electronic media. Conference Atlantic Coast WAKE FOREST PLAYERS: Requested players will President Dr. Nathan O. Hatch be available in the media room following both Credentials will not be mailed if the credential request is re- Athletic Director Ron Wellman ceived one week or less prior to the game. Credentials can be head coaches’ press conferences. The Wake Forest Athletic Dept. Phone (336) 758-5616 shipped overnight if a FedEx or UPS shipping number is provided. locker room is closed to the media. Ticket Office Phone (888) 758-DEAC OPPONENT PLAYERS: Please see the visiting SID. PHOTOGRAPHERS TEAM INFORMATION If that team’s locker room is closed to the media, Photographers are restricted to either baseline area and are not First Year of Basketball 1906 interviews are usually held outside in the hallway permitted along the sidelines during game activity. Photographers Season of Basketball 112th near the entrance to the visitors’ locker room. will be assigned areas on the baseline. All-Time Record 1,537-1,232 The facility is lighted by 42 LED lamps with a vertical illumina- All-Time ACC Record 435-531 tion of 102 footcandles and a horizontal illumination of 139 foot- ACC Champions 1961,1962,1995,1996 PRE-PRACTICE INTERVIEWS NCAA Appearances (Last) 23 (2017) candles. All interviews with head coach Danny Manning and/or Demon Deacon players should be arranged WAKE FOREST IMG NETWORK MEDIA WILL CALL/MEDIA ENTRANCE Play-By-Play Announcer Stan Cotten through Steve Kirkland in the Athletic Communica- The media entrance to the Coliseum is located at the rear of Color Analyst Mark Freidinger tions Office. Interview requests should be made at the facility in close proximity to the media parking area. Media Studio Host Phil Brame least 24 hours in advance. members can enter there and follow the hallway to the media General Manager Jeff Salisbury Interviews will be arranged to accommodate workroom. This also serves as the primary exit for media staying players’ academic and basketball schedules. Play- to file stories. RADIO AFFILIATES ers will not do interviews on gameday, except The main media parking lot is located off of Deacon Boulevard Charlotte WCRU-AM 960 Charlotte WCRU-FM 105.7 for postgame interviews. Prior to select practices, in the McCreary Tower Lot. The secondary media lot is located off Deacon Boulevard in the BB&T Field Gold Lot. Only media with valid Durham WDRU-FM 105.5 Coach Manning and players will be available for parking passes or who are on the media parking list will be allowed Fairmont WFMO-AM 860 Galax, VA; Triad WBRF-FM 98.1 interviews before media is permitted to watch the to park in these areas. start of practice. Contact Steve Kirkland for the Greensboro WKEW-AM 1400 There is a media will call desk for credentials located at the Greensboro WKEW-FM 96.3 schedule of practices with media availability. media entrance. New Bern WWNB-AM 1490 New Bern WWNB-FM 103.9 ACC TELECONFERENCE MEDIA BAG POLICY Raleigh WDRU-AM 1030 Wake Forest has instituted a clear bag policy for fans at LJVM Raleigh WDRU-FM 105.7 The 15 ACC basketball head coaches will be fea- Winston-Salem WPOL-AM 1340 Coliseum in 2018-19. There are no bag restrictions for credentialed Winston-Salem WPOL-FM 103.5 tured on a weekly teleconference each Monday. media who enter through the media entrance, but bags will be The teleconferences will begin on Jan. 7, 2019 and subject to search. conclude on Mar. 4, 2018. Each coach will have 10 minutes to answer questions. MEDIA SEATING Media will be assigned seats at the press row tables along the 2018-19 ACC TELECONFERENCE SCHEDULE baselines or in the five rows of seating in Section 113. Please check Date Manning That Week’s Opponents the media seating assignments posted in the media workroom.