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2004-05 Schedule/Results Wake Forest Meets Arizona Friday In The Game 5 W-L Conf. AP Coaches Preseason NIT Championship Game Wake Forest 4-0 0-0 1 1 N15 G. WASHINGTON W, 97-76 No. 1-ranked Wake Forest and No. 18-ranked Arizona meet Friday night in the Preseason NIT championship game at Arizona 3-1 0-0 18 17 N18 VCU W, 81-67 Madison Square Garden (7 pm/ESPN2). Nov. 26, 2004 7 p.m. New York, NY The Demon Deacons, 4-0, held off Ryan Gomes and Madison Square Garden Preseason NIT Finals Providence Wednesday, 79-67, to advance to the championship N22 YALE W, 99-72 game. Junior Justin Gray, who received five stitches below the Television: ESPN2. Dave O’Brien (play-by-play), Len Elmore (color analysis) and Stacey Dales-Schuman (sidelines) call the eyebrow in the first half, scored a season-high 21 points and N24 vs. Providence W, 79-67 action. Ray Tipton produces. made five three-point field goals to lead the Deacons. Arizona, 3-1, went to overtime to beat pesky Michigan, 61-60, Radio: Wake Forest/ISP Radio Network. Stan Cotten (play-by- N26 vs. (18) Arizona 7:00 in the other semifinal game Wednesday night. Mustafa Shakur play) and Mark Freidinger (color analysis) call the action. Chris scored 13 points and Ivan Radenovic added a double-double to Ferris is the producer/engineer. D1 at Illinois 7:00 lead the Wildcats. Records: Wake Forest is 4-0 after beating Providence, 79-67, Wake Forest, which also made it to the championship game Wednesday night in the Preseason NIT semifinals. Arizona is 3- D4 RICHMOND 2:00 in 2001, is looking for its first Preseason NIT title. Arizona, which 1 following a 61-60 overtime win against Michigan Wednesday has won a remarkable 15 straight Preseason NIT games, is night. D13 at Temple 7:00 looking for its fourth crown. Rankings: Wake Forest is ranked No. 1 in the Associated Friday’s game -- Wake’s first against a ranked opponent this Press poll and No. 1 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. D15 ELON 7:00 season -- will mark the first meeting ever between the Demon Arizona is 18th in the AP poll, 17th in the ESPN/USA Today Deacons and Wildcats. poll. D18 TEXAS 2:00 Coaches: Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy) is 71-29 (.710) in his fourth season D22 at New Mexico 9:00 Today’s Tip-Off Last season Arizona led the nation in scoring (87.1 ppg) with the Demon Deacons, 236-107 (.688) in his 12th season and Wake Forest ranked third (83.5 ppg). The Demon Deacons overall. Arizona coach Lute Olson is 522-158 in 22 seasons D30 N. CAROLINA A&T 7:00 are averaging 89 points per game this season. with the Wildcats, 714-250 in 33 seasons overall. Wake Forest and Arizona placed two players each on the Series: First meeting. J2 at Virginia 5:30 USA U-20 Team that won a gold medal this past summer at the Officials: Announced on game day. World Championship Qualifying Tournament in Canada. Chris J8 at Clemson 4:00 Paul and Justin Gray represented WFU, while Mustafa Shakur More Wake Forest Information: and Hassan Adams represented the Wildcats. Dean Buchan (o) 336-758-5640 J11 MARYLAND 9:00 Wake Forest is 6-1 all-time in Preseason NIT play. The [email protected] WakeForestSports.com Deacons lost in the finals back in 2001. More Arizona Information: J15 NORTH CAROLINA 1:30 The Deacons play another ranked team -- 5th-ranked Richard Paige (o) 520-621-4163 Illinois -- in their next game Wednesday night. [email protected] ArizonaAthletics.com J18 at Florida State 7:00 J22 at Cincinnati 1:00 Wake Forest (4-0) J27 at Georgia Tech 8:00 No. Name Pos Ht Wt Cl Ppg Rpg Note 0 Chris Ellis** F 6-9 261 Jr. 5.3 2.7 Has been impressive off the bench the last two games J29 MIAMI 4:00 1 Justin Gray** G 6-2 186 Jr. 15.5 2.5 All-American candidate scored 21 points vs. Providence 3 Chris Paul* G 6-0 175 So. 16.8 4.5 All-American candidate named ACC Player of the Week F2 DUKE 9:00 4 Taron Downey*** G 6-2 190 Sr. 4.8 2.3 Prosser calls him most unselfish player he has coached 10 Jamaal Levy*** F 6-9 186 Sr. 9.5 8.8 One of the nation’s best defenders, rebounders F5 at Virginia Tech 3:00 11 Cameron Stanley F 6-7 204 Fr. --- --- Recovering from torn ACL, Stanley may redshirt 13 Vytas Danelius*** F 6-9 237 Sr. 8.0 4.8 Struggled Wednesday: 0 points, 2 rebounds in 23 min. F10 NC STATE 7:00 23 Richard Joyce** G 6-5 218 Jr. 3.0 0.5 Mount Airy product has played well in reserve role 25 Scott Feather G 6-3 190 Sr. --- --- Future lawyer in his second season as a walk-on F12 FLORIDA STATE 1:30 31 Eric Williams** C 6-9 291 Jr. 14.8 6.3 Has scored in double figures in every game so far 33 Trent Strickland** F 6-5 212 Jr. 8.0 5.5 Sixth man gives WFU a spark off the bench F15 at Miami 7:00 34 Michael Drum F 6-6 200 Jr. --- --- Transfer led Presbyterian in scoring last season 44 John Buck** F 6-8 195 Jr. 0.0 0.0 Walk-on back for his third season with the Deacons F20 at Duke 6:30 55 Kyle Visser* C 6-11 250 So.. 6.3 2.0 Played just three minutes Wednesday vs. Providence * denotes letters earned F23 LONGWOOD 7:00 Head Coach: Skip Prosser (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy '72) / 71-29 (.710) in 3 seasons at Wake Forest/236-107 (.688) in 11 seasons overall F27 VIRGINIA 2:00 Associate Head Coaches: Jeff Battle (Marshall '85)/4th season at WFU; Dino Gaudio (Ohio '81)/4th season at WFU Assistant Coach: Pat Kelsey (Xavier '98)/4th season at Wake Forest Director of Basketball Operations:Tim Fuller (Wake Forest ‘00)/1st season at Wake Forest M2 GEORGIA TECH 7:00 How To Say It M6 at NC State 8:00 Vytas Danelius vee-tus dan-a-loose Taron Downey tuh-ron Downey Jamaal Levy (like Chevy) Around The ACC / What’s New With The Deacons Deacs Advance To Finals With 79-67 Win although not at the clip they had two seasons ago when they led Junior Justin Gray overcame an elbow to the face to make the nation. Wake has out-rebounded all four opponents and own five three-point field goals and score 21 points Wednesday a season rebound margin of +7.5. night, leading No. 1 Wake Forest to a 79-67 win over Providence in the Preseason NIT semifinals at Madison Square Garden. Wake’s Preseason NIT History ACC Standings ACC Overall After taking an elbow from PC’s Tuukka Kotti, Gray was given Wake Forest has advanced to the finals in both Preseason Clemson 0-0 2-0 five stitches just below his eyebrow. He returned to the game NIT appearances. The Demon Deacons are 6-1 all-time in Duke 0-0 2-0 mid-way through the first half. Preseason NIT play. Florida State 0-0 2-1 Wake Forest saw a 15-point second half lead shrink to four Wake Forest has played in the Preseason NIT just once Georgia Tech 0-0 2-0 points (46-42) with 12:30 remaining. The Demon Deacons before -- the 2001-02 season, which was Skip Prosser’s first Maryland 0-0 2-0 showed resolve down the stretch, answering every Friar run. year in Winston-Salem. Miami 0-0 1-1 Junior Eric Williams scored 18 points and grabbed seven The Demon Deacons barely made it out of the first round that North Carolina 0-0 3-1 rebounds and senior Jamaal Levy scored a season-high 16 year. A last-second Darius Songaila field goal gave Wake Forest NC State 0-0 3-0 points, pulled down seven rebounds and recorded three steals a 79-78 win over visiting UNC-Wilmington, which was threaten- Virginia 0-0 3-0 for Wake Forest. ing to spoil Prosser’s debut. Virginia Tech 0-0 2-0 Ryan Gomes scored 24 points and pulled down nine boards Following the win over UNCW, Wake Forest won on the road Wake Forest 0-0 4-0 to lead Providence. at Arkansas, 76-71. In the semifinals at Madison Square Garden, the Deacons held on for a 62-61 win over 23rd-ranked Upcoming Schedule More From Thursday’s Win vs. Providence Fresno State, then lost in the championship game two nights Friday, November 26 Wake Forest scored a season-low 79 points despite scor- later to Syracuse, 74-67. Clemson at Boston College, 6:30 ing 51 points in the second half. Wake is 3-0 in this year’s edition of the Preseason NIT with Arkansas-Little Rock at Georgia Tech, 7:00 Providence’s Ryan Gomes is the first player to score more wins over George Washington (97-76), VCU (81-67) and Wake Forest vs. Arizona/Michigan, 4:30 or than 20 points against the Deacons this season. Providence (79-67). 7:00 (Preseason NIT) Campbell at NC State, 7:30 After a fantastic start, Wake Forest went 7:10 without scor- Maryland vs.