Game #5 #18/16 Wake Forest Deacons (4-0) vs. Richmond Spiders (3-2) 2003-04 Saturday, Dec. 6 4:00 p.m. Lawrence Joel Coliseum (14,665) Winston-Salem, NC RSN-TV Schedule & Tip-Off: 4:00 p.m. Merchant Marine Academy ‘72) is 50-19 in three sea- Results Television: Regional Sports Network. Mike Hogewood sons with the Deacons, 215-97 in 11 seasons overall. (play-by-play) and Bobby Cremins (color analysis) call Richmond coach Jerry Wainwright (Colorado College the action. Ken Neal produces. ‘68) is 19-15 in two seasons with the Spiders, 155-118 in 10 seasons overall. N13 # vs. Memphis W 85-76 Radio: Deacon Radio Network (ISP). Stan Cotten (play- by-play) and Mark Freidinger (color analysis) call the SID Contacts: Wake Forest assistant athletic N22 ELON W, 97-55 action. director/media relations Dean Buchan; Richmond bas- ketball SID Simon Gray. Records: Wake Forest is 4-0 after beating Indiana 100- N29 at Yale W, 86-61 67 Tuesday night in Winston-Salem as part of the Websites: Wake Forest -- WakeForestSports.com; ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Richmond is 3-2 with a home Richmond -- RichmondSpiders.com. D2 % INDIANA W, 100-67 game Wednesday night against Virginia Commonwealth. The Series: Wake Forest leads, 32-9. Rankings: Wake Forest is ranked 18th in the Associated Officials: Announced on game day. D6 RICHMOND 4:00 Press poll and 16th in the ESPN/USA Today poll. On Deck: Wake Forest takes a break for final exams Richmond is receiving votes in both polls. D15 at SMU 8:05 before playing at SMU Dec. 15. Richmond plays at Coaches: Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser (U.S. South Florida next Saturday. D20 at North Carolina 4:00 D30 NC A&T 7:00 Deacons Face Spiders, Hit The Books Noteworthy Wake Forest, coming off an impressive 33-point vic- Wake Forest puts its 19-game homecourt win- J3 NEW MEXICO 2:00 tory over Indiana Tuesday night, hosts Richmond ning streak on the line Saturday. The Deacons haven’t Saturday afternoon before final exams begin on lost a game in Joel Coliseum since Feb. 21, 2002, vs. J6 BROWN 7:00 Monday (4:00 p.m./Regional Sports TV). Duke. The Demon Deacons, 4-0, got a career-high 25 The Deacons are at less than full strength. Chris J10 CLEMSON Noon points from sophomore Eric Williams and career-highs Ellis (foot) hasn’t played this season. Vytas Danelius of 20 points, eight assists and five steals by freshman (sprained ankle) missed the Nov. 22 Elon game. Todd J13 at Texas 8:00 Chris Paul as Wake whipped visiting Indiana, 100-67, Hendley (stomach virus) did not play Nov. 29 versus on Tuesday. Yale. Freshman Kyle Visser (twisted ankle) missed J17 at Duke 1:00 Richmond, 3-2, will try to break a two-game losing Tuesday’s game against Indiana. streak Wednesday night against cross-city rival J20 GEORGIA TECH 9:00 Wake has won the last 11 meetings with Virginia Commonwealth. The Spiders won their first Richmond, but the Spiders have enjoyed past success J25 at Florida State 1:00 three games of the season before falling to South against the Deacons. UR won four of seven meetings Carolina and UAB. during a stretch in the 1980s and three of the last four J29 MARYLAND 7:00 The Deacs will not play again until Dec. 15 at SMU. meetings have been decided by six points or less. J31 VIRGINIA 2:30 A Quick Look At The Deacons F4 at NC State 9:00 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Class Ppg. Rpg. Note 0 Chris Ellis* F 6-9 265 So. --- --- Has been sidelined so far with broken foot F7 N.CAROLINA 1:00 1 Justin Gray* G 6-2 185 So. 13.3 2.5 Sophomore emerging as a star in the ACC 2 Jeremy Ingram G 6-3 185 Fr. 3.3 1.7 Hit a 3-pointer in each of last 2 games F12 at Clemson 7:00 3 Chris Paul G 6-0 168 Fr. 11.0 3.5 Proving to be one of the nation’s top freshmen 4 Taron Downey** G 6-2 180 Jr. 9.3 3.3 Solid southpaw at both guard positions F15 CINCINNATI 1:30 10 Jamaal Levy** F 6-9 180 Jr. 12.0 8.8 Lanky junior one of ACC’s best rebounders 13 Vytas Danelius** F 6-9 228 Jr. 10.7 5.3 1st team preseason All-ACC selection F18 DUKE 9:00 20 Alan Williams*** G 6-3 177 Sr. 1.7 0.0 Fourth-year walk-on a Joel Coliseum favorite 23 Richard Joyce* G-F 6-5 200 So. 5.7 0.7 Came off the bench for 6 points Tuesday F22 at Georgia Tech 8:00 25 Scott Feather G 6-1 175 Jr. 0.0 0.7 Earned spot on roster through try-outs 31 Eric Williams* C 6-9 275 So. 16.0 5.5 Coming off career-high 25-point effort F25 FLORIDA STATE 7:00 33 Trent Strickland* G 6-5 200 So. 6.8 3.3 Wake’s “X” factor off the bencch 34 Todd Hendley F 6-9 213 Fr. 4.3 2.3 Played 17 minutes in win over Indiana F28 at Maryland 1:00 35 Scott Benken* F 6-6 215 Jr.. 0.0 0.5 Scrappy, hard-working walk-on 44 John Buck* F 6-8 210 So. 0.0 0.7 Walk-on back for second year M2 at Virginia 7:00 55 Kyle Visser C 6-11 224 Fr. 6.0 2.3 Twisted ankle kept him out of Tuesday’s win * Letters earned M6 NC STATE 1:30 Pronunciations Vytas Danelius vee-tus dan-a-loose Taron Downey tuh-ron Jamaal Levy ja-mall lev-E Head Coach Skip Prosser (U.S. Merchant Marine Academy ‘72) M11 ACC Tournament Record 50-19 (.725) / 3 years at Wake Forest; 215-97 (.689) / 11 years overall Associate Head Coach Jeff Battle (Marshall ‘85) # New York, NY Assistant Coaches Dino Gaudio (Ohio ‘81), Chris Mack (Xavier ‘92) % ACC/Big Ten Challenge Director Of Operations Pat Kelsey (Xavier ‘98) Big E, Little C Spark Deacon Victory Injuries Have Hampered Deacons Sophomore center Eric Williams poured in a career- Wake Forest has seen four key members of the roster high 25 points and freshman guard Chris Paul had miss games this year with a variety of injuries and ill- Deacon career highs of 20 points, eight nesses. Notes & assists and five steals as Wake Freshman Kyle Visser twisted Forest pounced on Indiana, his left ankle in Sunday’s prac- Numbers 100-67, Tuesday night in the tice and did not play against ACC/Big Ten Challenge at Joel Indiana on Tuesday. He is ACC Standings Coliseum. expected to return to action this Team ACC Overall Wake Forest shot 56.3 per- week. Georgia Tech 0-0 5-0 cent in the first half (50.7 per- Freshman Chris Ellis broke a Florida State 0-0 5-0 cent for the game) and jumped bone in his right foot during Wake Forest 0-0 4-0 out to a comfortable 51-29 Wake’s first practice of the sea- North Carolina 0-0 4-0 halftime lead. In the second son on Nov. 18. He has not Maryland 0-0 4-0 half, Wake led by as many as 38 Eric Williams played this season and is hope- Clemson 0-0 3-0 points (85-47). Chris Ellis ful of returning in the next two Virginia 0-0 3-0 “He (Skip Prosser) could have made it 50 if he want- weeks. NC State 0-0 3-1 ed to,” Indiana coach Mike Davis said. Junior Vytas Danelius sprained his left ankle and foot Duke 0-0 3-1 Paul had a remarkably efficient night. He made 7-of- Nov. 21 in practice and missed the next game against 9 field goal attempts, and added his eight assists and Elon. Wednesday five steals in 28 minutes of action. Junior Vytas Danelius Freshman Todd Hendley missed the Nov. 29 Yale Mississippi at Florida State, 7:00 came off the bench for 13 points and junior Jamaal Levy game because of a stomach virus. (FSNS) Georgia Tech at Ohio State, 7:00 pulled down a season-best 12 rebounds. (ESPN) Wake Forest out-rebounded the Hoosiers, 40-37. Ten Wake 18th, 16th In National Polls Clemson at Purdue, 7:30 (espn2) of the Deacons’ 13 steals came in the first half. Duke at Michigan State, 9:00 (ESPN) Wake Forest remained at No. 18 in the Associated Minnesota at Virginia, 9:30 (espn2) More From Tuesday’s Win Over Indiana Press poll and moved up from No. 18 to No. 16 in the Friday ESPN/USA Today poll this week. Virginia at VMI, 7:00 Wake Forest’s 33-point win was the largest margin The Deacons have been ranked in the AP poll for 17 Saturday of victory in the five-year his- consecutive weeks dating back to last season. Wake has St. Johns at Duke, 2:00 (ESPN) tory of the ACC/Big Ten been ranked in the AP poll 31 times in 38 weeks under Fairleigh-Dickinson at Florida State, Challenge. Best ACC/Big Ten Skip Prosser. 2:00 (SUN) The Deacons’ also Challenge Records At this point last year, Wake Forest was not ranked. broke a Challenge record for The Deacons debuted in the polls on Dec. 23 last year Maryland vs.