Post Game Notes
12/15/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 15, 2002
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Wake Forest's win tonight gives the Deacons... ... a 4-0 start for the fourth straight season and for the sixth time in the last seven seasons. ... a four-game homecourt winning streak. ... a 25-13 record in two seasons under coach Skip Prosser. ... a 1-0 all-time record against SMU ... a 6-2 all-time record against teams currently in the WAC. ... an all-time record of 1,262-985. ... an all-time record of 161-39 in Lawrence Joel Coliseum, including a 92-6 mark in non-ACC games.
Senior forward Josh Howard... ... played in his 100th career game ... moved into 25th place on Wake's all-time career scoring chart, passing Paul Long (Howard entered tonight's game with 1,224 career points) ... has made at least two three-point field goals in every game this season ... has nine three-point field goals on the season - he didn't make his ninth three-pointer last season until game No. 13
Sophomore Jamaal Levy... ... scored more points tonight than he did in the first three games of the year combined ... scored in double figures for the fourth time in his career
Sophomore Vytas Danelius... ... recorded double-digit rebounds for the second time this season and for the fourth time in his career ... earned his second double-double of the season, the fourth of his career
Senior Steve Lepore... ... saw his first action of the season (recovering from ruptured patella tendon)
Miscellaneous Notes ... Tonight's game was Wake Forest's 200th all-time game played in Lawrence Joel Coliseum, which opened its doors prior to the 1989-90 season ... SMU's first-half field goal percentage (.292) was the lowest single-half field goal percentage by a Deacon opponent since Navy shot 21.1 percent in the first half on Jan. 7, 2002. ... Wake Forest used the same starting lineup for the fourth straight game ... The Deacons enjoyed their largest margin of victory of the season (previously 12 vs. Yale).