Wake Forest Post-Game Notes
12/18/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 18, 2002
POST-GAME NOTES WAKE FOREST VS. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE DECEMBER 18, 2002 Wake Forest 100, S.C. State 57
Wake Forest's win tonight gives the Deacons... ... a 5-0 start for the third time in the last four seasons and fifth time in the last seven seasons. ... a five-game homecourt winning streak. ... a 26-13 record in two seasons under coach Skip Prosser. ... a 3-0 record against South Carolina State, all in the last three seasons. ... a 9-0 record against teams from the MEAC. ... an all-time record of 1,263-985. ... an all-time record of 162-39 in Lawrence Joel Coliseum, including a 93-6 mark in non-ACC games.
Sophomore Vytas Danelius... ... recorded double figures in scoring for the second straight game and fourth time this season. ... had a perfect shooting night, hitting 5-of-5 from the field and 10-of-10 from the line. ... had already tied his career high at halftime with 14 points, and finished the night with a new personal best 20 points. ...attempted 10 free throws, converting on all 10. Both numbers were season-highs for any WFU individual in 2002-03.
Sophomore Taron Downey... ... recorded double figures in scoring for the fourth time this season and ninth time in his career.
Freshman Eric Williams... ... recorded the second double-double of his career with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Freshman Chris Ellis... ... recorded career-bests in scoring (10), free throws (4-6) and field goal attempts (7).
Freshman Justin Gray... ... dished seven assists, which were a career-best and tied as the fifth-best single game performance by a Deacon freshman.
Freshman Trent Strickland... ... posted a career-best 12 points in addition to a personal best 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.
Miscellaneous Notes... ... Wake Forest used the same starting lineup as it has all season. ... The Deacons enjoyed their largest margin of victory of the season (previously 24 vs. SMU). ... The 43-point victory tied as the 29th-largest win in school history, as well as tying the 13th-largest victory margin at home and third-largest margin in Joel Coliseum. ... Wake Forest's 100 points were a season-high and the most scored by the Deacs since putting up 115 points in a double-overtime loss at Clemson last season. ... WFU's 51 points at halftime were the most put up by a Deacon squad in the first half of a game this year and matched the most points scored in either half this season (tied with a 51-point second half at Wisconsin). ... Two Deacons scored the first points of their careers tonight - junior Dhsamal Schoetz (one free throw) and sophomore Scott Benken (2 pts.). ... Two other members of the roster, John Buck and Alan Williams, saw their first action of the season, with Williams putting up his first points of the year, scoring WFU's final five points of the game. ... As a team, Wake Forest set season-highs in rebounds (55), free throws made (29) and free throw attempts (36).