Post Game Notes
12/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 21, 2002
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Wake Forest vs. St. John's Postgame Notes Dec. 21, 2002
Wake Forest's victory today gives the Deacons... ... a 6-0 start for the second time in the last three seasons ... an all-time record of 1,264-985 ... a six-game homecourt winning streak dating back to last season ... an all-time record of 163-39 in Lawrence Joel Coliseum ... an all-time mark of 94-6 in LJVMC against non-conference opponents ... a record of 27-13 in two seasons under Skip Prosser ... a record of 2-2 all-time versus St. John's ... a record of 39-45 all-time against teams currently in the Big East
Miscellaneous... ... Wake Forest has out-rebounded all six opponents this season ... Marcus Hatten's 26 points were the most a Deacon opponent individual this season ... The Deacons committed a season-high number of turnovers (previously 17)
Senior All-American candidate Josh Howard... ... recorded his 100th career blocked shot to become the seventh player in WFU history with 100 career rejections (with his first block of the night) ... blocked a career-high four shots - the most by a Deacon since the 2000-01 season ... recorded his third double-double of the season, the 15th of his career ... has made at least one three-point field goal in every game this season ... scored in double figures for the 64th time in his career ... played in his 101st career game and started for the 94th time ... moved into 23rd place on Wake's all-time career scoring chart, passing Kenny Green (Howard entered the game with 1,241 career points)
Sophomore forward Vytas Danelius... ... went 4-of-4 from the free throw line in the first half, extending his streak of consecutive made free throws to 16 ... scored in double figures for the fifth time in six games
Freshman Justin Gray... ... scored in double figures for the third time (his three highest-scoring games have come against WFU's three highest-rated opponents according to collegerpi.com and the Sagarin ratings)
Freshman Eric Williams... ... scored in double figures for the fifth time in six games
Sophomore Jamaal Levy... ... pulled down a career-high number of rebounds (previously 8)
Freshman Chris Ellis... ... grabbed a career-high number of rebounds (previously 4)