Post Game Notes
2/7/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 6, 2002
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Wake Forest vs. North Carolina
Wake Forest's Win Tonight Gives The Deacons:
... a record of 17-6 overall and 7-3 in the ACC
... four consecutive wins, all in the ACC
... their longest ACC winning streak (four games) since 1996-97
... sole possession of third place in the ACC standings
... a sweep of the regular season series with North Carolina for the first time since 1969-70
... a win over UNC in football and a sweep of UNC in basketball for the first time since 1961-62
... an all-time record of 59-146 versus North Carolina
... a guarantee of producing a winning season in 2001-02
... a record of 11-1 at home this season
... an all-time record of 1,254-978
... an all-time record of 156-37 in Lawrence Joel Coliseum
... a 2-0 record in February
Wake's Margin of Victory
... was its largest margin of victory over North Carolina since an 81-57 win over the Tar Heels in 1996-97 and also in 1995-96
... marked the third time this season that Wake has beaten an ACC opponent at home by more than 20 points
Wake's Point Total
... was its highest against North Carolina since beating the Tar Heels 97-96 in the Big Four Tournament in 1976-77
Darius Songaila
... started for the 109th time - only Tim Duncan (127 starts) and Frank Johnson (116) have more starts in WFU history
... played in his 119th career game, which ties him for 10th in Wake Forest history with Rafael Vidaurreta and Muggsy Bogues
Josh Howard
... scored a season-high and matched a career-high with 24 points (also vs. Maryland on Jan. 17, 2001)
... had a career-high four three-point field goals
... tied a career-high with nine field goals made
... scored in double figures for the 14th time in 15 games, for the 18th time overall this season and for the 56th time in his three-year career
... has scored 20 or more points 10 times in his career - three have come in his last four games
... made at least two three-point field goals in a game for the third straight game and the sixth time overall this season
... has seven three-point field goals over the last three games - compared to making six three-pointers in his previous 10 games combined
... moved into 34th place on Wake's all-time career scoring chart, passing Tony Byers. Howard entered tonight's game with 1,046 career points
Broderick Hicks
... is now tied for seventh in Wake Forest history for career games played with 120
Craig Dawson
... continued his streak of making at least one three-point field goal in every game this season
... moved into 27th place on Wake's all-time career scoring chart, passing Danny Young. Dawson entered tonight's game with 1,167 career points
Taron Downey
... made at least two three-point field goals in a game for the fifth time this season
... before tonight, Downey's career-high for steals was one - he had more steals tonight (5) than he did in the first 22 games of the season combined (3)
... scored in double figures for the second time in his career (also vs. Navy) and for the first time in an ACC game
Antwan Scott
... scored in double figures for the 14th time this season, the 33rd time in his career
... tied a career-high with three steals
Miscellaneous
Wake's first-half field goal percentage (.769) was its highest in any half of any game this season... Wake Forest has made at least one three-point field goal in 278 consecutive games... Wake's field goal percentage (.582) was its highest single-game percentage this season... Wake's free throw percentage (.905) was its highest in a game this season, topping the previous high (.867) set last Saturday at Florida State... Wake had a season-high 14 steals.