Wake Forest vs. NC State - Postgame Notes
3/2/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 2, 2002
Wake Forest vs. NC State March 2, 2002 - Postgame Notes
Wake Forest's Win Today Gives The Deacons... ... a record of 19-11 overall and a final record of 9-7 in the ACC ... their best ACC record since going 11-5 in 1997 ... an end to their three-game losing streak ... the No. 3 seed in next week's ACC Tournament (they will play No. 6 seed Georgia Tech) ... a win in their regular season finale for the fifth straight season ... a win on Senior Day for the ninth time in the last 10 years ... six straight wins over NC State for the first time since 1922-25 ... a regular season sweep of NC State for the second straight season ... a record of 13-3 at home this season and an all-time record of 158-39 in Lawrence Joel Coliseum ... an all-time record of 1,256-983
For Starters Wake Forest started all five scholarship seniors today for the first time all season... Wake has used eight different starting lineups this season including seven over the last 11 games... Ervin Murray made his first start of the season.
Darius Songaila ... made his 116th career start, tying Frank Johnson for the second-most games started in Wake Forest history ... played in his 126th career game, tying for the fourth-most games played in Wake Forest history ... moved into ninth place on Wake's all-time career steals list, passing Jerry Schellenberg (he entered today's game 133 career steals) ... recorded his 13th double-double of the season, the 22nd of his career ... had a career-high number of rebounds (previously 12 , six times) ... his rebound total was the most by any Deacon this season ... moved into fifth place in Wake Forest history for career free throw attempts, passing Charlie Davis ... his 18 rebounds tie for the most single-game rebounds by any ACC player this season (Duke's Carlos Boozer had 18 earlier this season vs. Wake Forest)
Craig Dawson ... has made at least one three-point field goal in 28 of 30 games this season ... moved into 21st place on Wake's all-time career scoring list, passing Tony Rutland ... tied a season-high with six assists ... tied a career-high with seven rebounds
Broderick Hicks ... played in his 127th career game, tying Robert O'Kelley for the second-most games played in Wake Forest history. He will tie Tim Duncan for the all-time lead in games played in Friday's ACC Tournament quarterfinal. ... scored in double figures for the seventh time over his last nine games and for the 15th time overall this season
Josh Howard ... scored in double figures for the 21st time this season and the 59th time in his three-year career ... moved into 31st place on Wake's all-time career scoring chart, passing Jim Johnstone (Howard entered today's game with 1,107 points) ... moved into a tie for sixth place on Wake's all-time career steals chart with Rodney Rogers (he entered today's game with 144 career pilfers)
Antwan Scott ... scored more points today than he scored in his previous three games combined ... scored in double figures for the 17th time this season, the 36th time in his career