Post Game Notes
1/7/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 7, 2003
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Wake Forest's win today gives the Deacons... ... a 10-0 record, tying for the sixth-best start in school history ... a nine-game homecourt winning streak ... a 31-6 all-time record versus Elon ... a 31-13 record in two seasons under head coach Skip Prosser ... an all-time record of 1,268-985 ... a 61-8 all-time record against teams in the Big South Conference ... a 166-39 all-time record in Joel Coliseum ... a 95-6 all-time record in Joel Coliseum against non-conference opponents
Miscellaneous Notes ... Wake Forest used the same starting lineup for the 10th consecutive game ... continued a pair of remarkable streaks... out-rebounding all 10 opponents and shooting a higher percentage than all 10 opponents this season ... Wake Forest shot 50 percent or better for the fourth time this season and for the 19th time in Skip Prosser's two seasons at WFU ... the 42-point margin of victory ties as the fourth largest in LJVMC history
Senior Josh Howard ... passed former Deacon Billy Packer (1,316 career points) for 21st place on WFU's all-time career scoring list ... with 1,321 career points, is just nine points away from passing Delaney Rudd to move into the top 20 all-time ... played in his 106th career game and started for the 98th time ... scored in double figures for the eighth time this season, the 68th time in his career ... made more than one three-point field goal in a game for the seventh time in 10 games this season
Sophomore Taron Downey ... dished out a career-high eight assists (previous career high was seven, three times) ... his eight assists tied for the most by a Deacon in the Skip Prosser era (Broderick Hicks had 8 vs. St. Francis last season) ... recorded his 100th career assist (entered the game with 97) ... has made at least one three-point field goal in 10 of his last 11 games dating back to last season ... made two or more three-point field goals for the fourth time this season, the 13th time in his career ... made a career-high-tying three 3-point field goals for the fifth time in his career ... scored in double figures for the sixth time this season, the 11th time in his career
Freshman Eric Williams ... has scored in double figures more times (nine) than any other Deacon this season
Senior Steve Lepore ... made his fourth consecutive three-point field goal without a miss by sinking his first attempt in the second half (he was 3-of-3 from three-point range against Bethune-Cookman Dec. 30)
Freshman Justin Gray ... now has 12 three-point field goals on the season, which ties for the ninth-most three-pointers ever by a WFU freshman