Sorting It Out
12/21/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 21, 2003
Instant Classic
The first game of the 51st season of ACC basketball was one for the books. An attempt to put Saturday's Wake Forest-North Carolina, triple-overtime game into statistical perspective:
233 Combined Points
- Tied for the second-most in ACC history.
- Wake's Skip Prosser has been involved in two of the three highest combined scoring ACC games in league history. Wake Forest (115) and Clemson (118) combined for 233 points on Feb. 13, 2002.
- Tied a Wake Forest record for most combined points in a game.
- Broke a North Carolina record for the most combined points.
Wake Forest's 119 Points
- The most points ever scored by a team against North Carolina.
- Wake Forest record for most points scored on the road (previously 115).
- Wake Forest record for most points scored against a ranked team (previously 103).
- The fourth-most single-game points in school history.
North Carolina's 114 Points
- The first time North Carolina has ever lost a game while scoring 100 points.
- One point shy of tying the ACC record for most points scored by a losing team.
- Wake Forest record for most points allowed in a win.
Three Overtimes
- Only one other game in ACC history included more overtime periods. The Wake Forest-NC State game on March 4, 1989 is the only four-overtime league game in ACC history.
- Was the second-longest game in Wake Forest history. Only the previously mentioned WFU-NCSU game was longer.
- While Wake Forest has played one four overtime game and several double-OT games, it was the first triple-overtime game in school history.
- The first multiple-overtime game in the history of the Smith Center.
Miscellaneous
- Wake's 46 field goals were its most in a game since Nov. 29, 1984 vs. Rollins and its most in an ACC game since Jan. 22, 1975 vs. Duke.
- Wake's 90 field goal attempts were its most since Feb. 25, 1976 vs. Maryland and tied for the fourth-most in school history.
- Wake's 30 three-point field goal attempts tied for the fifth-most in Wake Forest history.
- Thirteen players scored in double figures including seven by Wake Forest players.