Post-Game Notes
12/30/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 30, 2003
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Wake Forest Postgame Notes & Quotes
Dec. 30, 2003 -- vs. North Carolina A&T
Wake Forest's win tonight gives the Deacons...
... an 8-0 overall record
... 21 straight home court victories, which is four short of tying the school record for consecutive home wins of 25 set from 1995-97 (Wake Forest hasn't lost a home game since Feb. 21, 2002 vs. Duke)
... a record of 4-0 at Joel Coliseum this season and 178-39 all-time
... a record of 101-6 in Joel Coliseum all-time against non-ACC teams
... a record of 33-3 at home under Skip Prosser
... an undefeated record heading into the New Year for the third time in the last four seasons
... a record of 54-19 in three seasons under Skip Prosser
... a 3-0 all-time record versus North Carolina A&T
... a 12-0 all-time record against teams from the MEAC
... a spot among 13 remaining undefeated Division I teams
... 33 wins over the last two seasons combined, 54 over the last three seasons and 73 wins over the last four seasons
... an all-time record of 1,291-990
Junior Vytas Danelius
... missed his second straight game because of a high ankle sprain and missed his third game this season because of injuries
Sophomore Chris Ellis
... saw his first action of the season (he has sat out since breaking a bone in his foot on the first day of practice -- Oct. 18)
Sophomore Justin Gray
... injury tonight was to his left ankle
... has made at least one three-point field goal in 20 consecutive games (every game since returning from a broken jaw last season)
... saw his streak of scoring in double figures end at 15 games
Sophomore Eric Williams
... has scored in double figures in all eight games this season, 21 times in his two-year career
... scored a career-high seven points from the free throw line
Sophomore Trent Strickland
... scored in double figures in consecutive games for the first time in his career (he scored 15 Dec. 20 at UNC)
... scored in double figures for the third time this season and for the seventh time in his career
... had a career-high number of rebounds with seven (previously 5, four times)
Freshman Chris Paul
... has had four or more steals in each of the last five games
... had his streak snapped of four straight games with double-figure scoring
... marks the first time this year he's had a negative assist-to-turnover ratio (3-to-4)
Junior Taron Downey
... scored in double figures for the second straight game, the fourth game this season and the 26th time in his career
Freshman Todd Hendley
... put eight points on the board after back-to-back scoreless outings versus UNC and SMU; also had a career-high six rebounds
Freshman Kyle Visser
... blocked the most shots (3) in one game by any Deacon player this season, which is also a personal best
Freshman Jeremy Ingram
... saw his first action since the Indiana game on Dec. 2
... played a career-high 14 minutes
Sophomore Scott Benken
... scored his first points of the season tonight
Sophomore John Buck
... scored his first career points tonight
Miscellaneous Notes
... A&T did not make a field goal for the first 10:03 of the second half
... Wake Forest has scored more than 80 points in all but one game this season
... The Deacons out-rebounded their opponents for the sixth time in eight games
... The Deacons had a season-high number of blocked shots (6)
... The Deacons had a season-low number of three-point field goals (previously 6 vs. Elon)
... The Deacons had their lowest three-point field goal percentage of the season
... Wake Forest had three players score in double-figures against the Aggies, the first time this season the Deacs have had less than four in double figures
... It marks the fourth game this season in which WFU has scored over 90, and seventh time this year its reached at least 80 points