Wake Forest University
Maryland
Post Game Notes
2/17/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Feb. 17, 2003
Wake Forest's loss today gives the Deacons... ... a record of 17-4 overall, 7-3 in the ACC ... an end to their five-game ACC winning streak and an end to their two-game ACC road win streak ... second place in the ACC, one-half game behind Maryland (8-3) and one-half game ahead of Duke (7-4) ... a record of 3-3 against nationally-ranked teams ... a record of 38-17 in two seasons under head coach Skip Prosser ... an all-time record of 51-56 versus Maryland ... an all-time record of 1,275-989
Miscellaneous Notes ... The Deacons will not be flying home tonight ... Wake Forest is ranked 10th in the Associated Press poll that was released earlier today. The No. 10 ranking is Wake Forest's highest of the season and the highest since being ranked No. 9 on Jan. 22, 2001. The Deacons are ranked in the AP poll for the 201st time and in the AP top 10 for the 68th time. Wake is ranked for the ninth consecutive week and for the 23rd time in 32 weeks under Skip Prosser. ... Wake Forest was out-rebounded for the first time this season. The Deacons had out-rebounded every opponent this season, and all but one opponent by at least six boards ... The Deacons allowed their most points of the season (previously 84 by Virginia on Jan. 23) ... Wake suffered its worst margin of defeat of the season (previously 19 at Duke on Jan. 12) ... The margin of defeat tied Wake's second-largest ever against Maryland (also 23 points on Dec. 3, 1998 and Feb. 16, 1994) ... WFU has trailed at the half five times this season, including three times in its last four games ... The Deacons' 10-point halftime deficit tied for its largest halftime deficit of the season (also 10 points at Duke Jan. 12) ... Today's game was Wake's first non-televised game since the Jan. 7 Elon game
Senior Josh Howard ... moved into 15th place on WFU's all-time scoring list, passing Sam Ivy (1,551 points from 1987-90) ... scored at least 20 points for the 10th time this season including four times in his last five games ... scored in double figures for the 16th consecutive game ... scored in double figures for the 19th time this season, the 79th time in his career ... his first steal tonight gave him 195 for his career, tying Skip Brown for the third-most steals in Deacon history ... made a three-point field goal for the first time after a two-game slump from behind the arc ... made two or more three-point field goals in a game for the 13th time this season ... started for the 109th time in his career, meaning only Tim Duncan (127 games started), Darius Songaila (120) and Frank Johnson (116) have started more games in Wake Forest history ... played in his 117th career game
Freshman Eric Williams ... scored his 200th career point (entered the game with 194 points)
Sophomore Jamaal Levy ... had a career-high number of assists (previously 5 vs. NC State on Feb. 6) ... scored in double figures for the eighth time this season, the 11th time in his career, the fourth time in five games ... started for the 11th consecutive game
Sophomore Vytas Danelius ... scored in double figures for the 15th time this season, the 32nd time in his career ... his first-half three-point field goal was his 13th trey of the season (he made zero three-pointers last season) ... recorded the 300th rebound of his two-year career (he entered the game with 299)
