Post Game Notes
3/14/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 14, 2003
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Wake Forest Postgame Notes March 14, 2003 / vs. Florida State / ACC Tournament
Wake Forest's win today gives the Deacons...
... a record of 24-4 overall, tying for the third-most single-season wins in school history and the most since the 1996-97 team finished 24-7
... a seven-game winning streak
... a 4-0 record in March
... 12 wins in their last 13 games against ACC opponents
... a 45-17 record in two seasons under head coach Skip Prosser
... 86 wins over the last four seasons combined -- currently the fourth-most successful four-year run in school history
... a 21-1 record this season against unranked teams
... a 1-0 record on neutral courts
... seven consecutive wins against Florida State -- the longest streak by either team in the series
... a 17-11 record all-time against the Seminoles
... an all-time record of 1,282-989
Wake Forest's ACC Tournament history
... 39-45 overall, 25-24 in quarterfinals, 14-16 in Greensboro, 2-0 vs. Florida State, 2-1 under coach Skip Prosser, 11-7 over the last 10 years combined.
Miscellaneous Notes
... In each of WFU's two regular season games vs. Florida State, the Deacons had zero points at the first TV timeout -- today they had two points
... Three freshmen -- Williams, Gray and Ellis -- combined for WFU's first eight points
... Wake Forest trailed at the half (39-40) for the eighth time this season and for the fifth time in the last 10 games
... The Deacons out-rebounded their opponent for the 26th time in 28 games this season
... The Deacons held their opponent to less than 50 percent shooting for the 24th time in 28 games this season
Senior Josh Howard
... scored in double figures for the 23rd consecutive game
... scored in double figures for the 26th time this season, the 86th time in his career
... started for the 116th time in his career, tying Frank Johnson for the third-most starts in WFU history -- only Tim Duncan (127) and Darius Songaila (120) started more games
... played in his 124th career game -- the eighth-most games played in school history
... his first blocked shot today was his 40th of the season -- the first Deacon since Loren Woods in 1998 to block at least 40 shots in one season
... passed Bob Sura for 21st place on the ACC's all-time career steals list (Howard entered the game with 208 steals)
... his fifth rebound was the 800th of his career -- he is just the ninth player in WFU history to reach 800 boards
Freshman Justin Gray
... scored in double figures for the fifth straight game and for the seventh time in nine games since his return from injury
... has made two or more three-point field goals in a game in eight out of 20 games played this season
Sophomore Vytas Danelius
... after making zero three-point field goals last season, he made his 17th and 18th of this season today
... he has made at least two three-point field goals in each of the last two games and in six games overall this season
... scored in double figures for the 20th time this season, the 37th time in his career
Sophomore Jamaal Levy
... grabbed double-figure rebounds for the seventh time this season