Post Game Notes
3/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 15, 2003
Wake Forest Postgame Notes
March 15, 2003 / vs. NC State / ACC Tournament Semifinals
Wake Forest's loss today gives the Deacons...
... a record of 24-5 overall
... an end to their eight-game winning streak
... a 4-1 record in March
... just two losses in their last 14 games against ACC opponents
... a 45-18 record in two seasons under head coach Skip Prosser
... an 86-43 record over the last four seasons combined -- the fourth-most successful four-year run in school history
... a 21-2 record this season against unranked teams
... a 1-1 record on neutral courts
... an end to their eight-game winning streak over NC State
... a record of 92-123 all-time versus NC State
... an all-time record of 1,282-990
Wake Forest's ACC Tournament history
... 39-46 overall, 25-24 in quarterfinals, 14-17 in Greensboro, 3-7 vs. NC State, 2-2 under coach Skip Prosser, 11-8 over the last 10 years combined, 9-1 as the ACC Tournament's No. 1 seed.
Miscellaneous Notes
... Wake Forest entered today's game 19-0 this season when leading at the half (WFU led 37-33 at halftime today)
... Florida State went 11-of-11 from the free throw line against WFU yesterday and NCSU made its first 11 attempts today
... Justin Hodge scored the most single-game points against Wake Forest this season -- the most since Roger Mason scored 31 against the Deacs on Feb. 17, 2002
... NC State's 62.5 percent shooting in the second half was the highest by a Deacon opponent in a single half this season
Senior Josh Howard
... moved into 11th place on WFU's all-time career scoring list today, passing both Rodney Rogers (1,720 points from 1991-93) and Chris King (1,721 points frrom 1988-92) -- Howard entered today's game with 1,718 career points.
... recorded his ninth double-double of the season, the 21st of his career
... grabbed double-figure rebounds for the 9th time this season, the 23rd time in his career
... scored in double figures for the ACC-leading 24th consecutive game
... scored in double figures for the 27th time this season, the 87th time in his career
... started for the 117th time in his career, ranking third in Wake Forest history for career starts behind only Tim Duncan (127) and Darius Songaila (120).
... played in his 125th career game, ranking eighth in Deacon history
... scored 20-plus points for the seventh time in his last nine games
Sophomore Vytas Danelius
... scored in double figures for the 21st time this season, the 38th time in his career
... scored his 600th career point today
Freshman Justin Gray
... has made at least one three-point field goal in every game since returning from injury Feb. 13
... has made two or more three-pointers in a game nine times this season
... scored in double figures for the sixth straight game and for the eighth time in 10 games since his Feb. 13 return
... scored in double figurs for the 13th time this season
Sophomore Taron Downey
... made two or more three-point field goals in a game 11 times this season
... scored in double figures for the first time since March 1 vs. Clemson
... scored in double figures for the 16th time this season, the 21st time in his career
... scored his most points since scoring 18 at Clemson on Jan. 28
Freshman Eric Williams
... started for the 29th time, which means the only freshmen in WFU history to start more games are Josh Howard (34) and Tim Duncan (32).
... scored in double figures for the first time since scoring 16 against NC State on Feb. 6
... scored in double figures for the 12th time this season
... entered the ACC Tournament having made just two of his last 10 free throw attempts, but went 2-of-2 from the line yesterday and made his first two attempts today.