Post Game Notes
12/30/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 30, 2004
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Dec. 30, 2004 vs. North Carolina A&T
Wake Forest's Win tonight gives the Demon Deacons...
... a 11-1 overall record and a six-game winning streak
... three straight seasons of starting 11-1
... a 7-0 record at home this season
... a 48-6 record at home in four seasons under Skip Prosser, including a 29-1 mark against non-conference opponents
... a 6-1 record in December this season and a 22-3 record in December in four seasons under Prosser
... a 9-0 record this season against unranked teams and a 11-game winning streak vs. unranked teams dating back to last season
... a 4-0 all-time record against North Carolina A&T, including a 3-0 mark over the last three seasons
... a 13-0 all-time record against teams from the MEAC
... a record of 78-30 in four seasons under head coach Skip Prosser
... a record 57-17 over the last three seasons combined
... an all-time record of 1,315-1,001
About The First Half
... Justin Gray's 21 points were the most in any half by a Deacon player since Feb. 24, 2002 when Craig Dawson scored 22 in the first half at Maryland
... Wake's 60 first-half points were the most in any half by a Deacon team in the Skip Prosser era... in fact, Wake has scored more than 60 points in a half just three times in the last 25 years
... Wake's 32-point halftime lead tied for the largest margin at the half by the Deacons since leading SC State 56-24 on Dec. 7, 2001
... Wake's field goal percentage in the first half (.636) was its best in any half this season and marked the fourth time this season the Deacons have shot 60 percent or better in a half
Miscellaneous Notes
... The Deacons out-rebounded their opponent for the ninth time this season (WFU has been out-rebounded just once)
... Wake Forest has made at least one three-point field goal in 404 consecutive games
Sophomore Chris Paul
... scored in double figures for the fourth straight game, the ninth time this season and the 29th time in his career
Senior Vytas Danelius
... played in his 102nd career game and started for the 55th time in his career
Senior Taron Downey
... played in his 108th career game -- the most by any current Deacon player
Senior Jamaal Levy
... had a career-high number of assists (previously 6)
... matched a career-high with two three-point field goals
... played in his 104th career game
Junior Justin Gray
... scored his 1,000th career point tonight (he entered the game with 988 career points)
... becomes the 42nd player in Wake Forest history to score 1,000 points and the first since Josh Howard
... has made at least one three-point field goal in 32 consecutive games
... has made at least two three-point field goals in a game nine times in 12 games this season
... his fifth three-point field goal gave him 12 three-pointers over the last three games combined
... his fifth three-point field goal tied a season-high -- the third time this season he has made five three-pointers
... scored in double figures for the 10th time this season and the 52nd time in his career
... his four steals were his most since getting seven pilfers in the season opener
Junior Eric Williams
... had a career-high number of blocked shots (previously 3)
... his fifth blocked shot marked the most by a Deacon since Josh Howard had five against Georgia Tech on Jan. 19, 2003
... his field goal percentage (.900) was the highest by a WFU player (min. 10 attempts) in the Skip Prosser era
... scored in double figures for a team-best 11th time this season
Junior Chris Ellis
... finally missed a shot after making nine consecutive without a miss
... made 1-of-2 three-point field goals and his three-point percentage dropped -- to 5-of-7 for the year