Wake Forest Post-Game Notes

Feb. 25, 2004

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Wake Forest Postgame Notes
February 25, 2004 vs. Florida State

Wake Forest's Win Tonight Gives The Deacons...

a record of 18-6 overall, 8-5 in the ACC
a 2-0 record this season in overtime games and a 3-1 record in OT games under Skip Prosser
a five-game winning streak, including four straight conference wins
sole possession of third place in the ACC standings, either one or two full games behind second-place NC State, depending on tonight's Wolfpack-Georgia Tech game
eight conference wins, securing at least a .500 ACC record for the fourth consecutive year
an all-time series record of 18-12 against Florida State
eight wins over Florida State in the last nine meetings with the Seminoles
a regular season series split with FSU for the first time since the 1998-99 season
a record of 10-3 all-time in Joel Coliseum against the Seminoles
43 wins over the last two seasons; 64 wins over the last three seasons (Skip Prosser era); 83 wins over the last four seasons
30 ACC regular season conference victories in three years under Prosser, putting him into a tie for the highest conference winning percentage by a coach in his first three seasons at the helm (.667/30-15)
a record of 12-2 at home this season and an all-time record of 186-41 in Joel Coliseum
a record of 41-5 at home under Skip Prosser
an undefeated record this season when scoring at least 82 points
an all-time record of 1,301-996

Wake's Last Three Home Games
Feb. 15 vs. #13 Cincinnati trailed by 12 points (39-27) Won, 91-85
Feb. 18 vs. #3 Duke trailed by 13 points (54-41) Won, 90-84
Feb. 25 vs. Florida State trailed by as many as 17 points (36-19) Won, 90-87

Overtime Notes

Wake Forest played its second overtime game of the season - the only other one was a triple-overtime win at North Carolina on Dec. 20
Oddly, tonight's game was the first single-overtime game since Jan. 31, 2001 - a 74-69 win vs. NC State
Wake hasn't played more than one overtime game in a season since 2000-01
Tonight's game was the first Wake Forest-Florida State game that went into overtime since Jan. 6, 1996 when the Deacons won 75-73 in Tallahassee

Miscellaneous Notes

Wake's three guards - Taron Downey, Chris Paul and Justin Gray - all scored more points tonight than their season average
A Wake Forest opponent has made 11 or more three-point field goals twice this season - both have been by Florida State, which was 11-of-28 from three-point range in the game earlier this season in Tallahassee
Wake Forest has made at least one three-point field goal in 385 consecutive games

Junior Taron Downey

has made a three-point field goal in each of the last 14 games
has made two or more three-point field goals in a game nine times this season
his second three-point field goal was the 116th of his career, tying Cal Boyd for the eighth-most in Wake Forest history
scored in double figures for the 13th time this season and for the 35th time in his career

Junior Jamaal Levy

his first blocked shot tonight was the 58th of his career, tying Daryl Peterson for the 12th-most career blocks in Wake Forest history
grabbed double-digit rebounds for the second straight game, for the seventh time overall this season and for the 14th time in his career

Junior Vytas Danelius

scored his 700th career point (he entered tonight's game with 699 career points)

Sophomore Justin Gray

scored a career-high tonight (previously 29 points at Clemson on Feb. 12, 2004)
his 31 points were the most by a Deacon since Josh Howard scored 32 at North Carolina on Feb. 2, 2003
has made at least one three-point field goal in 35 of his last 36 games
has made at least two three-point field goals in eight of his last nine games
has made three or more three-point field goals in a game 13 times this season and 16 times in his career
scored in double figures for the 21st time this season, the 36th time in his 47-game career
his second three-point field goal was his 70th of the season - the ninth-most single-season three-pointers in Wake history
his fifth three-point attempt tonight was the 300th attempt of his career
has scored 20-plus points in back-to-back games and in eight games overall this season

Freshman Chris Paul

made his 24th start, tying for the ninth-most starts ever by a Deacon freshman (tied with Darius Songaila, Niki Arinze, Jim Johnstone and Alvis Rogers)
has made two or more three-point field goals in a game in three out of his last four games and in seven games overall this season
his third three-point field goal was his 29th , tying for the sixth-most single-season three-pointers by a freshman in Wake Forest history
scored in double figures for the fifth time in his last six games and for the 14th time overall this season
has had no less than four assists in every game since Jan. 10
his second steal tonight was the 71st of the season - that's the third-most in Wake Forest history and more than all-time assists leader Muggsy Bogues had in his senior season

Sophomore Eric Williams

scored in double figures for the fourth straight game, for the 17th time overall this season and for the 30th time in his career

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