Wake Forest Athletics
Postgame Notes
11/21/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2005
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WINSTON-SALEM, NC -
Wake Forest's Win Tonight Gives The Deacons...
... a 4-1 overall record and back-to-back victories
... 19 consecutive homecourt victories -- the third-longest such streak in school history and the fifth-longest current streak in Division I
... 49 wins in their last 50 home games against non-conference opponents ... a 60-6 record at home overall under Skip Prosser
... an all-time record of 205-42 in Joel Coliseum, including a mark of 115-6 against non-conference opponents
... an 18-2 record in November under Prosser
... a record of 98-36 in five years over under Prosser
... a record of 77-23 over the last four seasons combined
... a 7-0 all-time record against UNC-Asheville
... a 49-6 all-time record against teams currently in the Big South Conference
... an all-time record of 1,335-1,007 in 100 seasons of basketball
For Starters
... Wake Forest altered its starting lineup for the first time this season as freshman Harvey Hale made his first career start. Hale is the first freshman to start for the Deacons since Chris Paul in 2004.
The Polls
... Wake Forest is ranked 24th in both polls, which means the Deacons have tied a school record with 54 consecutive weeks ranked in the Associated Press poll
Miscellaneous
... Wake had five players score in double figures for the first time this season
... The Deacons have held all five opponents this season to less than 50 percent shooting
... Wake has out-rebounded all five opponents this season
... Wake had a season-low number of turnovers
... The Deacs had a season-high number of steals
... Wake Forest has made at least one three-point field goal in 430 consecutive games
Senior Justin Gray
... moved past Shammond Williams (UNC) and Marvin Lewis (GT) into 19th place on the ACC's all-time career three-point field goals list -- he has 236
... after not making a three-pointer in the first two games of the season, he now has 12 over the last three games (four in each game)
... scored in double figures for the fifth time this season and for the 74th time in his career
... his second assist tonight was the 263rd of his career, tying Jerry Schellenberg for the 13th-most career assists in Wake history
... played in his 92nd career game and started for the 76th time
Senior Trent Strickland
... scored in double figures for the fifth consecutive game and for the 23rd time in his career
... played in career game No. 97 and started for the 13th time
Senior Eric Williams
... played in his 100th career game and started for the 92nd time. He should soon become just the 10th Wake Forest player to start in 100 games
... scored in double figures for the fourth time this season and for the 70thtime in his career
Senior Chris Ellis
... did not play tonight after spraining his right ankle in the first half of Friday's Texas Tech game
Junior Michael Drum
... did not start for the first time all season
... scored in double digits for the second straight game
Junior Kyle Visser
... scored in double figures for the second straight game and for the 10th time in his career
... played in his 67th career game and started for the 13th time
Freshman Harvey Hale
... made his first career start
Freshman Kevin Swinton ... pulled down double-digit rebounds -- the fourth Deacon this season to register a double-digit rebound game
... played a career-high number of minutes (previously 4 vs. Texas Tech)
