Postgame Quotes
11/25/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 25, 2005
Recap | Final Stats | Quotes
Winston-Salem, N.C. -
Postgame Quotes: Wake Forest 91, Appalachian State 78
Wake Forest's Win Tonight Gives The Deacons...
... a 5-1 overall record and three consecutive victories
... 20 consecutive homecourt victories -- the third-longest such streak in school history and the fifth-longest current streak in Division I
... 50 wins in their last 51 home games against non-conference opponents ... a 61-6 record at home overall under Skip Prosser
... an all-time record of 206-42 in Joel Coliseum, including a mark of 116-6 against non-conference opponents
... a 19-2 record in November under Prosser
... a record of 99-36 in five years over under Prosser
... a record of 78-23 over the last four seasons combined
... an all-time record of 19-0 against Appalachian State
... an all-time record of 157-39 against teams currently in the Southern Conference
... an all-time record of 1,336-1,007 in 100 seasons of basketball
Miscellaneous
... Wake Forest scored a season-high 91 points tonight
... The Deacons have out-rebounded all six opponents this season
... Wake made a season-high 10 three-point field goals
... Wake Forest has made at least one three-point field goal in 431 consecutive games
Senior Justin Gray
... his third three-point field goal, the 239th of his career, moved him past Virginia's Harold Deane and tied him with Maryland's Juan Dixon for the 18th-most in ACC history
... Gray's 17th point, the 1,442nd of his career, moved him past Alvis Rogers into 18th place on Wake's all-time career scoring list
... Gray scored in double figures for the sixth straight game and for the 75th time overall in his career
... his ninth three-point field goal attempt, the 640th of his career, tied him with Craig Dawson for the fourth-most in WFU history
... played in his 93rd career game and started for the 77th time
Senior Trent Strickland
... scored a career-high tonight; his previous career-high of 22 points came on Jan. 13, 2004 at Texas
... his 25 points were the most by a Deacon player this season
... also had a career high for field goals made (previously seven)
... his second three-point field goal was his ninth of the season -- one less than he made all of last season
... Strickland scored in double figures for the sixth consecutive game and for the 24th time overall in his career
... Strickland's 11th point was the 600th of his career
... played in his 98th career game and started for the 14th time
Senior Eric Williams
... recorded his first double-double of the season and the 15th of his career
... pulled down double-digit rebounds for the second time this season and the 17th time in his career
... Williams' second rebound was the 600th of his career, putting him in a group of elite Deacon rebounders; he is the 24th player in WFU history to pull down 600 boards
... Williams' ninth point, the 1,274th of his career, moved him past Tony Rutland into 24th on Wake's all-time career scoring list
... scored in double figures for the fifth time this season and for the 71st time in his career
... played in his 101st career game and started for the 93rd time. He should soon become just the 10th Wake Forest player to start in 100 games
Senior Chris Ellis
... made his seventh and eighth three-point field goals of the season; Ellis had 11 three-pointers all of last season
Junior Michael Drum
... has made at least one three-point field goal in each of the last four games
Junior Kyle Visser
... Visser scored in double figures for the third time this season and for the 11th time in his career
... played in his 68th career game and started for the 14th time
Freshman Harvey Hale
... made two three-point field goals in a game for the first time in his young career
... broke a shooting slump in which he was 0-for-11 from three-point range over the previous three games combined
