Wake Forest Postgame Notes

Wake Forest's Win tonight gives the Demon Deacons...

Miscellaneous Notes

Wake Forest's win tonight was the school's 200th all-time victory in Lawrence Joel Coliseum (200-42)
Wake Forest held Longwood to 47 points, equaling the fewest points by an opponent in the Skip Prosser era (47 by Brown on Jan. 6, 2004)
Longwood's 16 field goals tied for the fewest allowed by the Deacons in the Skip Prosser era
Longwood's 27.6 field goal percentage was the lowest by a Deacon opponent in the Skip Prosser era
Wake's 18 steals tied for the most in the Skip Prosser era (WFU also had 18 steals vs. Brown on Jan. 6, 2004)
we've only gone back as far as the 1981-82 season, but tonight's halftime lead (35 points) was Wake's largest since at least then. The previous largest halftime lead since 1982 was 32 points, most recently on Dec. 30th of this season against North Carolina A&T (60-28)
The Deacons out-rebounded their opponent for the 21st time this season
Wake Forest has made at least one three-point field goal in 419 consecutive games
Chad Kosmo had five blocks for Longwood, the most by a Deacon opponent this year

As a team, Wake Forest had season-best marks for...

margin of victory -- 41 (previous: 39 vs. Florida State on Feb. 12)
opponent field goals -- 16 (previous: 19 by Florida State on Feb. 12)
opponent field goal percentage -- 27.6 (previous: 31.6 by Arizona on Nov. 26)
tied offensive rebounds -- 23 (previous: Maryland on Jan. 11 and Duke on Feb. 2)
rebounds -- 53 (previous: 51 vs. Maryland on Jan. 11)
assists -- 23 (prevoius: 22 vs. NC A&T on Dec. 30)
tied opponent turnovers -- 25 (previous: 25 by George Washington on Nov. 15)
steals -- 18 (previous: 17 vs. George Washington on Nov. 15)

Junior Justin Gray

his streak of consecutive games started ended at 51
has made at least one three-point field goal in 47 consecutive games
Gray's fourth point, the 1,253rd of his career, moved him pastKenny Green into 24th place on Wake's all-time career scoring list
Gray's second three-point field goal, his 76th of the season, gave him the 7th-most single-season three-pointers in Wake history
his sixth assist tied a career-high

Sophomore Chris Paul

Paul's seventh point was his 400th point of the season
scored in double figures for the 20th time this season, the 40th time in his two-year career
Paul's second assist, his 178th of the season, gave him the seventh-most single-season assists in Wake Forest history
Paul's second steal, his 65th of the season, gave him the seventh-most single-season steals in Wake history
Paul's third steal was the 150th of his career -- he is just the seventh player in Wake history with 150 or more steals

Senior Vytas Danelius

did not start for the first time since the Dec. 22 New Mexico game
played in his 117th career game and started for the 70th time in his career
Danelius' first rebound, the 601st of his career, moved him past Frank Christie into 22nd place on Wake's all-time career rebounds list

Senior Taron Downey

Downey's 10th point, the 1,045th of his career, moved him past Anthony Teachey, Ernie Wiggins, Gil McGregor and Anthony Tucker into 38th place on Wake's all-time career scoring list
scored in double figures for the 13th time this season, the 51st time in his career
played in his 123rd consecutive game -- the ninth-most career games played in Wake Forest history

Senior Jamaal Levy

is now the only Demon Deacon to start every game this season
played in his 119th career game, tying for the 16th-most games played in Wake Forest history

Junior Eric Williams

scored in double figures for the 11th consecutive game, the team-best 25th time this season, the 60th time in his career
pulled down double-figure rebounds for the eighth time this season and the 14th time in his career
recorded his eighth double-double of the season and the 13th of his career
Williams' fifth rebound was his 200th rebound of the season

Junior Trent Strickland

Junior Richard Joyce

Junior Chris Ellis

started for only the second time in his career and for the first time since his freshman season (vs. Florida State on Jan. 26, 2003)
scored in double figures for the first time since the North Carolina game on Jan. 15th
scored in double figures for the fourth time this season and the sixth time in his career
his eighth rebound tied a season-high

Sophomore Kyle Visser

scored in double figures for the third time this season and the eighth time in his career
scored in double figures for the first time since the Elon game on Dec. 15
equaled a season-high six rebounds

Senior Scott Feather

Junior John Buck

Junior Brian Jessen

Freshman Graeme Keith

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