Post Game Notes

2/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Feb. 2, 2005

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Wake Forest's Win tonight gives the Demon Deacons...
... a 18-3 overall record and a 6-2 mark in the ACC
... a tie with Duke for second place in the ACC standings
... an 11-0 record at home this season and a 11-game home winning streak overall
... an all-time record in Joel Coliseum of 197-42, including a 52-6 mark under Skip Prosser
... a 6-2 record against ranked teams -- Wake's most wins over ranked teams in one season since 1996-97
... a 3-0 record at home against ranked teams
... two wins this season against teams ranked in the AP top five (also a win over then No. 3 North Carolina)
... three straight wins over Duke in Lawrence Joel Coliseum
... three wins in the last five meetings with Duke overall
... an 85-32 record in four seasons under Skip Prosser
... a 37-19 record in ACC play in four seasons under Prosser
... a record 64-19 over the last three seasons combined
... an all-time record of 1,322-1,003

Eric Williams Scores His 1,000th Point; Breaks School Record for Offensive Rebounds
-- Junior Eric Williams, who entered tonight's game with 985 career points, became the 43rd player in Wake Forest history to score 1,000 career points. He is the second Demon Deacon junior to reach 1,000 points this season, joining Justin Gray. Taron Downey, who entered tonight's game with 963 points, should soon become the 44th Deacon player to reach 1,000 points.
-- Williams pulled down 11 offensive rebounds to break the school record. The record was set earlier this year by Jamaal Levy who grabbed 10 against Richmond on December 4.

Miscellaneous Notes
... Wake has scored at least 81 points in every ACC game this season
... Wake Forest has made at least one three-point field goal in 413 consecutive games
... Wake Forest commited a season-low seven turnovers
... Wake Forest's 23 offensive rebounds tied a season-high (previous: vs. Maryland)
... Wake Forest's 74 field goal attempts were a season-high
... J.J. Redick's 33 points, 22 field goal attempts and 13 three-point field goal attempts marked season-highs by a Deacon opponent
... Shelden Williams' four blocks tied an opponent season-high (previous: 4 by Danny Granger of New Mexico)
... Duke's 13 three point field goals tied a season-high (previous: Miiami)
... Duke's 54.2 three-point field goal percentage was an opponent season-high (previous: 52.0 by Miami) Junior Justin Gray
... has made at least one three-point field goal in 41 consecutive games
... Gray's 10th point (his 1,166th career point) moved him past Mike Helms into 30th place on Wake's all-time career scoring list
... scored in double figures for the 17th time this season and the 59th time in his career
... has made at least two three-point field goals in 17 of 21 games this season
... Gray's 15th point (his 1,171st career point) moved him past Danny Young into 29th place on Wake's all-time career scoring list Sophomore Chris Paul
... scored 20-plus points for the fourth time in his last six games
... scored in double figures for the 16th time this season and the 36th time in his career
... Paul's second assist was his 133rd of the season -- the 17th-most single-season assists in Wake Forest history
... his ninth field goal matched a career-high Senior Vytas Danelius
... made two three-point field goals for the third time in his last four games
... scored in double figures for the sixth time this season, the 41st time in his career
... played in his 111th career game and started for the 64th time in his career

Junior Justin Gray
... has made at least one three-point field goal in 41 consecutive games
... Gray's 10th point (his 1,166th career point) moved him past Mike Helms into 30th place on Wake's all-time career scoring list
... scored in double figures for the 17th time this season and the 59th time in his career
... has made at least two three-point field goals in 17 of 21 games this season
... Gray's 15th point (his 1,171st career point) moved him past Danny Young into 29th place on Wake's all-time career scoring list

Sophomore Chris Paul
... scored 20-plus points for the fourth time in his last six games
... scored in double figures for the 16th time this season and the 36th time in his career
... Paul's second assist was his 133rd of the season -- the 17th-most single-season assists in Wake Forest history
... his ninth field goal matched a career-high

Senior Vytas Danelius
... made two three-point field goals for the third time in his last four games
... scored in double figures for the sixth time this season, the 41st time in his career
... played in his 111th career game and started for the 64th time in his career

Senior Taron Downey
... played in his 117th consecutive career game -- the most by any current Deacon player
... Downey eclipsed 3,000 career minutes played tonight

Senior Jamaal Levy
... Levy's fourth rebound (the 683rd of his career) moved him past Dave Budd into 16th place on Wake's all-time career rebounds list
... played in his 113th career game

Junior Eric Williams
... grabbed 13 rebounds, a team season-high
... had a career-high number of rebounds (previously 12 at Georgia Tech on Jan. 27)
... recorded his third consecutive double-double
... Williams scored in double figures for the fifth straight game, the team-high 19th time overall this season and for the 54th time in his career

Junior Chris Ellis
... had his most rebounds since Dec. 30 vs. NC A&T when he had eight boards

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