Wake Forest Athletics
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1/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 18, 2006
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Wake Forest's Win Tonight Gives The Deacons... ... a record of 12-5 overall, 1-3 in the ACC and an end to their three-game losing streak ... an 1-3 start in ACC play for the first time since the 1997-98 season ... a 12-0 record this season after leading at halftime ... a 9-2 record at home this season ... a 66-8 record at home under Skip Prosser ... a 211-44 all-time record in Joel Coliseum ... a record of 36-16 in ACC play over the last four seasons combined ... a record of 25-14 in January under Skip Prosser ... a record of 39-11 over the last two seasons combined ... a record of 85-27 over the last four seasons combined ... a record of 106-40 over the last five seasons combined ... an all-time record of 32-27 against Georgia Tech ... a 13-4 record against Georgia Tech in Joel Coliseum ... a tie for 10th place (with 1-3 Boston College) in the ACC standings ... an all-time record of 1,343-1,011
For Starters Wake Forest used its fifth different starting lineup of the season... Chris Ellis made his first start since Feb. 23, 2005 vs. Longwood... Kyle Visser did not start for the first time this season... Justin Gray and Eric Williams are the only Deacons who have started every game this season... Freshman Harvey Hale started for the first time since Dec. 22 vs. Richmond.
Miscellaneous ... This was the first Wake-Tech game decided by 10 points or more since the 2001-02 season; this was the first game in the series decided by 15 points or more since 2000-01 ... The Deacons had their most steals since recording 18 on Feb. 23, 2005 vs. Longwood ... Wake had more assists than turnovers for the first time since Dec. 30 vs. Charleston Southern ... Wake Forest has made at least one three-point field goal in 442 consecutive games
Senior Justin Gray ... scored 20-plus points for the third consecutive game and for the sixth time this season ... Gray has scored in double figures in every game this season, 86 times in his career ... has made at least one three-point field goal in 66 of his last 68 games ... his fourth three-point field goal -- and he made his first four attempts tonight -- was the 275th of his career ... has at least five assists in each of his last three games ... played in his 104th career game and started for the 88th time
Senior Trent Strickland ... Strickland scored in double figures for the 11th time this season, the 29th time in his career ... played in his 109th career game and started for the 24th time
Senior Eric Williams ... his 16th point -- the 1,454th of his career -- moved him past both Alvis Rogers and Jack Williams into 18th place on Wake's all-time career scoring list ... Williams scored in double figures for the 16th time this season (the 13th consecutive game), and the 82nd of his career ... his 10th rebound -- the 704th of his career -- moved him past Sam Ivy and Guy Morgan into 14th place on Wake's all-time career rebounds list ... pulled down double-figure rebounds for the fourth time this season, the 19th time in his career ... his sixth rebound was the 700th of his career -- he is the 15th Wake Forest player to eclipse 700 career boards ... recorded his third double-double of the season, the 17th of his career ... played in his 112th career game and started for the 104th time -- the ninth-most career starts in Wake history
Freshman Shamaine Dukes ... has more three-point field goals over the last two games (3) than he did in the first 15 games of the season (2) ... did not start for the first time since Dec. 22
Freshman Harvey Hale ... scored a career-high (his previous career-high of 12 came Sunday at Maryland) ... also had carer-highs for field goals made and free throws attempted ... made his first start since Dec. 22 and his eighth overall starting appearance ... Hale scored in double figures for the third time in his career, and for the scond straight game ... has made at least one three-point field goal in all four ACC games this season -- he has as many three-point field goals in four conference games as he did in 13 non-conference games (5)
Senior Chris Ellis ... played in his 95th career game and made his first start of the season (the third start of his career) ... his first three-point field goal tonight was his 14th of the season (he made just 11 three-pointers in his previous three seasons combined); it was also his first three-pointer since Jan. 3 against East Carolina
Junior Kyle Visser ... did not start for the first time this season
