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Wake Forest vs. JMU Notes
11/11/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 11, 2006
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Postgame Notes
Wake Forest vs. James Madison
November 11, 2006
Wake Forest's win today gives the Deacons...
... 13 consecutive season-opening victories (last loss came on Nov. 25, 1993 at Alaska Anchorage)
... a 1-0 overall record
... a 70-12 record at home under Skip Prosser, including a mark of 36-2 in non-conference home games
... a 215-48 all-time record in Lawerence Joel Coliseum
... five consecutive wins in the month of November
... a record of 21-2 in November
... a record of 112-52 in six seasons under Prosser
... 17 wins under Prosser after trailing at halftime
... an all-time record of 1,349-1,023
Smith Breaks Record
Ishmael Smith broke the Wake Forest freshman record for assists. The old record of 10 assists was held by three players:
- Derrick McQueen at New Mexico (Dec. 28, 1988)
- Chris Paul at Maryland (Feb. 28, 2004)
- Shamaine Dukes vs. Charleston Southern (Dec. 30, 2005)
Visser Breaks Record
Deacon senior Kyle Visser broke the Wake Forest single-game record for field goal percentage by going a perfect 10-of-10 from the field. No player in Wake history had ever made more than eight field goals without a miss. Visser, in fact, tied for the fourth-best effort in ACC history. Visser's performance was the best by an ACC player since 1998. See below:
Most Field Goals Without A Miss / WFU History
10-10, Kyle Visser vs. James Madison (Nov. 11, 2006)
8-8, Trelonnie Owens vs. Temple (March 1, 1992)
8-8, Kenny Green vs. William & Mary (Jan. 11, 1984)
Most Field Goals Without A Miss / ACC History
13-13, Brad Daugherty (North Carolina) vs. UCLA (Nov. 24, 1985)
12-12, Scott Williams (North Carolina) vs. Virginia (Jan. 13, 1990)
11-11, Carlos Boozer (Duke) at Portland (Dec. 19, 2000)
10-10, Kyle Visser (Wake Forest) vs. James Madison (Nov. 11, 2006)
10-10, six other times, most recently by Lonny Baxter of Maryland vs. North Texas (Dec. 23, 1998)
Miscellaneous
... Wake Forest begins its 101st season of basketball
... Wake Forest started two freshmen for the first time since Feb. 14, 2006 at Duke (Harvey Hale and Kevin Swinton)
Senior Kyle Visser
... scored a career-high (previously 16 points vs. Texas Tech on Nov. 18, 2005)
... had a career-high number of field goals made (previously 7 vs. Texas Tech on Nov. 18, 2005)
... scored in double figures for the 15th time in his career and for the first time since Dec. 30, 2005 (vs. Charleston Southern)
... played in his 97th career game and started for the 26th time
Sophomore Harvey Hale
... scored in double figures for the eighth time in his career
... had a career-high for three-point field goals made (previously 2, four times)
... scored a career-high 19 points (previous best 16 points, two times)
Freshman Ishmael Smith
... registered Wake's first double-double of the season (Wake Forest's returning players had just two double-doubles all of last season -- Visser, 1 and Dukes, 1)
