Wake Forest University
Appalachian State
Deacons Make Five Straight With Win Over Appalachian State
11/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 25, 2006
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Kyle Visser had 17 points and 10 rebounds and Wake Forest won its fifth straight game by beating Appalachian State 88-78 on Saturday.
Visser, one of two seniors on the Wake Forest roster, helped the Demon Deacons open 5-0 for the second time in three years.
Freshman Ishmael Smith added 14 points and eight assists, Harvey Hale had 13 points, Jamie Skeen added 12 and Anthony Gurley had 10 for Wake Forest, which has not lost to the Mountaineers (2-2) in 20 games.
D.J. Thompson scored 25 points for Appalachian State, which lost to an Atlantic Coast Conference member for the second time this season. Clemson beat the Mountaineers 79-49 on Nov. 17.
Eduardo Bermudez had 16 points and Demetrius Scott 13 for Appalachian State, which rallied from an 18-point deficit in the first half and made it a game early in the second.
Skeen scored 12 points in the first half, with his layup with 7:24 left in the half putting the Demon Deacons up 28-10. But the Mountaineers fought back, outscoring Wake Forest 13-6 in the final 3:46 and trailed 44-35 at the break.
Bermudez scored 10 points in the opening 6 minutes of the second half, including a 3-pointer with 14:08 left that pulled Appalachian State to 57-52. But Hale's jumper and a three-point play by Shamaine Dukes pushed the Demon Deacons' lead back into double digits.
The Mountaineers managed to pull within six points late in the half, cutting Wake Forest's lead to 84-78 on Thompson's 3-pointer with 45 seconds left. But the Demon Deacons closed out the game by hitting 4-of-6 from the line.
