Wake Forest at Air Force - Postgame Notes
11/30/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 29, 2006
Wake Forest's loss tonight gives the Deacons...
... their first loss of the season and a 5-1 overall record -- the same record they had through six games for the third straight season ... a 1-1 record on the road this season and just their second loss in their last seven non-conference road games ... an end to their nine-game November winning streak and their first November loss since losing to eventual NCAA Champion Florida on Nov. 17, 2005 ... a record of 25-3 in November under Skip Prosser ... a record of 116-53 in six seasons under Prosser ... a 1-1 all-time record against the Air Force Academy ... a 10-5 all-time mark against teams from the Mountain West Conference ... a 1-2 all-time record against teams from the state of Colorado ... a 6-5 all-time record versus the service academies
Noteworthy
... Wake Forest's margin of defeat was the largest in Skip Prosser's tenure at Wake Forest (previously a 29-point loss to Duke on Feb. 21, 2002) ... the margin of defeat tied for the 13th-largest in school history and was the largest since a 100-63 loss to No. 1 North Carolina on Jan. 25, 1984 ... the margin of defeat was the third-largest ever against an unranked team and the largest since a 130-89 loss to NC State on March 5, 1983 ... it was the sixth-largest margin of defeat against a non-ACC team in school history and the largest since the 1944-45 season ... the margin of defeat was the seventh-largest ever in a Wake Forest road game and the largest since Jan. 25, 1984 ... Air Force set Wake Forest opponent season highs in several categories including points and three-point field goals ... Just one Wake Forest player scored in double figures for the first time since March 9, 2001 ... Senior Michael Drum played tonight although he is suffering from a sinus infection ... Wake Forest has made a three-point field goal in 465 consecutive games
Wake Forest's First Half
... Wake Forest trailed at halftime by 24 points (47-23), the most since March 16, 2001 when the Deacons trailed Butler 43-10 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament ... the 24-point deficit tied for the ninth-largest halftime deficit in Wake Fores history ... Wake's 23 first-half points tied for the sixth-fewest in any half in Skip Prosser's six seasons at Wake Forest ... WFU's first-half field goal percentage (.290) tied for the 10th-lowest in any half under Prosser ... Air Force's first-half field goal percentage (.640) was the highest in any half by a Deacon opponent since Dec. 20, 2003 when North Carolina shot 64.5 percent in the first half
Senior Kyle Visser
... scored in double figures for the sixth consecutive game and for the 20th time in his career ... played in his 102nd career game and started for the 31st time
Freshman Casey Crawford
... had career highs across the board -- scoring, rebounds, field goals, minutes and he made his first career three-point field goal
Freshman Ishmael Smith
... has dished out at least five assists in every game of his career
Freshman Anthony Gurley
... made a career-high number of three-point field goals
Freshman L.D. Williams
... fouled out for the first time in his career and went scoreless for the first time in his career
