Deacons Try To Keep Momentum Going Friday Night vs. Richmond
12/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 21, 2006
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Wake Forest, coming off its most lopsided and complete victory of the season, hosts longtime non-conference rival Richmond Friday night at Lawrence Joel Coliseum (7:00 p.m./Webcast).
The Demon Deacons, 6-4 overall and 0-1 in the ACC, whipped visiting Gardner-Webb 92-60 Tuesday night. Wake Forest's 28 assists tied for the third-most in school history, their field goal percentage (.667) was the fifth-highest in Deacon history and their three-point percentage (.667) was the highest ever in a game in which they attempted at least 15 shots from behind the arc.
Five Deacons average at least 8.6 points per game, but the leader has clearly been 6-11 senior center Kyle Visser (18.9 ppg and 8.2 rpg). Visser leads the ACC in field goal percentage (.689), ranks second in rebounding, fourth in scoring and eighth in blocked shots. He has scored in double figures in every game this season.
Richmond, 4-5, is coming off a 93-84 home loss to VMI Wednesday night. The Spiders began the year 3-0, then lost three straight before posting an impressive road win at previously unbeaten South Florida, 54-46.
The Spiders are led by 6-9 freshman Dan Geriot (13.4 ppg) and 6-5 senior Peter Thomas (10.8 ppg). Freshman Kevin Hovde (4.6 ppg) had 24 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocked shots in Wednesday's loss.
Friday's game will be the 45th meeting between the two private schools. Wake Forest leads the all-time series, 35-9, and has won the last 14 meetings.
Following the Richmond game, Wake Forest will break for Christmas and return to action Dec. 29 against South Florida at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla.
Tuesday's Win One For The Record Book
Wake Forest turned in one of the better statistical games in school history Tuesday night in a 92-60 win over visiting Gardner-Webb: n The Deacons' 28 assists were the most in the Skip Prosser era, tied for the third-most in school history and were the most since Nov. 16, 2000 vs. Mount St. Mary's.
Most Assists / Wake Forest History
30 Davidson H (ws) Feb. 15, 1978
29 Mount St. Mary's H Nov. 16, 2000
28 Gardner-Webb H Dec. 19, 2006
28 Charlotte gr Dec. 3, 1983
28 Indiana State-Evansville H (ws) Dec. 17, 1977
- Wake Forest's field goal percentage (.667) was the fifth-highest in school history and the highest since shooting 70.0 percent against Mount St. Mary's on Nov. 16, 2000.
Highest Field Goal Percentage / Wake Forest History
.735 (36-49) Fairleigh Dickinson H (ws) Dec. 8, 1979
.700 (42-60) Mount St. Mary's H Nov. 16, 2000
.676 (23-34) Clemson A Feb. 26, 1971
.673 (35-52) Temple H March 1, 1992
.667 (36-54) Gardner-Webb H Dec. 19, 2006
- Wake Forest's three-point field goal percentage (.667/10-of-15) tied for the highest in school history when attempting at least 15 three-point shots.
Highest 3-Point FG Percentage (Min. 15 atts.) / Wake Forest History
.667 (10-15) Gardner-Webb H Dec. 19, 2006
.667 (10-15) (13) Cincinnati H Feb. 15, 2004
.647 (11-17) Clemson H Jan. 24, 1993
.625 (10-16) Clemson H Feb. 21, 1996
- Wake shot 60 percent in both halves of a game for the 13th time in school history and for the first time since Dec. 19, 1993 vs. Appalachian State.
- The Deacs' second-half field goal percentage (.708) tied for the 26th-best single-half field goal percentage in school history.
- The Deacons scored a season-high 92 points.
- Wake Forest had a season-high number of assists.