Wake Forest Athletics
Deacons, Cavaliers Meet Sunday At 1 p.m.
1/19/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 19, 2007
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Wake Forest, Virginia Meet In Sunday Matinee At John Paul Jones Arena
Wake Forest, looking to snap a three-game losing streak, travels to Virginia Sunday afternoon for the Demon Deacons' first look at John Paul Jones Arena (1:00 p.m./Raycom-Lincoln Financial TV).
The Demon Deacons, 9-8 overall and 1-4 in the ACC, are coming off a 62-40 loss at 14th-ranked Duke Thursday night. Wake Forest scored its fewest points since 1999 and tied its second-fewest point total since joining the ACC in 1953-54.
Senior center Kyle Visser (17.9 ppg and 7.8 rpg) has been the consistent leader for the Deacons all season. He has scored in double figures in every game and ranks among the ACC leaders in scoring, rebounding, field goal percentage and blocked shots.
Virginia, 10-6 and 2-2, is coming off an impressive 103-91 win over visiting rival Maryland Tuesday night. Sophomore Mamadi Diane (26 points) and junior Sean Singletary (25 points) combined for 51 points in the win.
The Cavaliers feature one of the nation's best backcourt duos in Singletary (19.0 ppg) and senior J.R. Reynolds (16.2 ppg). Virginia averages better than 81 points and eight three-point field goals per game and the Wahoos are out-rebounding opponents by nearly seven boards per contest.
Wake Forest leads the all-time series, 63-58. Virginia won last year's only meeting, 75-73, in Charlottesville.
Wake Gets First Look At UVA's New Digs
Wake Forest will play in Virginia's new facility, John Paul Jones Arena, for the first time Sunday afternoon.
When playing in ACC arenas for the first time, Wake Forest has won three times -- at Miami in 2005, at Georgia Tech in 1965, and at Clemson in 1969.
Wake Forest is probably glad to see Virginia's old facility, University Hall, go the way of the dinosaur. The Deacons went 9-30 against Virginia at U-Hall.
Wake Forest-Virginia Series History
- Wake Forest leads the all-time series, 63-58.
- The Deacons and Cavaliers will meet again, in the regular season finale, March 3rd in Winston-Salem.
- Virginia won the last meeting -- last season's only game between the two teams -- 75-73 in Charlottesville on Feb. 4, 2006.
- The Deacons and Wahoos have split their last 14 meetings.
- Three of the last five meetings have been decided by four points or less.
- Virginia is 36-20 all-time against Wake Forest in Charlottesville. The Cavaliers have won five of the last six meetings in Charlottesville.
- Wake Forest is 12-3 all-time against UVa in Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
- The two teams have not met in the ACC Tournament since 1996.
- Wake Forest and Virginia first met on the hardwood in the 1910-11 season.
- Wake Forest coach Skip Prosser is 5-4 all-time versus Virginia.
- Virginia coach Dave Leitao is 1-0 all-time versus Wake Forest.
- Wake Forest is 186-104 all-time against teams from the state of Virginia, including wins over James Madison and Richmond and a loss to Virginia Tech this season.
Deacon-Virginia Connections
- Virginia women's assistant basketball coach, Jennifer Mitchell Hoover, played at Wake Forest and was recently inducted into the Deacon Sports Hall of Fame.
- Wake Forest head football coach Jim Grobe is a Virginia graduate.
- Former Deacon Darius Songaila and former Cavalier Roger Mason are both Washington Wizards.
