Wake Forest Athletics
Postgame notes
1/6/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 6, 2007
January 6, 2007 vs.
... an overall record of 9-5 and an ACC record of 1-1
... their fourth win this season overcoming a double-digit deficit for victory
... two straight wins and four wins in their last five games
... a 2-4 record on the road this season and an end to their four-game road losing streak
... their first road win since a Nov. 14 overtime victory at Bucknell
... an end to their nine-game ACC road losing streak and their first ACC road win since March 6, 2005 at NC State
... a 2-0 record in January
... a 5-1 all-time record versus
... a 1-1 record in the state of
... a 40-23 all-time record against teams from the state of
... a record of 120-57 in six seasons under Skip Prosser
... a 1-0 record this season and 8-3 under Skip Prosser wearing the gold uniforms
... an all-time program record of 1,357-1,028
... twice this season
... only once in Wake Forest history has Wake overcome a larger HALFTIME deficit to win; that came on Dec. 5, 1984 when the Deacons rallied from a 35-20 halftime deficit to win at Davidson
... Wake trailed by as many as 17 points, meaning tonight's win tied for the 4th-largest deficit overcome for a win in school history
... tonight's win, remarkably, gives Wake Forest four wins this season after trailing by 10 points or more
Largest Deficit Overcome For Victory
Deficit (Score) Opponent Site Date
19 (38-57)
19 (16-35) Davidson A Dec. 5, 1984
18 (13-31) Duke gr* March 10, 1995
17 (27-44)
17 (22-39) (13) Clemson lan* March 6, 1987
17 (44-61) NC State H (ws) Feb. 12, 1977
Noteworthy
... scored less than 60 points for just the eighth time in Skip Prosser's six seasons
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... Wake's 20 first-half points tied for the fewest in any half by a Skip Prosser-coached Deacon team (also 20 points in second half at NC State on March 6, 2005)
... Believe it or not, Wake's first half field goal percentage (.297) was not the Deacons' lowest single-half percentage of the season; they shot 29.0 percent in the first half against Air Force
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Senior Kyle Visser
... recorded his 5th double-double of the season and the 6th of his career
... has scored in double figures in every game this season, 28 times overall in his career
... led the Deacons in scoring for the 12th time this season
... pulled down double-figure rebounds for the 5th time this season, the 7th time in his career
... his first blocked shot was the 95th of his career - the 11th-most in
... played in his 110th game and started for the 39th time
... attempted just the second three-point field goal of his career and saw his career three-point percentage cut in half
Freshman Ishmael Smith
... led Wake in assists for the 13th time this season
... has dished out at least five assists 12 times this season
Freshman Chas McFarland
... was Wake's first sub in the game for the first time this season
Freshman L.D. Williams
... has started every game of his college career
Freshman Anthony Gurley
... scored in double figures for the fifth time including the second straight game
... has made at least two three-point field goals in a game four times this season including each of the last two games
Sophomore Harvey Hale
... scored in double figures for the fifth time this season, the 12th time in his career and the first time since Dec. 2nd
... had a season-high number of steals
... had a season-high number of rebounds
Sophomore Shamaine Dukes
... made his first three-point field goal since the Nov. 17th Elon game
