Postgame Notes

Dec. 19, 2007

With the win...

Wake Forest moves to 7-3 overall on the season.
Head Coach Dino Gaudio improves to 7-3 at Wake Forest and 75-127 in his eighth season overall as a head coach.
The Deacons post at least seven wins in their first 10 games for the 17th time in the last 18 seasons.
Wake evens the all-time series with South Florida at two games apiece. Both of the Deacons' wins have come at home.
The Deacs move to 28-40 all-time against Big East competition.
Wake Forest improves to 42-24 all-time against teams from the state of Florida.
Wake Forest is 1,370-1,042 in its 102nd season of basketball.

Miscellaneous

Wake Forest lost the opening tip for the 10th straight game this season.
The Deacs have hit at least one three-pointer in 500 straight games (dating back to Feb. 8, 1992, at North Carolina). L.D. Williams pushed the streak to the 500 with his three-pointer at the 18:58 mark of the first half.

Hot Shooting Propels Deacs to Fast Start

Wake Forest had its best first-half shooting percentage since the season opener when the Deacs shot 55.9 percent (19-of-34) against Fairfield. Tonight, the Deacons shot 50.0 percent (14-of-28) in the first stanza.
The Deacs made 10 of their first 14 field goals in the first half for 71.4 percent.
Wake Forest scored the first nine points of the game and 12 of the first 13. The Deacons did not allow a USF field goal until the 14:52 mark.
Wake Forest's largest lead of the first half was 17 (25-8) at the 9:37 mark.

Wake Uses Second-Half Run to Pull Away

After USF cut Wake Forest's lead to five, 40-35, the Deacons went on an 8-0 run to increase their cushion to 13, 48-35. The Bulls could not get closer than seven (66-59) the rest of the way.
In total, the Deacs went on a 21-5 run over 7:07 to push their lead to 21, 61-40.

Scored in double figures for the sixth time this season and the 23rd time in his career.
Came within one three-point field goal of tying his career-high of five.

Posted his sixth double-double of the season and his fifth in the last six games.
Scored in double figures for the eighth time this season.
Pulled down double-digit rebounds for the seventh time this season.
Led the team in rebounding for the seventh time this season.

Sophomore Jamie Skeen

Scored a career-high 17 points, breaking his previous best of 16.
Scored in double figures for the fourth time this season and the 14th time in his career.
Led the team in scoring for the first time this season and the second time in his career.

Sophomore Ishmael Smith

Made his 38th straight start, the second-longest streak on the team.
Led the team in assists (tied with Teague) for the seventh time this season and the 33rd time in his career.

Freshman Jeff Teague

Sophomore L.D. Williams

Made his 41st straight start, the longest current streak on the team.
Scored in double figures for the seventh time this season and the 20th time in his career.

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