Post Game Notes
12/30/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 30, 2007
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Wake Forest vs. Air Force
Dec. 30, 2007
With the win...
- Wake Forest moves to 9-3 overall.
- Head Coach Dino Gaudio improves to 9-3 at Wake Forest and 77-127 in his eighth season overall as a head coach.
- Wake improves to 2-1 all-time against Air Force, including a 2-0 mark at Joel Coliseum.
- The Deacs move to 11-5 all-time against MWC competition.
- Wake Forest improves to 2-2 all-time against teams from the state of Colorado.
- The Deacons move to 227-53 all-time at Joel Coliseum (opened in 1989-90), including a 130-8 record in non-conference games.
- Wake Forest is 1,372-1,042 in its 102nd season of basketball.
Wake Forest Has Best Free Throw Percentage Since 2005-06
- Wake Forest made its first seven free throw attempts of the game and finished with a season-high percentage of 86.2 (25-of-29). The Deacons' previous high this season was 74.4 percent (29-of-39) in the Winston-Salem State game.
- The Deacs had their best free throw percentage since shooting 87.0 percent (20-of-23) on Jan. 15, 2006, at Maryland.
- Today's mark is the third-highest in the past three seasons.
Miscellaneous
- Wake Forest won the opening tip for the first time this season.
- The Deacs have hit at least one three-pointer in 502 straight games (dating back to Feb. 8, 1992, at North Carolina). Ishmael Smith pushed the streak to the 502 with his three-pointer at the 17:48 mark of the first half.
- The Deacs had a season-low eight turnovers.
Junior Harvey Hale
- Scored in double figures for the seventh time this season and the 24th time in his career.
Freshman James Johnson
- Started for the 12th straight game.
- Scored in double figures for the 10th time this season.
- Scored a season-high 22 points-the most scored by a Deacon this year.
- Led the team in scoring for the fifth time this season.
- Led the team in rebounding (tied with Stanley and Weaver) for the eighth time this season.
- Tied his season-high with three blocked shots.
Sophomore Chas McFarland
- Made his 10th straight start of the season.
- Scored the first points of the game for Wake Forest for the fourth straight game.
- Received his second technical foul of the game and was ejected at the 5:01 mark of the first half.
Sophomore Jamie Skeen
- Missed the first game of his career with an ankle injury.
Sophomore Ishmael Smith
- Made his 40th straight start, the second-longest streak on the team.
Redshirt Junior Cameron Stanley
- Played a season-high 15 minutes (previous high was 10).
- Scored a season-high seven points.
- Did not miss a shot of any variety going 2-for-2 from the floor, 2-for-2 from the free throw line and 1-for-1 from three-point range.
- Led the team in rebounding (tied with Johnson and Weaver) for the first time this season and the third time in his career.
Freshman Jeff Teague
- Made his fourth start of the season and his third straight.
- Tied his season-high with five assists.
- Led the team in assists for the fifth time this season.
- Tallied a season-high six steals, coming within two of Muggsy Bogues' school record.
- Posted five or more steals in a game for the third time this season.
- Had a season-high seven three-point attempts.
Redshirt Sophomore David Weaver
- Played a season-high 20 minutes (previous high was 14).
- Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds.
- Led the team in rebounding (tied with Johnson and Stanley) for the first time in his career.
Sophomore L.D. Williams
- Made his 43rd straight start, the longest current streak on the team.
- Scored in double figures for the eighth time this season and the 21st time in his career.
- Had a career-high 14 field goal attempts.
