Post Game Notes

Jan. 11, 2009

Team Records and Series Notes

Wake Forest improves to 14-0 overall and 1-0 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, while North Carolina drops to 14-2 and 0-2 in league play.
The 14-0 record equals the second-best record to start a season in school history, tying the 14-0 start to the 1980-81 season. The best record to open the season is 15-0 set in the 1926-27 season.
North Carolina still leads the overall series 151-64, but Wake Forest has won seven of the past 12 meetings between the two squads.
Wake Forest has now won nine straight games against teams from the state of North Carolina. Wake's last loss against an in-state foe came on January 24, 2007, against UNC.
Tonight's win marked the 99th win of head coach Dino Gaudio's career. He is 31-13 as the head coach of the Demon Deacons and his career record stands at 99-137.
Wake Forest improves to 15-14 when both teams come in ranked in the top 10. The Deacs are 130-312 all-time against ranked teams, and 72-102 against ranked foes at home.
Tonight's attendance of 14,714 marks a new attendance record at the Joel Coliseum. The previous record was 14,673 set on February 23, 1992, against Duke. It was also the first home sellout since March 4, 2006, against NC State.
Wake Forest hits the road for the first time in ACC play on Wednesday night, traveling to Boston College for a 9 p.m. (ET) tipoff. The game will be carried live on Raycom (television) and the Wake Forest ISP Sports Network (radio).

Wake Forest Team Notes

Key Run: Leading 63-61 with 11:36 remaining in the second half, Wake Forest went on a 7-2 run to take a 70-63 lead. Wake Forest held the lead for the remainder of the game as UNC could get no closer than three points for the rest of the game.
Key Stat: The Demon Deacons were clutch at the free-throw line down the stretch, hitting 9-of-12 shots in the final three minutes of the game. For the game, Wake Forest was 28-of-39 (71.8 percent) from the free-throw line, while North Carolina was 31-of-38 (81.6 percent) from the charity stripe.
The Wake Forest defense held North Carolina to 26-of-74 (35.1 percent) shooting from the field, while the Demon Deacons shot 29-of-61 (47.5 percent) from the field.
Wake Forest made 6-of-14 shots from beyond the arc for 42.9 percent, while UNC hit only 6-of-23 shots from three-point land for 26.1 percent.
Wake Forest controlled the painted area in the game, holding a 44-30 advantage in the paint. For the season, Wake Forest has scored 626 points in the paint, accounting for 52.2 percent of the Deacons' 1,200 points on the season.
Tonight's game featured 11 ties and 10 lead changes.
North Carolina won the rebounding category in the game, grabbing 51 boards to 37 for Wake Forest. It marked the fourth time this season that Wake Forest has been outrebounded.
Wake Forest has now made a three pointer in 534 consecutive games.

Wake Forest Individual Notes

Sophomore guard Jeff Teague scored a career-high 34 points on 9-of-17 shooting from the field. Teague was nearly automatic at the free-throw line, knocking down 13-of-15 shots. The game was Teague's third 30-point performance of the season. He is the only player in the ACC to record multiple 30-point games.
Teague also tied for the team lead in assists with four and brought down six rebounds.
Junior center Chas McFarland scored a season-high tying 20 points. McFarland also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds, and also added two blocks and two steals.
Freshman forward Al-Farouq Aminu scored nine points and tied for the team high with four assists. Aminu also added three blocked shots.
Freshman center Tony Woods came off the bench to play 10 solid minutes. Woods scored six points and brought down three rebounds.

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