Men's Basketball vs. Boston College

Feb. 8, 2009

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Team Records and Series Notes:

Wake Forest improves to 18-3 overall and 5-3 in Atlantic Coast Conference play, while Boston College falls to 18-7 overall and 6-4 in conference play.
The Demon Deacons ended the Eagles' five-game winning streak today but Boston College continues to lead the overall series 7-2. Wake Forest recorded its first-ever defeat of BC winning 83-63 on Jan. 14 in Chestnut Hill earlier this season.
After dropping consecutive games for the first time this season, the Deacons came away with a 17-point victory.
Wake Forest will hit the road again to play at NC State on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. in an untelevised game. The Demon Deacons will then host Florida State on Feb. 14 at 4 p.m.

Wake Forest Team Notes:

Key Run: Down 50-52 with 18:28 left in the second half, Wake Forest went on a 21-9 run and would never relinquish the lead.
Key Stat: After finishing with its season-low 31.7 percent shooting from the floor at Miami, Wake Forest shot 57.4 percent (31-of-54) compared to Boston College's 43.6 percent (24-of-55). Wake Forest also totaled 22 fastbreak points while holding Boston College to five.
This was the first time the Deacons shot better than 55 percent from the field since playing Boston College earlier this season on Jan. 14 when they shot 55.4 percent.
The Eagles started a 13-0 run at the 13:56 mark in the first half, but the Deacons went into the locker room down one at half, 47-26.
Wake Forest finished with two players who totaled more than 20 points for the first time since Jan. 11, 2009. Sophomore guard Jeff Teague finished with 27 points and freshman forward Al-Farouq Aminu recorded a career-high 26 points.
The Deacons were 18-of-19 from the free throw line in the first half and Boston College was 11-of 15. Wake Forest finished the game 23-of-29 (82.1 percent) and Boston College ended 18-of-25 (72.0 percent) from the line.
At the break, Boston College had 16 second-chance points, while Wake Forest had zero. The Eagles only added four to that total in the second half, and the Deacons finished with 11 second-chance points in the game.
Wake Forest returned to its starting lineup of Jeff Teague, L.D. Williams, Al-Farouq Aminu, James Johnson and Chas McFarland in today's game.
Wake Forest has now made at least one three-point field goal in 541 consecutive games. The Deacons were 6-of-11 (54.5 percent) from behind the arc against the Eagles.

Wake Forest Individual Notes:

Teague led Wake Forest with 27 points. He finished the game 6-of-12 from the floor and 11-of-12 from the line. He also had a team-high eight assists. Teague is the first Wake Forest player to record eight or more assists in a single game since junior guard Ishmael Smith did so with nine on Dec. 22 at East Carolina. Teague had 21 points in the first half, including going a perfect 8-of-8 from the free throw line. His 21 points in the first half were the second-highest points scored in a first half by a Demon Deacon all season (22 points is the highest to-date this season, most recently Teague had 22 in the first half against UTEP on Nov. 28).
Sophomore forward James Johnson recorded his sixth double-double of the season and 14th of his career, finishing with 12 points and 10 rebounds. He also added two blocks and two steals.
Aminu surpassed his prior career-high point total of 21 by five points. He finished with 26 points and seven rebounds. He went 8-of-9 from the floor, 9-of-11 from the line and 1-of-1 from the three-point line.

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