Postgame Notes - Wake Forest vs. Iowa

11/30/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Nov. 30, 2010

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Team Records and Series Notes:
• Wake Forest improves to 4-3 on the season, while Iowa is now 3-4 on the year.
• The Deacs now hold a 4-0 lead in the all-time series with Iowa. Wake is also 17-16 all-time against Big Ten opponents.
• Wake Forest improves to 9-2 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, including a perfect 6-0 mark at the Joel Coliseum during the Challenge.
• Wake Forest continues its early stretch of home games on Saturday when it hosts Holy Cross at 1 p.m. The game will be aired live on the Wake Forest Sports Network from IMG College.

Wake Forest Team Notes:
Key Run: With the game tied at 73 with four seconds remaining, J.T. Terrell made a fadeaway three-pointer from 25 feet to put the Deacs in front by three. On the ensuing inbounds pass, Ty Walker got a hand on the ball, knocking it away from the Iowa player as time expired.
Key Stat: After shooting 38.5 percent in the first half, the Demon Deacons lit up the nets in the second 20 minutes, making 14-of-20 (70.0 percent) shots in the second half, including 6-of-9 (66.7 percent) from beyond the arc.
• Wake Forest trailed in the game by as much as 18 points. The 18-point comeback is tied for the third largest in school history and the biggest comeback since overcoming an 18-point deficit against Duke on March 10, 1995.
• Wake Forest continued to shoot well from the free throw line, making 20-of-25 (80.0 percent) shots from the foul line. The Demon Deacons have shot better than 75 percent from the charity stripe in five games this season, including four straight.
• After turning the ball over 13 times in the first half, the Deacs committed just three turnovers in the second half.
• Iowa held a 38-28 advantage on the glass. Wake Forest is 2-3 on the season when getting out-rebounded by its opponent.

Wake Forest Individual Notes:

J.T. Terrell
• Freshman guard J.T. Terrell led all scorers with a career-high 32 points in the game, making 9-of-16 shots in the contest.
• The 32 points scored are the most by a freshman since Chris King tallied 34 points against NC State on March 4, 1989.
• Terrell did most of his damage from beyond the arc, hitting 7-of-11 from three-point land. The seven three pointers made tied the Wake Forest freshman record, equaling the mark set by Robert O'Kelley on January 31, 1998, against North Carolina.
• Terrell was 7-of-8 from the free throw line, tying a season high for free throws made.

C.J. Harris
• Sophomore guard C.J. Harris turned in his fifth double-figure game of the season, scoring 12 points.
• Harris shot 3-of-5 from the field and made the only three-point shot he attempted in the game. Harris was also 5-of-6 from the foul line.

Ari Stewart
• Sophomore forward Ari Stewart charted double figures for the sixth time this season and for the fifth straight game, scoring 10 points in the win.
• Stewart also grabbed three rebounds and had a steal.

Ty Walker
• Junior center Ty Walker narrowly missed a double-double, scoring eight points and grabbing a team-high eight rebounds.
• Walker also swatted five shots, bringing his season total to 33 blocks. He also had three steals in the win.

Travis McKie
• Freshman forward Travis McKie scored five points, failing to reach double figures for the first time in his collegiate career.
• While not scoring at his usual place, McKie did pay dividends on the defensive side, blocking a season-high three shots and grabbing six rebounds.
• McKie tied for the team high with four assists.

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