Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest vs. Gonzaga Postgame Notes
1/2/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 2, 2011
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Team Records and Series Notes:
- Wake Forest falls two games below .500 at 6-8 on the season, while Gonzaga is now 10-5 on the year.
- Today was only the second all-time meeting between Wake Forest and Gonzaga. The two teams have now split those contests, as the Demon Deacons defeated the Bulldogs 77-75 in Spokane last season.
- Wake Forest is now 4-2 against WCC opponents and 4-3 against the state of Washington.
- Wake Forest will wrap up the non-conference portion of its schedule by hosting Triad-rival High Point on Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed live online at WakeForestSports.com. The Deacons will open ACC play at NC State on Saturday, Jan. 8, at 2:30 p.m.
Wake Forest Team Notes:
- Key Run: Down 62-49 after a Steven Gray 3-pointer with 8:54 remaining, Ty Walker jump started a 9-0 Demon Deacon run with a fastbreak layup at the 7:32 mark. J.T. Terrell capped the run with 4:47 on the clock with a 3-pointer that cut the lead to four at 62-58.
- Key Stat: Gonzaga held a significant advantage in field goal percentage, shooting 50.0 percent from the field (26-for-52). Wake Forest shot only33.9 percent from the field (19-for-56). The discrepancy was largely due to scoring inside, as the Bulldogs outscored the Demon Deacons 42-16 in the paint.
- Today marks just the third time this season that Wake Forest has won the turnover battle. The Deacs forced the Bulldogs into 19 turnovers and committed just 13 themselves. The two previous games in which the Demon Deacons won the TO battle was a 81-59 win over Marist on Nov. 23 and a 66-64 loss to Presbyterian on Dec. 21.
- The Demon Deacons kept themselves in the game with a solid performance from the free throw line. Wake ended the game shooting 77.8 percent from the line, connecting on 21-of-27 attempts.
- Gonzaga's Demetri Goodson is the first Wake Forest opponent to foul out in a game this season.
Wake Forest Individual Notes:
Travis McKie
- Travis McKie scored Wake Forest's last 13 points of the first half to help the Deacons go into the half down just one point at 36-35. He ended the first half with 15 points, thanks in large part to an 8-of-9 performance from the free throw line.
- McKie ended the game with 16 points and three rebounds on 9-of-11 shooting at the charity stripe.
J.T. Terrell
- J.T. Terrell ended the game with 14 points on a perfect 7-of-7 from the free throw line. He scored seven points in each half.
Ty Walker
- Ty Walker snapped a two-game scoreless streak with seven points on 3-of-5 shooting from the field. All seven of his points came in the second half, while he also tied Ari Stewart with a team-high five rebounds.
Gary Clark
- Gary Clark continued to be deadly from beyond the arc with a 2-for-3 performance against Gonzaga. Clark ended the game with 13 points, four assists and a rebound.
