Basketball Game Notes - Wake Forest at Nebraska
11/29/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 29, 2011
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest will take on the Big Ten's newest member when the Demon Deacons play at the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the 13th annual Big Ten/ACC Challenge on Wednesday evening in Lincoln, Neb. Tip-off is scheduled for 9:15 p.m. ET at the Devaney Center.
How to Catch the Game
• Wednesday's game will be televised on ESPNU. Mitch Holthus (play-by-play) and Miles Simon (color) will call the action.
• The game can also be heard on the Wake Forest IMG College Sports Network and online at WakeForestSports.com. Stan Cotten (play-by-play) and Mark Freidinger (color) have the call.
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• Wake Forest (4-2) is coming off a 70-61 defeat of Texas Tech in the seventh-place game of the Old Spice Classic on Sunday in Orlando. C.J. Harris and Travis McKie paced the Deacons with 20 points apiece.
• The Deacons went 1-2 at the tournament, with losses to Dayton and Arizona State in their first two games.
• Harris (18.3 ppg), McKie (16.0) and Tony Chennault (13.3) each averaged in double figures scoring at the Classic.
Wake Forest in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge
• Wake Forest is 9-2 all-time in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Deacons have won in four of their past five appearances in the Challenge, with the only blemish coming at No. 4-ranked Purdue in 2009-10.
• Last season, Wake Forest pulled out a 76-73 win at home over Iowa, hitting the game-winning 3-pointer with just 2.7 seconds left to play.
Meet the Cornhuskers
• Nebraska (4-1) is coming off a 76-64 win over South Dakota State on Saturday in Lincoln. The win was Nebraska's fourth in as many games at the Devaney Center this season.
• Bo Spencer led the Cornhuskers with 18 points and eight assists. On the season, Spencer leads Nebraska with 16 points and 4.2 assists.
Series History
• Wake and Nebraska are meeting for the first time on the hardwood.
• Head coach Jeff Bzdelik is no stranger to the Cornhuskers, as Bzdelik went 3-3 against Nebraska during his three seasons at Colorado from 2008-10. Bzdelik went 1-2 at the Devaney Center, earning an 81-68 win in 2009-10. Bzdelik won both of his meetings with the Cornhuskers that season.
Next Up...
• Wake Forest will return home to host longtime rival Richmond on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.com.
• The Deacons are 38-10 all-time against the Spiders. Richmond snapped a 17-game losing streak to Wake Forest with a 90-74 win in Richmond last season. It marked the Spiders' first win in the series since 1989-90.
