Basketball Game Notes - Wake Forest at Seton Hall
12/9/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 9, 2011
Wake Forest Game Notes
| Seton Hall Game Notes
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest will look to keep its road momentum alive when the Demon Deacons travel north to take on Big East foe Seton Hall on Saturday. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
How to Catch the Game
• Saturday's game will be televised on ESPN3.com. Noah Coslov (play-by-play) and Rob Kennedy (color) will call the action.
• The game can 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.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest (6-3) is coming off an 87-83 win at Triad-rival High Point on Wednesday. The Deacons led by as many as 15 early in the second half but saw their lead dwindle to two with 30 seconds to play before finally putting the pesky Panthers away.
• Tony Chennault and C.J. Harris led Wake with 20 points apiece. It was a career-high for Chennault, who also hit three 3-pointers and dished out six assists. Harris posted his fifth 20-point performance of the season.
• The announced attendance of 1,801 was the smallest road crowd the Deacons have played in front of since 1973 (1,600 at Rice).
• The win was the second straight road win for Wake Forest, marking the first time the Deacons have won consecutive road games since winning three straight from Dec. 5-28, 2009 (Gonzaga, UNCW, UNCG).
Meet the Pirates
• Seton Hall (7-1) is coming off a 78-48 win over NJIT at home on Tuesday. The Pirates used a 29-2 run to put away the Highlanders. Senior Herb Pope scored a game-high 25 points in the win, which was the fifth in as many games for Seton Hall at the Prudential Center this season.
• Pope is the Big East's leading scorer with 21.4 points per game this season. Pope has posted six double-doubles in eight games on the year.
Series History
• Seton Hall leads the all-time series with Wake Forest, 3-2. The series dates back to 1954 when the teams met at Madison Square Garden.
• The Pirates have won each of the past two meetings, including a 76-74 overtime win at the Greensboro Coliseum on Dec. 5, 1989.
• Wake Forest is 1-3 all-time in games played in the state of New Jersey, which includes NCAA Sweet 16 losses in East Rutherford in 1995 and 2004.
Next Up...
• Following the Seton Hall game, the Deacons will be idle for a week to take fall semester exams. Wake Forest returns to action on Sunday, Dec. 18, when it hosts in-state rival Gardner-Webb at 1 p.m.
• The Deacons won their only previous meeting with the Runnin' Bulldogs, posting a 92-60 win on Dec. 19, 2006, in Winston-Salem.
