Basketball Game Notes - Wake Forest at Maryland
1/10/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 10, 2012
Wake Forest Game Notes
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest will hit the road to play at Maryland on Wednesday evening to begin an 18-day stretch that sees the Demon Deacons play five ACC games, including four away from home.
Wednesday's game will feature three of the ACC's top four scorers in Maryland's Terrell Stoglin (1st, 21.4 ppg) and Wake Forest's C.J. Harris (2nd, 18.3) and Travis McKie (4th, 17.5).
Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Comcast Center in College Park.
How to Catch the Game
• Saturday's game will be televised regionally on Fox Sports. Rich Waltz (play-by-play) and Dan Bonner (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 (10-5, 1-0 ACC) is coming off a 58-55 win over Virginia Tech in the Deacons' ACC opener on Saturday. C.J. Harris hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final 1:05, including the go-ahead bucket with 18 seconds remaining.
• The Deacons led by as many as 13 but saw the Hokies fight back to take a 53-52 lead with 1:20 remaining. Harris took over from there, knocking down a 3-pointer at the 1:05 mark to reclaim the lead and then snapping a 55-55 tie with his trey from the top of the arc.
Meet the Terrapins
• Maryland (10-4, 0-1 ACC) is coming off a 79-74 loss at NC State in its ACC opener on Sunday in Raleigh. Terrell Stoglin's 25 points were not enough, as the Wolfpack led for the entire second half.
• Stoglin is the ACC's leading scorer with 21.4 points per game. He has 10 20-point games to his credit this season to lead the league.
• Freshman center Alex Len, the reigning ACC Rookie of the Week, has averaged 13.5 points and 8.8 rebounds in four games this season.
Series History
• Maryland leads the all-time series with Wake Forest, 64-56. The Terrapins have won two straight after sweeping the season series with the Deacons in 2010-11.
• Wake is 2-4 in the Comcast Center since the venue's opening in 2002-03. The Deacons last won there with a 65-63 victory late in the 2008-09 season.
Next Up...
• Wake Forest will return home to host rival NC State on Saturday afternoon. The Wolfpack, who have won three straight over the Deacons, are 12-4 (1-0 ACC) entering Wednesday's game against Georgia Tech.
• The Deacons will then play back-to-back road games at Duke (Jan. 19) and at Boston College (Jan. 21) in what will be Wake's toughest two-game turnaround of the conference season.
