Basketball Game Notes - Wake Forest vs. NC State
1/13/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 13, 2012
Wake Forest Game Notes
| NC State Game Notes | ACC Network TV Affiliates
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Looking to rebound from its first conference loss of the season, Wake Forest will return home to host longtime rival NC State on Saturday afternoon. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
How to Catch the Game
• Saturday's game will be televised regionally on the ACC Network. Tim Brant (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 (10-6, 1-1 ACC) is coming off a 70-64 setback at Maryland on Wednesday in College Park. The Deacons got behind by 18 but battled back to pull within three multiple times in the second half. Wake Forest's would-be comeback was stopped short, as Maryland hung on for the six-point win.
• Travis McKie led the Deacons by tying his career-high with 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting.
• Ty Walker came within shouting distance of a triple double, as the senior center finished with eight points, nine rebounds and eight blocks.
Meet the Wolfpack
• NC State (12-5, 1-1 ACC) is coming off an 82-71 loss to Georgia Tech on Wednesday in Raleigh. The Yellow Jackets used a 19-3 run over the final six minutes of the first half to take control of the game.
• The Wolfpack have five players ranked in the top 25 of the ACC in scoring, led by C.J. Leslie who is 11th with 13.7 points per game. Scott Wood, who is second on the team with 12.8 points per, leads the ACC in 3-point field goal percentage at 43.9 percent (43-for-98).
Series History
• NC State leads the all-time series with Wake Forest, 134-99. In its 234th all-time meeting, the series is now tied for the second-most frequent matchup in the ACC.
• The series dates back to the 1910-11 season when the two schools were Raleigh-area rivals. Wake took the first meeting, 33-6, and then went on to win 10 of the first 13 contests.
• Wake Forest is 17-5 against NC State at the Joel Coliseum. The Deacs have taken five of the last seven at the venue, but the Wolfpack won 80-55 last year in Winston-Salem.
Next Up...
• Wake Forest will play back-to-back road games next week beginning with a 7 p.m. contest at Duke on Thursday, Jan. 19. Then the Deacons will travel to Boston College to take on the Eagles in a noon game on Saturday, Jan. 21. The stretch should amount to Wake's toughest two-game turnaround of the conference season.
