Basketball Game Notes - 2012 ACC Tournament
3/6/2012 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 6, 2012
Wake Forest Game Notes
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest will be the No. 9 seed and take on No. 8 seed Maryland on Thursday in the opening game of the 59th annual Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament in Atlanta. Tip-off is scheduled for 12 p.m. at Philips Arena.
How to Catch the Game
• The game will be televised on the ACC Network and on ESPNU. Tim Brant and Mike Gminski will call the action for the ACC Network, while Dan Shulman and Fran Fraschilla will have the call on ESPNU.
• 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 (13-17, 4-12 ACC) is coming off a 69-62 loss at Georgia Tech on Saturday in Atlanta. The Deacons led by five early in the second half but saw the Yellow Jackets reclaim the lead with an 8-0 run midway through the period.
• C.J. Harris led the Deacons with 17 points, hitting 3-of-6 from 3-point range, while Travis McKie finished with 16 points and four rebounds.
• Nikita Mescheriakov scored 12 points, dished out a career-high seven assists and led the team with five rebounds.
Today's Opponent
• Maryland (16-14, 6-10 ACC) is coming off a 75-72 overtime loss to Virginia on Sunday in College Park. The loss was the third straight for the Terrapins.
• In Wake Forest's only meeting with Maryland this season, the Terps posted a 70-64 defeat of the Deacons on Jan. 11 in College Park.
ACC Tournament History
• The Deacons are 3-5 all-time against the Terrapins in ACC Tournament play. Wake Forest has lost five straight ACC Tournament games to Maryland, including a 2009 quarterfinal setback that saw the No. 7-seeded Terps upset the No. 2-seeded Deacons at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.
• Wake Forest's last postseason win over Maryland came in 1963 during the first round in Raleigh. The Deacons also beat the Terps in 1961 and in 1954, which was the first ACC Tournament ever held.
• Wake Forest has never been the ninth seed in previous ACC Tournaments.
Next Up...
• The winner of Thursday's Wake Forest-Maryland game will take on No. 1 seed North Carolina on Friday at noon.
• The No. 4-ranked Tar Heels went 27-4 overall and finished 14-2 in conference play to claim the ACC regular season crown outright. Wake Forest suffered a 68-53 loss to UNC on Jan. 31 in Winston-Salem.
