Wake Forest Excited for Home Opener

Nov. 12, 2013

Deacons Host Campbell IN Home Opener

The Demon Deacons return home to host Campbell in their home-opener at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The game is set to tip off at 7:00 p.m.
A live stream of the game can be found on WakeForestSports.com. Cabell Philpott and Roper Halverson will have the call.

Last Time Out

The Demon Deacons opened the season with a 90-71 setback at Marquette last Saturday in Milwaukee.
Senior Chelsea Douglas hit three three-pointers and finished with a team-high 26 points. It was the second-highest scoring game of her career.
Junior Dearica Hamby also had a solid opening game with 23 points, six rebounds and a career-high nine steals. Her nine takeaways were one-shy of the Wake Forest single-game record.
Freshman Ataijah Taylor made an impact in her debut, notching 12 points and a pair of assists.
The first half was a back-and-forth battle that saw Marquette take a 44-39 lead to the break. But runs of 8-1 and 10-0 early in the second half allowed the Golden Eagles to open-up a 20-point lead.

Wake Forest Storylines

Senior Chelsea Douglas is the top-returning scoring point guard in the ACC and she had a great start to the season. She is currently 17th in school history with 1,160 career points and also 4th with 174 career three-pointers.
The Demon Deacons have won six-straight home-openers and are 31-11 overall in their home-opener.
Head coach Jen Hoover is in her second season at the helm of the program.

The opposition

Campbell opened the season with an 82-56 victory over Erskine last Saturday in Buies Creek.
Kiera Gaines had 11 points and 10 rebounds while Ashley James scored 13 points and Roslyn Presley chipped-in with 11 points and four assists.
The Fighting Camels were picked to finish third in the Big South preseason poll and Gaines was one of seven Big South players named to the All-Preseason team.

Series History

This will be 10th meeting all-time between Campbell and Wake Forest and just the second since 1997.
Campbell leads the series 5-4.
Wake Forest won last year's meeting 84-68 at the Joel Coliseum.

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