Deacons Open West Coast Swing At Arizona

Nov. 26, 2013

The Demon Deacons begin a three-game western road swing as they head to Arizona on Tuesday, Nov. 26.
The game is set to tip off at 1:00 p.m. ET from the McKale Center.

Last Time Out

Wake Forest got a full team effort in a 92-65 victory Friday night over visiting Radford.
Senior Chelsea Douglas finished with 22 points on five made three-pointers and junior Dearica Hamby had 17 points and five rebounds.
Redshirt-freshman Kelila Atkinson made her Demon Deacon debut a memorable one. The Woodbridge, Va., native was 6-of-10 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the free throw line en route to finishing with 20 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals.
Freshman Ataijah Taylor went 5-of-5 from the free throw line and finished with seven points while sophomore Kandice Ball scored a career-high six points and grabbed a career-high tying five rebounds.
The Deacs put the full court pressure on right from the opening tip and forced 20 first half turnovers. That allowed them to double-up Radford at the break 54-27. Wake also dominated on the boards 46-28 and had 19 second chance points.

Wake Forest Storylines

Senior Chelsea Douglas was the first player in school history to score 20 or more points in the first three games of a season. She leads the ACC in scoring (23.5) and three-pointers made (16).
Douglas is currently 11th in school history with 1,228 career points and also 4th with 187 career three-pointers.
Dearica Hamby has notched double-doubles in three-straight games. That is the first time she has done that in her career and she now has six double-doubles for her career.

The Opposition

Arizona comes into the game with a 1-4 record overall.
The Wildcats' victory came over UC Santa Barbara on Nov. 16.
Candice Warthen leads the team in scoring at 17.4 points per game and is also dishing-out almost four assists per contests.

Series History

Next Up...

Wake Forest will head north to Reno, Nev., for the John Ascuaga's Nugget Classic hosted by Nevada.
The Deacs will open the Nugget Classic against Cal on Nov. 29 and then play either Nevada or Idaho on Nov. 30.

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