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Gameday Central: Wake Forest vs. USC
11/29/2013 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 29, 2013
Wake Forest Game Notes 
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• Wake Forest will take on USC in the consolation bracket of the Battle 4 Atlantis on Friday afternoon at the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort in the Bahamas.
• Tip-off is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. EST. The game will be broadcast on AXS TV and can also be heard on the Wake Forest IMG Sports Network.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest is coming off an 87-78 loss to No. 2-ranked Kansas on Thursday in the Battle 4 Atlantis. Codi Miller-McIntyre scored a career-high 26 points and helped push the Jayhawks to the brink, but the Deacons ultimately came up short in the final minute.
• The Deacons trimmed a 14-point halftime deficit to four (46-42) early in the second half. Wake Forest also got to within five (79-74) after three straight buckets from Miller-McIntyre with just over a minute to play but could get no closer.
• Miller-McIntyre's 26 points came on an impressive 10-of-16 shooting. He also dished out four assists without turning the ball.
• Tyler Cavanaugh added 11 points in addition to pulling down a career-high eight rebounds to lead all players, while Madison Jones and Coron Williams chipped in 10 points apiece.
• The difference in the game came at the free throw line where the Deacons went only 18-for-29 and the Jayhawks went 26-for-38.
Wake Forest Storylines
• Codi Miller-McIntyre has scored 20+ points in all but one game this season. The only blemish was a nine-point, eight-assist performance against The Citadel on Nov. 21.
• Coron Williams has made 16 3-pointers combined over the past four games. He is the first Deacon to accomplish the feat since Justin Gray made 17 over three games in 2005-06.
Series History
• Wake Forest won the only previous meeting between the Deacons and the Trojans on the hardwood. Wake Forest picked up a 93-85 defeat of No. 14-ranked USC on Dec. 29, 1954, in the Dixie Classic in Raleigh, N.C.
• The Deacons are 10-12 all-time against current Pac 12 members. Wake Forest's last game against the conference was an 84-56 setback to Arizona State on Nov. 25, 2011, at the Old Spice Classic in Orlando.
Next Up...
• Wake Forest will face either Tennessee or Xavier on Saturday in the final round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.
• The Vols lead the series with the Deacons 6-2, but the teams have not met on the hardwood since the 1969-70 season when Tennessee picked up a 60-59 win. The series started in 1947-48, and Wake Forest earned wins in 1949-50 and 1959-60.
• The series between rivals Wake Forest and Xavier is tied at two wins apiece after the Deacons earned a 66-59 defeat of the Musketeers at the Joel Coliseum last January. The teams will meet later in the 2013-14 season in Cincinnati for the fourth annual Skip Prosser Classic.
• Following the Battle 4 Atlantis, the Deacons return home to host Tulane on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m.
