GAMEDAY: Deacons Look To Keep Streak Alive Against BC

Jan. 24, 2014

Wake Forest will be looking for its eighth-straight victory over Boston College when the two teams meet in Chestnut Hill this Sunday.
Tip off is scheduled for 1 p.m., from the Conte Forum.

Last Time Out

No. 7 North Carolina outscored Wake Forest 27-8 over the final eight and a half minutes to get out of Winston-Salem with an 83-65 victory Thursday night at the Joel Coliseum.
Junior Dearica Hamby had just another night at the office as she scored 22 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her 15th double-double of the season. She also blocked one shot and dished-out three assists.
Senior Chelsea Douglas hit three three-pointers and finished with 20 points. Douglas also distributed the ball well, notching a game-high five assists.
Freshmen Jill Brunori and Ataijah Taylor each finished with eight points on the night. Despite battling foul trouble most of the game, Brunori grabbed 10 rebounds including seven on the offensive end. This was just Brunori's third 10-rebound game of the season.

Wake Forest Storylines

Wake Forest is one win shy of its 500th in program history. The Demon Deacons hold an all-time record of 499-636 (.440).
Dearica Hamby has notched a total of 15 double-doubles this season. She was named to the All-Tournament Team at both the Nugget Classic and the FIU Sun & Fun Classic and currently leads the ACC in scoring (21.1) and rebounding (11.2).
Senior Chelsea Douglas is 22 points away from moving into the top-5 in school history in career scoring. She has 1,485 career points and is also second in school-history with 229 career three-point field goals.

The Opposition

Boston College comes into the game with an 11-9 mark overall and a 2-4 mark in the conference after falling at NC State 85-76 last Thursday.
The Eagles are second in the conference in three-pointers per game at 8.0 and third in the conference in three-point percentage at .371.
Kristen Doherty leads the team in scoring at 13.8 ppg and grabs 6.3 rebounds per contest.
Kelly Hughes has made a team-high 46 three-pointers.

Series History

The Demon Deacons hold a 7-3 edge in the all-time series with Boston College which started in 2006.
The Eagles won the first three meetings and Wake Forest has since won seven-straight.
Boston College is the only ACC school that Wake Forest holds a winning all-time record against.

Next Up...

Wake Forest will play two-straight home games starting with Virginia on Jan. 30.
The two teams split the season series last season with the visiting team winning each game.

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