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Gameday Central: Wake Forest vs. Syracuse
1/28/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 28, 2014
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• Wake Forest will put its 13-game home winning streak on the line when the Demon Deacons host undefeated and No. 2-ranked Syracuse for the teams' first-ever conference meeting on Wednesday evening.
• Tip-off is scheduled for 9 p.m. at the LJVM Coliseum. The game will be broadcast on the ACC's regional sports networks and online on ESPN3. It can also be heard on the Wake Forest IMG Sports Network.
Last Time Out
• Wake Forest is coming off a 65-58 win over Notre Dame last Saturday in Winston-Salem. The Irish fought back from an eight-point deficit in the second half to take the lead late, but Codi Miller-McIntyre scored six straight points to secure the win for the Deacons.
• Travis McKie and Arnaud William Adala Moto combined to make six straight free throws in the final 30 seconds to help seal the victory.
• Devin Thomas scored 21 points on 10-of-11 shooting, making his first 10 shots of the game.
• Travis McKie hit double figures for the second game in a row, totaling 14 points and three rebounds.
• Coron Williams had 11 points on 4-of-7 shooting, while Tyler Cavanaugh led the Deacons with seven rebounds, his most in ACC play.
• The Deacons went 14-of-19 (73.7%) from the line, their best mark of the ACC season and their fourth-straight game of better than 70 percent.
• The Deacons shot 48.9 percent in the game while holding the Fighting Irish to only 39.3 percent, including a 2-of-16 mark from behind the arc.
Wake Forest Storylines
• Wake Forest has won 13 straight games at the Joel Coliseum, dating back to last year's season finale. It marks the Deacs' longest home winning streak since winning 16 straight at the Joel between 2007 and 2008.
• The Deacons feature the ACC's leading rebounder in Devin Thomas, who pulls down 8.5 boards per game. Thomas also leads the ACC in field goal percentage in conference games at 64.8 percent (35-of-54).
• Codi Miller-McIntyre has been one of the best guards in the ACC this season. The sophomore is the only player to rank in the top 10 in the ACC in each scoring (9th), assists (9th) and field goal percentage (8th). He also ranks ninth in assist-to-turnover ratio.
Series History
• The Deacons and Orange have met once previously in the 2001-02 Preseason NIT championship game, which Syracuse won 74-67 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
• Wake Forest sophomore Tyler Cavanaugh and Syracuse sophomore DaJuan Coleman were high school teammates at Jamesville-Dewitt High, where they won three state championships together. Cavanaugh finished runner-up to Coleman for the title of "Mr. Basketball" in New York.
Next Up...
• Wake Forest will host Georgia Tech on Saturday to wrap up a three-game homestand. This will mark the first year since Georgia Tech joined the ACC in 1979 that the two rivals will play just once during the regular season.
• Following the Georgia Tech game, the Deacons will begin a stretch that sees them play four out of five games on the road beginning with Duke on Feb. 4 in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
