Basketball Gameday: Wake Forest vs. Minnesota
12/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Gameday Central >> 2014 ACC/Big Ten Challenge >> Wake Forest vs. Minnesota | |
| Game 8 | Tuesday, December 2, 7:00 p.m. (Doors open at 5:30 p.m.) |
| Location | Winston-Salem, N.C. (LJVM Coliseum) - Facility Information | Tickets |
| Watch | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| Listen | Wake Forest Radio  | Affiliates | Gameday App (Free Audio) | Sirius: 108 XM: 193 |
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| Game Notes | Wake Forest Game Notes  | Minnesota Game Notes |
| Twitter Updates | @TieDyeNation  | @DemonDeacons |
Wake Forest Hosts Minnesota in ACC/Big Ten Challenge >>
• Wake Forest is set to host Minnesota on Tuesday evening in the 2014 ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
• Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the LJVM Coliseum. The game will be televised on ESPNU. It can also be heard on the Wake Forest IMG Sports Network.
Last Time Out >>
• Wake Forest is coming off a 72-65 loss to Delaware State on Friday in Winston-Salem.
• The Hornets shot 49 percent in the game, including 8-for-21 from 3-point range while holding the Deacons to 36 percent from the field.
• Codi Miller-McIntyre led the Deacons with 15 points. Cornelius Hudson and Madison Jones scored 10 apiece, while Hudson added four steals.
• The Deacons won the turnover battle with just eight turnovers to 18 by Delaware State. But Wake Forest was outrebounded for the first time this season, 38-34.
Wake Forest Storylines >>
• Wake Forest is coming off a stretch that saw the Deacons play six games in 12 days. The Deacons have two games this week before a seven-day break for final exams.
• Mitchell Wilbekin is 9-for-17 (53 percent) from 3-point range over the past four games. He has averaged 9.3 points during the strech while starting each of the four games.
• Cornelius Hudson has scored in double figures in three straight games, shooting 47 percent from the field and 50 percent (6-of-12) from 3-point range during the stretch. He was 2-for-13 from beyond the arc in the four games prior.
• Devin Thomas ranks second in the ACC and 20th nationally in rebounding with 10.3 boards per game. He and Miami's Tonye Jekiri are the only league players averaging double-figure rebounds on the year.
• Madison Jones leads the team shooting 55 percent (17-of-31) on the season. Jones is also 16-for-22 at the line for 73 percent. He entered the year just a 49 percent career free throw shooter.
• Wake Forest ranks sixth nationally in rebounding margin (+13.7) and second nationally in total rebounds (308).
Series History >>
• Wake Forest and Minnesota have split six all-time meetings since first playing in the 1954 Dixie Classic in Raleigh, N.C.
• The teams have met once previously in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with the Deacons winning 85-79 in Winston-Salem in 2001.
• The Deacons are 10-3 all-time in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge, having won four of their past six games in the event.
Next Up... >>
• Wake Forest will open ACC play on Saturday at NC State at 7:30 p.m. on ESPNU. The Deacons and Wolfpack split last season's series with each team winning at home.
• This will mark the Deacons' earliest conference opener since playing at Maryland on Dec. 3, 1998.
• Wake Forest will be off for seven days for final exams before returning to the court on Sunday, Dec. 14, vs. Samford.
