GAMEDAY: Deacons Look For Third-Straight Against FSU

Feb. 1, 2014

Wake Forest has beaten Florida State each of the last two seasons and will look to make it three-straight when the Seminoles come to town on Sunday.
Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. from the LJVM Coliseum.
A live stream of the game can be found on WakeForestSports.com. Phil Brame and Roper Halverson will have the call.

Last Time Out

Wake Forest looked dead in the water until a late surge cut what was a 17-point deficit down to one but Virginia held on in the final minute to pull-out a 64-59 victory last Thursday.
WF trailed by 17 points with 13 minutes to play but a frantic effort in the final five minutes gave the Deacons a chance. After struggling from the floor most of the night, Wake made seven of its final nine shots and was within one at 58-57 with 29 seconds left. Virginia then made two free throws and got a stop on the other end to hold on for the victory.
Junior Dearica Hamby stepped-up and scored a game-high 23 points and pulled-down 10 rebounds.
Senior Chelsea Douglas hit four three-pointers in the final nine minutes and finished with 15 points and three assists.
Freshman Jill Brunori was a season-best 5-of-6 from the floor and a perfect 3-of-3 from the foul line to finish with a season-high 13 points. She also grabbed four rebounds, had three assists and notched two steals.

Wake Forest Storylines

Dearica Hamby has notched a total of 17 double-doubles this season. She currently leads the ACC in scoring (21.2) and rebounding (11.4) and is just three double-doubles away from tying the school-record of 20 double-doubles in a season.
Senior Chelsea Douglas has moved into fifth place for career scoring in school history. She has 1,518 career points and is also second in school-history with 233 career three-point field goals.

The Opposition

Florida State is off to a 15-5 start overall and holds a 3-4 mark in the ACC.
The Seminoles are coming off their bye week. Their last game was a 70-54 victory over Virginia Tech last Sunday.
All-American candidate Natasha Howard leads the squad with 18.0 ppg and 9.2 rebounds. She had a 28-point, 22-rebound performance against Duke on Jan. 23.
The `Noles are out-rebounding their opponents on the season by seven rebounds per game.

Series History

Florida State leads the all-time series 23-16.
The Seminoles had win 14-straight dating back to 2002 until the Demon Deacons won each of the last two meetings.
Last season, the Demon Deacons knocked-off No. 18/22 Florida State in Tallahassee for its first victory over a ranked opponent on the road since 1996.

Next Up...

Wake Forest heads out on the road for a pair of games next week, first stopping in Raleigh, N.C., to take on NC State on Thursday, Feb. 6.
The Deacs will then face Pitt for the first time on Sunday, Feb. 9.

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