GAMEDAY: Deacons Close Regular Season Against Syracuse

March 1, 2014

Wake Forest will close out the regular season with its first-ever meeting with Syracuse on Senior Day at the LJVM Coliseum.
The game is set to tip-off at 2:00 p.m.
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 gave No. 7 Duke all it could handle on Thursday night but a strong push over the final two minutes by the Blue Devils led to a 71-56 victory.
Behind 20 points from junior Dearica Hamby and 19 points from senior Chelsea Douglas, Wake Forest was within five, 61-56, with two minutes to play. A key three-pointer by Duke senior Tricia Liston with 1:40 to play sparked a 13-0 run down the stretch that sealed the victory for Duke.
That was Hamby's 19th game this season in which she has scored 20 points. She also led the team with nine rebounds and a three assists.
Douglas knocked-down five three-pointers and dished-out a pair of assists.
Freshman Jill Brunori also had a very good night for the Deacs, finishing with eight points and eight rebounds but was saddled with foul trouble in the second half.

Wake Forest Storylines

Dearica Hamby has tied Tracy Connor's school-record of 20 double-doubles in a single-season. Earlier this season, she became the 23rd Demon Deacon to score 1,000 career points and currently has 607 points this season, which is also a school-record. Hamby currently leads the ACC in scoring (21.7) and rebounding (10.9).
Sunday is Senior Day and the Deacons will recognize Chelsea Douglas and Lindsy Wright before the game.

The Opposition

Syracuse enters with a record of 20-8 overall and is 9-6 through the first 15 games if its initial ACC season.
The Orange has won three in a row by an average of 25.3 points per game.
Brittany Sykes leads the team in scoring at 17.3 points per game and is shooting better than 52 percent from the floor.
Brianna Butler has made an ACC-best 88 three-pointers this season and is second on the team in scoring at 14.9 ppg.
The Orange has used the same starting lineup for all but one game this season.
Syracuse leads the league in turnover margin at +5.2 and is making the third-most three-pointers per game at 7.5.

Series History

Next Up...

Wake Forest heads to the ACC Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum next week.
The Demon Deacons will likely be the No. 11-seed in the tournament and will play a first round game on Wednesday, March 5.
Wake Forest is the only team in the ACC to have won a game in the tournament each of the last five seasons.

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