GAMEDAY: Deacons Open ACC Tournament Against Pitt

March 5, 2014

Wake Forest enters the 37th ACC Women's Basketball Tournament as the No. 11-seed and will take on No. 14-seed Pitt in the opening round.
The game is set for 6:30 p.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum.
The game will also be televised on the Regional Sports Network. Mike Hogewood (play-by-play) and Debbie Antonelli (analyst) will have the call.

Last Time Out

Seniors Chelsea Douglas and Lindsy Wright turned in strong performances in the last home game of their Wake Forest careers, but Wake Forest fell to Syracuse 64-54 on Sunday at the LJVM Coliseum.
Douglas, who was the second leading scorer and started all but two games this season for Wake Forest, finished the game with 15 points. Douglas hit a key three-pointer in a last-minute comeback attempt and finished with two assists in 38 minutes of play.
Wright, who started for the first time this season, finished the game with six points and 10 rebounds in a season-high 34 minutes on the floor.
Junior Dearica Hamby picked up her 21st double-double this season with 22 points and 11 rebounds. That is the most double-doubles in a season by a Demon Deacon as she came into the game tied with Tracy Connor, who had 20 double-doubles during the 1992-93 season.

Wake Forest Storylines

Dearica Hamby has notched a school-record 21 double-doubles this season. She is just the 23rd Demon Deacon to score 1,000 career points and currently has 629 points this season, which is also a school-record. Hamby currently leads the ACC in scoring (21.7) and rebounding (10.9).
Senior Chelsea Douglas has earned ACC All-Tournament Team honors each of the last two seasons. She is the only player in school-history to accomplish that feat.
Wake Forest is the only team in the conference to have won a game at the ACC Tournament each of the last three seasons.

The Opposition

Pitt comes into its first ACC Tournament at the No. 14-seed after finishing the regular season at 11-19 overall and 3-13 in the conference.
The Panthers have lost its last four contests since downing Clemson on Feb. 16.
Brianna Kiesel, who missed the first meeting against Wake Forest, leads the team in scoring at 16.6 points per game. She has also dished-out a team-high 108 assists and leads the squad with 48 steals.
Asia Logan is the team-leader in rebounds (6.5 rpg) and blocks (35) while scoring 11.7 ppg.

Series History

Next Up...

The winner of Wednesday night's game will take on the No. 6-seed North Carolina in the second round at 8 p.m. on Thursday evening.
North Carolina downed the Demon Deacons 83-65 on Jan. 23, in Winston-Salem.

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