Wake Forest Athletics
Basketball Gameday: Wake Forest at No. 25/24 Syracuse
1/14/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
| Gameday Central >> Wake Forest at No. 25/24 Louisville | |
| Game 18 | Thursday, January 18, 7:00 p.m. |
| Location | Syracuse, N.Y. (Carrier Dome) |
| Coverage | Live Stats  | ESPN3  |
| Game Notes | Women's Basketball Game Notes  |
| Twitter Updates | @WakeWBB  |
Wake Forest Travels to Syracuse>>
• Wake Forest heads back on the road for a midweek ACC contest at Syracuse.
• Thursday's tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at the Carrier Dome. The game will be broadcast on ESPN3.com.
Last Time Out >>
• Wake Forest led No. 6/7 Louisville for more than half the game but the Cardinals escaped with a 79-68 win over the Demon Deacons.
• Dearica Hamby posted her eighth double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds.
• Amber Campbell led the team with 15 points and Nicole Floyd chipped in with 11 points.
• Wake Forest shot 55 percent from the floor in the first half while the team's stingy defense limited Louisville to 33 percent shooting. The Deacs took a 42-31 lead in to halftime after going on an 8-2 run over the final 2:40 of the period.
• Louisville went on a 12-1 run to take the lead and give the Cardinals a 65-59 edge with just over six minutes to play.
Wake Forest Storylines >>
• Dearica Hamby grabbed her 800th career rebound in the win over American. She is just the 4th Demon Deacon to record 1,000 career points and 800 career rebounds along with Jen Hoover, Tracy Connor and Secily Ray.
• Hamby needs just two rebounds to move in to third place on Wake Forest's all-time rebounds list.
• Dearica Hamby has been named to all three preseason watch lists for National Player of the Year. In addition to the Naismith, she is on the Wade Watch and Wooden lists.
• Dearica Hamby has eight double-doubles this season and 33 for her career.
• Freshman Amber Campbell has scored in double-figures in 11 of Wake Forest's 16 games. She is the only player to start all 16 games this season.
• Dearica Hamby is second in the ACC in scoring (20.3 ppg) and is fourth in rebounding (10.2 rpg).
Series History >>
• This is just the second-ever meeting between Wake Forest and Syracuse.
• The Orange beat Wake Forest 64-54 last year in the final game of the regular season at LJVM Coliseum.
Next Up... >>
• Wake Forest returns home to host NC State on Sunday at 2 p.m.
• The game is the annual Pink Game. All fans that wear pink will be admitted free, and the first 500 fans will receive a pink rally towel.
• NC State leads the series 64-13 and has won the last three meetings.
