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Deacons Survive Wolfpack Rally to Win 88-84
2/3/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
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By Jay Garneau, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@TieDyeNation)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest took advantage of a dominant first half and was able to stifle NC State's second-half rally to earn an 88-84 win inside the LJVM Coliseum on Tuesday night.
The Demon Deacons (11-12, 3-7 ACC) shot lights out for the first 27 minutes to take a commanding 24-point lead, but the Wolfpack (14-10, 5-6 ACC) clawed their way back to make it a one-possession game before a late Codi Miller-McIntyre steal sealed the win.
Miller-McIntyre posted his fourth 20+ point game out of the last six contests, finishing with a team-high 23 on 6-of-9 shooting from the field and 10-of-12 from the charity stripe.
Devin Thomas posted his ACC-leading 11th double-double of the season, totaling 16 points and 10 boards.
Wake Forest posted a historic first half, sinking 9-of-15 3-pointers to take a 51-30 advantage into the break. That marked the first time reaching 50 at halftime since doing so against Boston College in 2010.
Even with the prolific shooting, the Deacons still out-scored NC State in the paint in the opening half, largely due to seven first-half blocks. Wake Forest finished with a season-high 11 blocks, with Miller-McIntyre, Thomas, Konstantinos Mitoglou and Andre Washington recording two apiece.
With Wake Forest leading 74-51 midway through the second half, the Wolfpack came to life and went on a 20-2 run to cut the margin to 76-71 with 4:20 to play.
Miller-McIntyre scored four points, then Thomas scored four straight to push the advantage back to 85-75 with 1:09 remaining.
Wake Forest missed three free throws, while NC State made 4-of-5 from the line and added a layup and dunk to cut it to 87-84 with 11 seconds left.
After Cornelius Hudson made a free throw to make it a four-point game, Miller-McIntyre stole the ball before NC State made it to midcourt to wrap up the win.
Hudson made a trio of first-half triples and finished with 12 points, while Darius Leonard scored 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting in just 12 minutes played.
Madison Jones had a stellar game running the point, recording seven points on 3-of-4 shooting and dishing out a season-high eight assists without committing a turnover.
Anthony Barber led NC State with a game-high 28 points on 11-of-20 shooting and Trevor Lacey scored 19 points, 16 of them during the second-half rally.
APPROACHING 1,000
• Codi Miller-McIntyre is now 13 points from becoming the 50th 1,000-point scorer in Wake Forest history.
• Devin Thomas is not far behind, as he has totaled 948 in his three-year career so far.
MOVING UP THE CHARTS
• Devin Thomas passed both Guy Morgan (703) and Rodney Rogers (705) in career rebounding.
• He now ranks 15th all-time with 712. Thomas is 15 behind Rafael Vidaurreta for 14th place.
PROLIFIC OFFENSE
• Wake Forest had its best offensive game of the season, scoring a season-high 88 points.
• That total is the most in ACC play since putting up 90 against Virginia Tech in the 2012-13 campaign.
• The Demon Deacons shot a season-best 56.9 percent from the field, including a season-best 65.5 percent in the first half.
• Wake Forest dominated the transition game, out-scoring NC State 15-3 on the fast break.
ON DECK
• The Demon Deacons return to the road, traveling to Georgia Tech on Saturday, February 7 for a noon tip-off.
Jones Leads ACC In Assist-To-Turnover Ratio
By Emma Lingan, Wake Forest Athletic Communications
Junior guard Madison Jones had one of his best games of the season in Wake Forest's 88-84 win over NC State Tuesday night. He finished with eight assists and no turnovers, shattering his previous season-high of six assists and no turnovers vs. Louisville and at Florida State.
"Those assists are all credit to my teammates," Jones said. "They knocked down a lot of shots. I drove and tried to penetrate as much as I could, but they were knocking down their shots and they were making the game much easier for me, as I try to do for them."
Jones leads the ACC during conference play with an assist-to-turnover ratio of 4.33. He has 39 assists and just nine turnovers on the year against ACC opponents.
"I just have to stay aggressive," Jones said. "I just have to trust my teammates, which I've been doing, and just keep attacking the basket as much as I can."
