Basketball Gameday: Wake Forest vs. Clemson

12/30/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Dec. 30, 2016

Gameday Central - Wake Forest (9-4, 0-1) vs. Clemson (10-2, 0-0)
Game #14Saturday, December 31, 12:00 p.m.
LocationWinston-Salem, N.C. (LJVM Coliseum) - Facility Information
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DEACS HOST CLEMSON IN THEIR ACC HOME OPENER
• Wake Forest opens its ACC home schedule as it hosts Clemson
• The Demon Deacons have won their ACC home opener in four of the past six years
• The Deacs have won their last three New Year's Eve games and haven't lost on the holiday since a 99-91 loss to NC State in the 1960 Dixie Classic

SERIES HISTORY
• Wake Forest leads the all-time series 99-59, including a 19-3 mark at the LJVM Coliseum
• Clemson won last year's meeting 76-62 in Winston-Salem
• With a victory today, Clemson would become the second opponent that the Deacs would accumulate 100 all-time victories against (NC State - 103)

LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest opened ACC play with an 88-72 loss at No. 20 Florida State on Wednesday
• The Seminoles used a late 17-0 run to take control of the game
Keyshawn Woods and Bryant Crawford each had 16 points to lead the Deacs

AT HOME AT THE COLISEUM
• Wake Forest is 5-0 this season at the LJVM Coliseum
• The Deacs' five-game home win streak is the longest of the Manning era
• All five wins have been by double digits with an average margin of victory of 20.8
• The Deacs' have shot 52.3 percent from the floor, 46.4 percent from behind the arc and 76.4 percent fron the line at the LJVM Coliseum this season

YOUTH WILL BE SERVED
• Of the 13 scholarship players on the 2016-17 roster, eight are either freshmen or sophomores
• Only two players on the roster have senior eligibility, Trent VanHorn and graduate student Austin Arians

UP NEXT
• The Demon Deacons host Boston College on Tuesday to conclude a two-game homestand
• Wake Forest downed BC 74-48 in last year's meeting in Winston-Salem, the Deacs' largest margin of victory of the season

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