Basketball Gameday: Wake Forest at UNCG
12/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Gameday Central - Wake Forest (7-2) at UNCG (7-2) | |
| Game #10 | Friday, December 9, 7:00 p.m. |
| Location | Greensboro, N.C. (Greensboro Coliseum) - Facility Information |
| TV | ESPN3 | WatchESPN |
| Listen | Wake Forest Radio  | Affiliates | Gameday App (Free Audio) | Tune In App (Free Audio) |
| Live Stats | StatBroadcast |
| Twitter Updates | @TieDyeNation  | @DemonDeacons |
| Information | Wake Forest Game Notes |
DEACS RENEW TRIAD SERIES WITH VISIT TO UNCG
• Wake Forest continues a span of four-of-five games on the road as it visits UNCG Friday night
• The Deacs have won 11 straight games against in-state non-conference foes
• UNCG is the eighth Wake opponent of the last nine to enter the game with a winning record
• Since Wake Forest moved to Winston-Salem in the 1950s, the Deacs are undefeated (30-0) against their Piedmont Triad neighbors (9-0 vs. UNCG, 8-0 vs. Elon, 5-0 vs. High Point, 4-0 vs. North Carolina A&T and 4-0 vs. Winston-Salem State)
• Tonight's game is the 1,000th all-time meeting between the ACC and the SoCon
SERIES HISTORY
• Wake Forest leads the all-time series 9-0, including a 2-0 mark in Greensboro
• The Deacs won last season's game in Winston-Salem 81-71, led by a season-high 22 points from Konstantinos Mitoglou
• The teams last met in Greensboro in 2012-13, a 84-70 Wake win at the Greensboro Coliseum
• Tonight's game marks the fifth time in the past seven seasons the teams have met
LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest improved to 7-2 with a 91-74 home win over Charlotte on Tuesday
• The Deacs used a 17-0 run in the first half to take control of the game
• John Collins had his fourth straight double-double with 22 points and 15 rebounds
• Bryant Crawford scored 15 points on 6-9 shooting
• Keyshawn Woods had 12 points off the bench as he became the first Demon Deacon to play against his former school
ON THE ROAD AT A FORMER HOME
• The Demon Deacons visit a former home with tonight's visit to the Greenboro Coliseum
• Wake Forest played select home games at the Greensboro Coliseum from 1959 to 1989, including a majority of its ACC contests in the 1980s
• The Greensboro Coliseum was the site of Wake Forest's 1995 and 1996 ACC Championships
• Head Coach Danny Manning won a state championship with Page High School in 1983 at the Greensboro Coliseum
• Due to the youth of the Deacons' roster and that Wake Forest hasn't played in Greensboro since the 2015 ACC Tournament, only three Deacs (Greg McClinton, Dinos Mitoglou and Mitchell Wilbekin) have played in the Greensboro Coliseum before
50-40-75 GAMES
• In four of the first nine games of the season, Wake Forest has had a 50-40-75 game (shooting at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from behind the arc and 75 percent from the free throw line)
• Prior to this season, the Deacs' last 50-40-75 game came against Notre Dame in the 2014 ACC Tournament
• The four 50-40-75 games are the most in a season for the Deacs since having four in 2008-09
• Wake Forest is already just two games shy of the school record for most 50-40-75 games in a season (six in 2001-02)
DOUBLE DIGIT WINS FOR THE DEACS
• Wake Forest has posted six double-digit wins this season
• The Deacs have already tripled their 2015-16 total of double-digit victories of two
• The Deacs' seven total victories are by a combined 117 points (Wake's 11 wins last season were by a combined 75 points)
• Wake Forest opened a season with three 20-point wins for the first time since 2009-10
THE MOST EFFICIENT MAN IN AMERICA
• Sophomore John Collins leads the nation in Player Efficiency Rating (PER), a formula ESPN's John Hollinger developed that calculates a rating of a player's per-minute statistical production. The league average is 15.00 every season.
• Collins is at 42.71 through nine games this season to lead the nation
• Since Hollinger began applying his NBA formula to NCAA stats in 2009, season leaders have included Stephen Curry of Davidson, DeMarcus Cousins and Anthony Davis of Kentucky, Kelly Olynyk of Gonzaga and Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin
• Collins also ranks third nationally in the KenPom Offensive Ratings
• He is averaging 31.3 points and 18.3 rebounds per 40 minutes this season
UP NEXT
• After a week-long break for exams, the Deacs return to action Dec. 17 with a visit to Xavier for the Skip Prosser Classic
• The Musketeers rallied from an 18-point deficit to down the Deacons 78-70 in last year's meeting in Winston-Salem
