Wake Forest Athletics
Basketball Gameday: Wake Forest vs. North Carolina
1/10/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Gameday Central - Wake Forest (10-6, 1-3) vs. #11 North Carolina (14-3, 2-1) | |
| Game #17 | Wednesday, January 8, 8:00 p.m. |
| Location | Winston-Salem, N.C. (LJVM Coliseum) - Facility Information |
| Tickets | $40-$75 Buy Online |
| TV | ESPN2 | WatchESPN |
| Listen | Wake Forest Radio  | Affiliates | Gameday App (Free Audio) | Tune In App (Free Audio) |
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| Twitter Updates | @TieDyeNation  | @DemonDeacons |
| Information | Wake Forest Game Notes |
DEACS HOST FIRST RANKED OPPONENT AT LJVM IN UNC
• Wake Forest hosts No. 11 North Carolina, the first ranked opponent to visit Winston-Salem this season
• With a win, the Deacs would match last year's win total of 11
• UNC is the 15th opponent of the last 16 for the Deacs to enter the game with a winning record
SERIES HISTORY
• North Carolina leads the all-time series 158-66
• The Tar Heels lead 62-31 in Wake Forest home games, including a 12-10 record at LJVM
• The Tar Heels have won the last three meetings in the series, including an 83-68 win in last year's meeting in Chapel Hill
• The Deacs' last win in the series came in 2014, a 73-67 victory at the LJVM Coliseum
LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest fell 79-62 at No. 11 Virginia Sunday night in Charlottesville
• John Collins led the Demon Deacons with 16 points
• It marked the fourth time this season Wake had a one-point lead at the half on the road, but came up short (Northwestern, Xavier, Florida State, Virginia)
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 Austin Arians
• The Demon Deacons rank 268th nationally in experience (KenPom), which is 13th in the ACC (only Florida State and NC State are below)
• Wake Forest's top three scorers are all underclassmen (Fr. or So.), a feat the Deacs haven't accomplished since 2008-09 (Jeff Teague, Al-Farouq Aminu, James Johnson)
AGAINST RANKED FOES
• Tonight's game is Wake Forest's fifth game of the year against a ranked opponent (first at home)
• Wake Forest's last home win over a ranked opponent was an 82-72 victory over No. 5 Duke on March 5, 2014 (lost last eight home games against ranked opponents)
• Last year the Deacs were 1-10 against AP ranked teams, setting a school record for most regular season contests against ranked opponents in a season (win came vs. No. 13 Indiana in the Maui Invitational)
LONG-RANGE BOMBING
• Wake Forest ranks fifth in the ACC and in the top 50 nationally in 3-point percentage at 38.8 (132-340)
• Last season the Deacs were 301st nationally at 31.6 percent
• Wake has made double-digit 3-pointers five times this season, a feat it accomplished just twice all of last season
• Four Deacs (Woods, Wilbekin, Arians, Mitoglou) are shooting at or above 34.8 percent from behind the arc this season (the percentage Bryant Crawford shot last season to lead the team)
• The Deacs have two of the three highest 3FG percentage games in the ACC this season, 61.9 (13-21) vs. UTEP and 61.5 (16-26) vs. LSU
UP NEXT
• The Demon Deacons return to action next Wednesday as they host Miami on Jan. 18
• Wake Forest is 7-1 all-time against the Hurricanes at the LJVM Coliseum
