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Basketball Gameday: Wake Forest at Virginia
1/6/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Gameday Central - Wake Forest (10-5, 1-2) at #11 Virginia (11-3, 1-2) | |
| Game #16 | Sunday, January 8, 8:00 p.m. |
| Location | Charlottesville, Va. (John Paul Jones Arena) - Facility Information |
| TV | ESPNU | 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 LOOK FOR FIRST RANKED WIN of year AT VIRGINIA
• Wake Forest visits No. 11 Virginia in search of its first ranked win of the season
• With a win, the Deacs would match last year's win total of 11
• UVA is the 14th opponent of the last 15 for the Deacs to enter the game with a winning record
SERIES HISTORY
• Wake Forest leads the all-time series 70-64
• Virginia leads 39-22 in Charlottesville, including 4-2 at John Paul Jones Arena
• The Cavaliers have won the last four meetings in the series, although two of the last three meetings have been decided by one point
• Virginia won last year's meeting 72-71 in Winston-Salem on Darius Thompson's three-pointer at the buzzer
LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest recorded its first ACC win with a 79-66 victory over Boston College on Jan. 3
• The Deacs rallied from a halftime deficit to win for the first time this season
• John Collins led the Deacs with 17 points as they outscored the Eagles 44-29 in the 2nd half
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 fourth game of the year against a ranked opponent (all have been away from home, third true road game)
• Wake Forest's last road win over a ranked opponent was an 82-69 victory at No. 24 North Carolina on Jan. 20, 2010 (lost last 15 true road 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)
DOUBLE-DIGIT WINS FOR THE DEACS
• Wake Forest has posted eight double-digit wins this season
• The Deacs have already quadrupled their 2015-16 total of double-digit victories of two
• The Deacs' 10 total victories are by a combined 167 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
UP NEXT
• The Demon Deacons return home to host No. 14 North Carolina on Wednesday
• It will be fifth ranked opponent Wake Forest will play this season, the first at the LJVM Coliseum
• The Tar Heels won last year's matchup in Chapel Hill, 83-68
