Wake Forest Athletics
Basketball Gameday: Wake Forest vs. Pitt
2/21/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
| Gameday Central - Wake Forest (15-12, 6-9) vs. Pitt (15-12, 4-10) | |
| Game #28 | Wednesday, February 22, 7:00 p.m. |
| Location | Winston-Salem, N.C. (LJVM Coliseum) - Facility Information |
| Tickets | $25-$45 Buy Online |
| TV | RSN (Affiliates) | WatchESPN |
| Listen | Wake Forest Radio  | Affiliates | Gameday App (Free Audio) | Tune In App (Free Audio) |
| Live Stats |  |
| Twitter Updates | @TieDyeNation  | @DemonDeacons |
| Information | Wake Forest Game Notes |
PROMOTIONS
• Greek Night: Third annual Greek Night that celebrates Greek culture, in honor of the Greek Deac, Dinos Mitoglou
• Free Pizza for the first 500 students
DEACS HOST PITT IN SEARCH OF 7TH ACC WIN
• Wake Forest hosts Pitt Wednesday in search of its seventh ACC win of the season, a mark it hasn't reached since going 9-7 in the league in 2009-10
• A win Wednesday would also secure the program's first winning regular season since 2013-14
SERIES HISTORY
• Pitt leads the series 3-1 (Wake has won the only previous meeting at the LJVM Coliseum)
• In the only meeting last season, the Panthers won 101-96 in double overtime in Pittsburgh
• In the only previous meeting in Winston-Salem, the Deacs posted 69-66 win in 2015
LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest suffered a 99-94 loss at No. 12 Duke on Saturday
• John Collins scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, the first 30-and-15 game by a Demon Deacon since Rodney Rogers in 1993
• Bryant Crawford added 21 points, his seventh 20-point game of the season
20 FOR NO. 20
• John Collins enters tonight's game with 10 straight 20-point games, the longest streak in ACC play this season and longest in the league since 2013-14 (NC State's T.J. Warren - 15 games)
• He is the first Deac with a 10-game streak of 20-point games in ACC play since Skip Brown had a 10-game streak in 1974-75
• If he extends the streak tonight, it would be the first 11-game streak by a Deac since Charlie Davis had an 11-game streak spanning the 1969-70 and 1970-71 seasons
• His 14 total 20-point games are the most by a Demon Deacon in a season since Josh Howard had 16 in 2002-03 as he earned ACC Player of the Year honors
• Collins has six 20 point-10-rebound games in ACC play, the most by a Demon Deacon in a season since Tim Duncan had 11 in 1996-97
COLLINS NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK
• John Collins was named ACC Player of the Week on Monday
• Collins averaged 30.0 points and 12.5 rebounds in games at Clemson and Duke, shooting 78.1 (25-32) from the floor and 90.9 (10-11) from the line
• Collins, who was also honored on Jan. 23, became the first Deac since Jeff Teague in 2009 to be named ACC Player of the Week twice in a season
C+C SCORING FACTORY
• John Collins and Bryant Crawford combine to average 34.7 points per game, making them the highest scoring pair of Deacon teammates since 1994-95 (36.9 - Randolph Childress and Tim Duncan)
• The duo has combined for 21 20-point games this season, most by Deacon teammates since 2012 (21 - Travis McKie and C.J. Harris)
• Either Collins or Crawford has led the Deacs in scoring in 25 of 27 games this season
UP NEXT
• The Demon Deacons will have a week off before hosting No. 7 Louisville on Mar. 1
• The game will tipoff at 9 p.m. and air on RSN
• It will be senior night for the Deacs, who will honor Austin Arians, Greg McClinton and Trent VanHorn prior to the game
