Gameday Central: Houston Baptist

Gameday Central \| Houston Baptist
Date \| Time	November 23, 2018 \| 2:00 pm
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. \| LJVM Coliseum
Television	ACC Network Extra \| WatchESPN
Radio	Wake Forest IMG Network \| Listen
Stats	StatBroadcast
Tickets	$10-15 \| Buy Online
Information	@WakeMBB \| Game Notes

PROMOTIONS
• Black (and Gold) Friday
• Join the Deacs by wearing black
• Get special $1 tickets by visiting the Deacon Shop at Hanes Mall from 6am-Noon

DEACS RETURN HOME TO HOST HOUSTON BAPTIST ON BLACK (AND GOLD) FRIDAY
• Wake Forest opens a two-game homestand by hosting Houston Baptist
• The Deacs are looking to extend their win streak to three games and match their best five-game start to a season in the Danny Manning era at 4-1 (2016-17)
• Houston Baptist is the first team from Texas to visit the LJVM Coliseum since 2004-05 when the Deacs downed No. 14 Texas 89-88

SERIES HISTORY
• First all-time meeting between the programs
• Houston Baptist is the second of three straight first-time opponents on the Deacons' schedule (Valparaiso and Western Carolina)

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE HISTORY
• Friday's game is the Deacs' only matchup this season with a Southland Conference school
• Wake Forest has only played two previous games against teams from the Southland Conference, a home victory over Nicholls in 2014-15 and a victory over Southland champ Northeastern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Monroe) in the first round of the 1996 NCAA Tournament

SHARP SHOOTING, FROM DEEP AND FROM THE LINE
• Wake Forest ranks in the top 40 nationally in both 3-point percentage and free throw percentage
• The Deacs are shooting 41.0 percent from deep and 77.7 percent from the line
• Wake Forest is the only power conference school to rank in the top 40 nationally in both categories
• The Deacs' 26 made free throws in the season opener vs. North Carolina A&T were their most in a game since making 33 vs. Boston College in the first round of the 2017 ACC Tournament

LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest concluded the Myrtle Beach Invitational with a 69-63 win over Valparaiso in the tournament's fifth place game
• The Deacs finished a November tournament with a 2-1 record for the third time in the past four years
• Jaylen Hoard led the Deacs with 14 points and nine rebounds, the fourth straight game he has led the team in both categories

UP NEXT
• Wake Forest hosts Western Carolina on Tuesday to conclude the two-game home stand
• Western Carolina is led by first-year head coach Mark Prosser, the son of late Wake Forest head coach Skip Prosser (2001-07)
• It will be the first all-time meeting between the schools
• Tipoff is 7:00 p.m. and the game will air on ACC Network Extra

Gameday Central \| Houston Baptist
Date \| Time	November 23, 2018 \| 2:00 pm
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. \| LJVM Coliseum
Television	ACC Network Extra \| WatchESPN
Radio	Wake Forest IMG Network \| Listen
Stats	StatBroadcast
Tickets	$10-15 \| Buy Online
Information	@WakeMBB \| Game Notes

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Jaylen Hoard

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