Gameday Central: NC State

Gameday Central \| NC State
Date \| Time	January 15, 2018 \| 8:00 pm
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. \| LJVM Coliseum
Television	Raycom \| Affiliates \| WatchESPN
Radio	Wake Forest IMG Network \| Listen
Stats	StatBroadcast
Tickets	$25-60 \| Buy Online
Information	@WakeMBB \| Game Notes

DEACS BEGIN THREE-GAME STRETCH OF RANKED FOES VS. NC STATE
• Wake Forest hosts No. 17 NC State Tuesday night in the first of three straight games against ranked opponents (visit Virginia Tech and Virginia in next two games)
• The Wolfpack visit Winston-Salem as a ranked opponent for the first time since 2013 when the Deacs upset No. 18 NC State 86-84 as Devin Thomas had 25 points and 14 rebounds

SERIES HISTORY
• NC State leads 143-105 (Wake Forest leads 46-31 at home, 22-7 at LJVM Coliseum)
• The Wolfpack swept last year's season series after the Deacs swept the series in 2017
• Wake Forest's 105 wins over NC State are its most against any opponent
• The Deacs have won five of the last six meetings at the LJVM Coliseum

LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest suffered a 76-65 loss at Miami on Saturday
• Chaundee Brown scored a career-high 22 points to lead the Deacs
• Michael Wynn scored a career-high 11 points off the bench (had three points all season entering the game)
• Brandon Childress had a season-high seven assists

GETTING TO THE LINE
• Wake Forest ranks 12th nationally in getting to the free throw line, with a FTA/FGA ratio of 44.3 percent (national average is 33.8 percent)
• 24.9 percent of Wake Forest's points this season have come from the line, the fifth highest percentage nationally (national average is 18.9 percent)
• The Deacs are averaging 18.3 points per game from the free throw line this season

WHAT CAN BROWN DO FOR YOU?
• Chaundee Brown, the Deacs' lone returning starter from last season, is averaging 11.9 points and 4.7 rebounds per game this season, up from 7.6 points and 3.0 rebounds as a freshman in 2017-18
• He has 49 FTAs this season in 415 minutes (4.7 FTAs per 40 minutes) after getting just 31 FTAs in 627 minutes last season (1.9 FTAs per 40 minutes)
• Brown had a career-high eight-game streak on double figure scoring from Nov. 27 to Jan. 5
• Brown scored a career-high 22 points at Miami on Jan. 12 as four of his five career 20-point games have come in ACC road contests

UP NEXT
• Wake Forest begins a two-game road trip to the Commonwealth of Virginia with Saturday's visit to No. 9 Virginia Tech
• The Deacs follow that game with a Jan. 22 visit to No. 4 Virginia
• It will mark the first time since 2014-15 that the Deacs will play top-10 foes on the road in consecutive games (at No. 2 Virginia, at No. 10 Notre Dame)

Gameday Central \| NC State
Date \| Time	January 15, 2018 \| 8:00 pm
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. \| LJVM Coliseum
Television	Raycom \| Affiliates \| WatchESPN
Radio	Wake Forest IMG Network \| Listen
Stats	StatBroadcast
Tickets	$25-60 \| Buy Online
Information	@WakeMBB \| Game Notes

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