Wednesday, January 30
Winston-Salem, N.C.
8:00 PM
Wake Forest University
vs
Louisville
Gameday Central: Louisville
1/29/2019 3:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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| Date | Time | January 30, 2019 | 8:00 pm |
| Location | Winston-Salem, N.C. | LJVM Coliseum |
| Television | Raycom | Affiliates | WatchESPN |
| Radio | Wake Forest IMG Network | Listen |
| Stats | StatBroadcast |
| Tickets | $25-55 | Buy Online |
| Information | @WakeMBB  | Game Notes |
GAME INFORMATION
• Jersey Night: Wear the jersey of your favorite Demon Deacon (25% off jerseys on Wednesday at Deacon Shop locations, including inside LJVM Coliseum)
• Halftime: XPOGO
DEACS CONCLUDE JANUARY BY HOSTING LOUISVILLE
• Wake Forest concludes a two-game homestand with a visit from No. 15 Louisville
• The Deacs are looking for their second ranked win of the season
• The Cardinals enter the game on a five-game win streak, the longest active streak in the ACC
SERIES HISTORY
• Louisville leads 5-2 (Series tied 1-1 at LJVM Coliseum)
• The Cardinals won last year's meeting 96-77 in Louisville
• The Deacs won the last meeting in Winston-Salem, downing No. 8 Louisville 88-81 in the 2017 home finale behind a 25-point, 11-rebound performance by John Collins
• The Cardinals have been ranked in the AP top 15 during all three of their visits to Winston-Salem
LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest suffered a 65-61 loss to Boston College on Saturday
• Jaylen Hoard had 22 points and 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season
• The Deacs outrebounded the Eagles 43-31 in the contest, their seventh +10 or better rebound margin of the season
AGAINST RANKED FOES
• Wake Forest is playing its sixth ranked opponent of the season (1-4 record)
• Louisville is the fifth ranked opponent in January for the Deacs, one shy of matching the school-record six ranked opponents in one month (January 2016)
• The Deacs join Notre Dame and Pitt as the only ACC teams to play five ranked conference opponents so far this season
• The last time Wake Forest defeated two ranked teams in the same month was January 2009
CHILDRESS RUNS THE SHOW
• Brandon Childress leads the Demon Deacons in scoring (16.1 ppg) and passing (4.3 apg)
• He ranks in the top 10 in the ACC in scoring, assists, 3-point percentage, steals and minutes
• He has posted his first four career 20-point games this season, with a career-high 28 points at Georgia Tech and at Virginia Tech, 27 points vs. Houston Baptist and 20 points vs. Western Carolina
• His 47 3-pointers are the most by a Deac over the first 19 games of a season since Justin Gray had 56 triples to start the 2006 season
• He led Wake Forest in assists in each of the first 16 games of a season, the first Deacon to accomplish the feat since Muggsy Bogues led the team in assists in all 29 games of his senior season in 1986-87
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