Deacs Host Xavier Saturday in Skip Prosser Classic

Gameday Central \| Xavier
Date \| Time	December 14, 2019 \| 4:00 pm
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. \| LJVM Coliseum
Television	ACC Network \| Watch Online
Radio	Wake Forest Sports Network \| Listen
Stats	StatBroadcast
Tickets	$15-30 \| Buy Online
Information	@WakeMBB \| Game Notes

DEACS HOST XAVIER FOR SKIP PROSSER CLASSIC
• Wake Forest hosts Xavier in the seventh Skip Prosser Classic game, a series created to honor the lasting legacy that the late coach had at both schools
• Prosser led Xavier to 148 wins over seven seasons (1995-01) before leading Wake Forest to 126 wins over six seasons (2002-07)
• The series, which was last played in 2016-17, will return to Cincinnati next year

SERIES HISTORY
• Xavier leads 5-2 (Wake Forest leads 2-1 at LJVM Coliseum)
• The Musketeers have won four of the six previous Skip Prosser Classic games
• The last meeting was a 69-65 Xavier win in Cincinnati in 2016-17
• Wake's last win in the series was in 2012-13, a 66-59 victory at the LJVM Coliseum
• Five of the first six Skip Prosser Classic games have been decided by eight points or less

LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest returned from a six-game roadtrip to fall to NC State 91-82 in its ACC home opener
• Brandon Childress scored a career-high 30 points, becoming the first Demon Deacon with a 30-point game since John Collins scored 31 points at Duke in 2017
• Olivier Sarr had 12 points, his career-best sixth consecutive game in double figure scoring

RANKED FOES
• Xavier is the second ranked opponent for the Deacs this season (lost to Arizona in Wooden Legacy)
• Today's game marks the third straight time that Xavier has been ranked when the Deacs played them
• This season is the first time since 2016-17 that Wake Forest has played multiple ranked non-conference opponents

GETTING TO THE LINE
• Wake Forest leads the ACC in both free throw percentage (75.7 percent) and in free throw attempts (23.9 per game)
• No ACC team has led the conference in both FT percentage and attempts since 2010 (Duke)
• Olivier Sarr ranks second in the ACC with 61 free throw attempts, already matching his 2018-19 free throw attempt total
• Sarr's 6.1 FTA/game is the highest rate of getting to the line by a Deacon since 2017 when John Collins averaged 6.7 FTA/game

CHILDRESS SCORES 30 VS. THE PACK
• Brandon Childress scored a career-high 30 points against NC State on Dec. 7
• It was the first 30-point game by a Demon Deacon since John Collins had 31 points at Duke in 2016-17
• It was the most points by a Demon Deacon at the LJVM Coliseum since Devin Thomas scored 31 points vs. Louisville in 2014-15
• Childress was 10-13 from the floor, including 5-6 from 3-point range

Gameday Central \| Xavier
Date \| Time	December 14, 2019 \| 4:00 pm
Location	Winston-Salem, N.C. \| LJVM Coliseum
Television	ACC Network \| Watch Online
Radio	Wake Forest Sports Network \| Listen
Stats	StatBroadcast
Tickets	$15-30 \| Buy Online
Information	@WakeMBB \| Game Notes

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Players Mentioned

Brandon Childress

Olivier Sarr

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