Tuesday, February 19
Notre Dame, Ind.
7:00 PM
Wake Forest University
at
Notre Dame
Gameday Central: Notre Dame
2/18/2019 2:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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| Date | Time | Feburary 19, 2019 | 7:00 pm |
| Location | Notre Dame, Ind. | Purcell Pavilion |
| Television | ESPNU | WatchESPN |
| Radio | Wake Forest Learfield IMG Network | Listen |
| Stats | StatBroadcast |
| Information | @WakeMBB  | Game Notes |
DEACS OPEN TWO-GAME ROAD TRIP AT NOTRE DAME
• Wake Forest visits Notre Dame Tuesday in the only meeting of the season between the schools
• The Deacs are looking for their first ever win in South Bend
SERIES HISTORY
• Notre Dame leads 5-3 (Notre Dame leads 3-0 at Purcell Pavilion)
• The Irish have won the last five meetings after the Deacs won the first three games in the series
• Notre Dame won last year's meeting in Winston-Salem, 76-71
• The Deacs' last win in the series was an 81-69 victory in the first round of the 2014 ACC Tournament in Greensboro
• Wake Forest defeated Notre Dame in the 2000 NIT Championship game
LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest suffered a 95-57 loss to No. 8 North Carolina on Saturday
• Jaylen Hoard led the Deacs with 17 points and six rebounds
ON THE OFFENSIVE GLASS
• In ACC play, Wake Forest leads the conference in offensive rebounds (14.83 per game) and offensive rebounding percentage (36.2)
• The Demon Deacons have had at least 10 offensive rebounds in 19 of 24 games this season, including 11 of 12 ACC games
• Jaylen Hoard leads the ACC with 3.67 offensive rebounds per conference game
• The Deacs are averaging 12.8 second chance points per game in ACC play
• Wake Forest has 178 offensive rebounds in 12 ACC games this season, almost matching its total of 192 offensive rebounds in ACC play (18 games) last season
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
• Freshmen are three of the Deacs' top five scorers with Jaylen Hoard at 13.9 ppg, Sharone Wright, Jr. at 6.9 ppg and Isaiah Mucius at 6.6 ppg
• Wake Forest freshmen are averaging 29.6 points per game this season (43.2 percent of the team total)
• Wake Forest has 31 double figure games from freshmen this season (Hoard-18, Wright-7, Mucius-5, Wynn-1), already doubling the combined total of 13 double figure games by freshmen in 2016-17 and 2017-18
• The last time Wake Forest had four true freshmen post a double figure scoring game was 2012-13 when the Deacs had a school-record six freshmen accomplish the feat
• Hoard is three rebounds away from becoming just the eighth Deacon freshman to grab at least 200 rebounds
UP NEXT
• The Demon Deacons conclude the two-game road trip on Sunday night at NC State
• Game time is 6 p.m. and the game will air on ESPNU
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