
Gameday Central: Florida State
3/8/2019 3:55:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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Date | Time | March 9, 2019 | 12:00 pm |
Location | Winston-Salem, N.C. | LJVM Coliseum |
Television | Raycom | Affiliates | WatchESPN |
Radio | Wake Forest Learfield IMG Network | Listen |
Stats | StatBroadcast |
Tickets | $25-55 | Buy Online |
Information | @WakeMBB ![]() |
GAME INFORMATION
• Game Sponsor: Progress Rail
• Pregame Senior Day Ceremony begins at 11:48 am
• Arrive early to see live segments of ESPN Gameday with Jay Bilas reporting from courtside at LJVM Coliseum
DEACS CONCLUDE REGULAR SEASON BY HOSTING FLORIDA STATE
• Wake Forest ends the regular season at home for the first time since 2013 by hosting Florida State
• The Deacs are looking for their second ranked win of the season
• The game will be the final regular season broadcast by Raycom Sports, which has televised ACC basketball for the past 37 years
• Prior to the game, Anthony Bilas, Ikenna Smart and Aaron Spivey will be honored on Senior Day
• Over the last six years, the Deacs are 4-2 on Senior Day, including wins over nationally-ranked opponents in 2014 (No. 4 Duke) and 2017 (No. 8 Louisville)
SERIES HISTORY
• Florida State leads 26-25 (Wake Forest leads 16-8 at home, 15-8 at LJVM Coliseum)
• The Seminoles won the first meeting of the season, 88-66, on Feb. 13 in Tallahassee
• Wake Forest won last year's meeting in Winston-Salem, 76-72, which snapped a five-game win streak for FSU in the series
LAST TIME OUT
• Wake Forest took No. 4 Duke to the wire at Cameron Indoor Stadium, falling 71-70 on Tuesday night
• The Deacs' had a potential game-winning shot fall off the rim as time expired
• Chaundee Brown had 21 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Demon Deacons
• Brandon Childress scored 19 points, including 17 points in the second half
AGAINST RANKED FOES
• Wake Forest is playing its 10th ranked opponent of the season (1-8 record)
• Florida State is the Deacs' ninth ranked foe in ACC regular season play, tying the school-record of nine ACC games against ranked opponents set in 1994-95
BROWN VS. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
• Chaundee Brown, a native of Orlando, has loved playing schools from his home state of Florida during his career
• In five career games against Florida schools (three vs. Miami and two vs. Florida State), Brown is averaging 19.6 points per game as four of his eight career 20-point games have come against the Canes and Noles
• He is shooting 57.8 percent from the floor (37-64), 51.9 percent from deep (14-27) and 83.3 percent from the line (10-12) against his home state teams
• In his last game against a Florida school, the victory over Miami on Feb. 26, Brown had 21 points and a career-high 14 rebounds
UP NEXT
• The Demon Deacons travel to Charlotte next week for the 2019 ACC Tournament
• Wake Forest is locked into playing the first game of the tournament (No. 12 seed vs. No. 13 seed), tipping off at noon on Tuesday at the Spectrum Center
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