Wake Forest Falls to No. 2 Duke
1/11/2020 10:07:00 PM | Men's Basketball
DURHAM, N.C. - Wake Forest suffered its second consecutive loss to a top-10 opponent, falling to No. 2 Duke 90-59 on Saturday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Demon Deacons fell to 8-7 overall (1-4 ACC) with the loss, while Duke (15-1) remains the only team undefeated in ACC play at 5-0.
Torry Johnson led the Demon Deacons with 13 points, while Olivier Sarr also added 13 points and nine rebounds. Sharone Wright, Jr. came off the bench to score 11 points, his first double-figure game of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Duke started the game hot offensively, making 13 of its first 19 attempts, including 5-of-7 threes, to take a 33-14 lead. The Blue Devils took a 49-23 lead into intermission, the Deacs' largest halftime deficit of the season. Johnson, who scored the Deacs' first six points, had nine in the first half to lead Wake Forest.
Duke capped the victory with five threes and 10 free throws in the second half.
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NOTEWORTHY
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Wake Forest had a season-high 38 bench points
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Torry Johnson had his fifth double-figure scoring game (four of the five have come as a starter)
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Brandon Childress moved into the top 20 in career steals with 124
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Chaundee Brown, the Deacs' second leading scorer and rebounder missed the second consecutive game due to a lower leg injury
QUOTABLE
"Stating the obvious, it wasn't a great start for us offensively or defensively," head coach Danny Manning said. "Duke came out and made some shots and we have to do a better job of not giving as many open looks. It was important for us to take away some of the driving lane with their drivers. We also had too many turnovers. Our bench gave us really good production again, but we struggled tonight from the field."
UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns home Tuesday to host Virginia Tech at the LJVM Coliseum. Game time is 9 p.m. and the game will air on ACC Network.
