Deacs Edged by Syracuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Wake Forest men's basketball suffered a 75-73 loss to Syracuse in a back-and-forth battle on Saturday night at the Carrier Dome.

Olivier Sarr had 15 points and nine rebounds, Chaundee Brown scored 14 points

HOW IT HAPPENED

Both teams got off to a slow start offensively, with the Deacs holding a 4-2 lead after the first four minutes before Syracuse went on an 14-0 run to open up a 16-4 lead. The Orange held the lead around 10 points for the remainder of the first half before taking a 38-30 lead into the break. Chaundee Brown led the team with six first half points.

The Orange opened the second half on an 8-0 run to take a 46-30 lead before the Deacs countered with a 9-0 run of their own. A 7-0 run by the Deacs cut the lead to three at 54-51 with 12:40 to go. The Orange led 62-53 midway through the second half before the Deacs responded with a 12-1 run to take the lead, 65-63, with 6:30 to play. The game was tied 65-65 with 5:42 to play when Marek Dolezaj got a technical foul, which was his fifth personal, becoming the third Cuse player to foul out. After Childress made both the technical free throws, Brown's foul line jumper completed a four-point possession.

The Deacs held that 69-65 lead at the final media timeout but the Orange used free throws to tie the game with 2:20 left, 69-69. Wake Forest trailed 73-70 and had the ball with 30 seconds to play when Ismael Massoud hit a three to tie the game with 20 seconds to go. The Orange retook the lead on a putback layup with 1.7 left and the Deacs' half court heave missed to give Syracuse the win.

NOTEWORTHY

Chaundee Brown had his eighth double-figure scoring game of the season, his first since Jan. 4 at Pitt
Freshman Jahcobi Neath notched a career-best five assists
Senior Brandon Childress recorded his 100th assist of the season
Sarr now has 17 double-figure scoring games this season

QUOTABLE
"I thought we had a much better second half in terms of scoring the ball, " head coach Danny Manning said. "But in saying that, we also had too many turnovers. We had 12 turnovers in the second half. We did a good job of getting ourselves some extra possessions with offensive rebounds and fast break points. "

UP NEXT
Wake Forest returns home to host North Carolina on Tuesday night. Game time at the LJVM Coliseum is 8:00 p.m. and the game will air on ACC Network.

Next Event

Team Stats

Olivier Sarr

Chaundee Brown

Brandon Childress

Torry Johnson

Players Mentioned

Chaundee Brown

Brandon Childress

Ismael Massoud

Jahcobi Neath

Olivier Sarr

Players Mentioned

Chaundee Brown

Brandon Childress

Ismael Massoud

Jahcobi Neath

Olivier Sarr

Wake Forest Athletics