Sunday, November 14
Winston-Salem, N.C.
1 p.m.
Wake Forest University
3-0,0-0ACC
56
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45
UNC Greensboro
1-1,0-0SoCon
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UNC Greensboro
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19
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45
Wake Forest
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Demon Deacons, Spear Take Down Spartans in Sunday Matinee
11/14/2021 3:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Jewel Spear led Wake Forest with a game-high 24 points enroute to an 11-point victory.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- With a game-high 24 points from sophomore guard Jewel Spear, the Wake Forest women's basketball team posted a 56-45 victory versus UNC Greensboro on Sunday afternoon inside Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
This marks the eighth-straight game Spear reached double figures and the fifth 20-point performance of her career. The Colony, Texas, native shot 46 percent from the field, 44 percent from the three-point line and 80 percent from the charity stripe.
Wake Forest (3-0) forced 19 turnovers and held UNC Greensboro (1-1) to just 34 percent shooting from the field and zero percent from the three-point line. Freshman Elise Williams led the Deacs on the boards, pulling down eight rebounds, all of which came on defense, and added one steal in her first career start.
The Deacons shared the ball of offense on Sunday as they recorded 12 assists on 20 field goals. Defensively when the game was tight in the third and fourth quarters, Wake Forest forced 12 turnovers in the second half.
Junior forward Olivia Summiel was the Deacs second-leading scorer with nine points and she added seven rebounds and two assists.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Wake Forest was superb on the defensive end of the floor on Sunday afternoon as the Deacs forced 19 turnovers, scored 20 points off those UNCG miscues, and did not allow the Spartans to hit a 3-point. UNCG shot 0-of-11 from downtown inside Joel Coliseum on Sunday.
FROM HOOVER
"It was a tough game day, but we are in the midst of a tough stretch. We played three games in the first week of the season and we started on the road against a conference champion from a year ago (Mercer), it was a challenging week for us. We are playing a lot of student-athletes who have not played in the past as we are a young team. I am really proud of our grit. I told our team that when our backs were up against the wall, we did what we had to do to earn the victory. That is the sign of a special team as we showed some great determination and effort today that will help us as we move forward."
NEXT UP
Wake Forest returns to the hardwood on Thursday, Nov. 18 at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 7:00 p.m. versus Charlotte.
The non-conference contest will be available on ACC Network Extra.
This marks the eighth-straight game Spear reached double figures and the fifth 20-point performance of her career. The Colony, Texas, native shot 46 percent from the field, 44 percent from the three-point line and 80 percent from the charity stripe.
Wake Forest (3-0) forced 19 turnovers and held UNC Greensboro (1-1) to just 34 percent shooting from the field and zero percent from the three-point line. Freshman Elise Williams led the Deacs on the boards, pulling down eight rebounds, all of which came on defense, and added one steal in her first career start.
The Deacons shared the ball of offense on Sunday as they recorded 12 assists on 20 field goals. Defensively when the game was tight in the third and fourth quarters, Wake Forest forced 12 turnovers in the second half.
Junior forward Olivia Summiel was the Deacs second-leading scorer with nine points and she added seven rebounds and two assists.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- UNC Greensboro opened the scoring with a jumper in the first minute of the game, but junior forward Olivia Summiel quickly answered with a 3-pointer with 8:49 remaining in the opening quarter to help the Deacs grab an early lead.
- In a first period that featured stifling defensive play from both teams, Wake Forest held the Spartans scoreless for the final four minutes of the quarter.
- During that span, the Demon Deacons scored four points on an Alexandria Scruggs layup and a pair of Jewel Spear free throws to grab a 10-6 advantage at the end of the first quarter.
- Spear opened the scoring in the second quarter with a 3-pointer to extend the Wake Forest lead to seven, 13-6.
- After each team traded four points to bring the score to 17-10 with 7:04 left before intermission, Wake Forest embarked on a 7-2 scoring run over the next three-plus minutes that included a pair of Niyah Becker layups and a Spear 3-pointer.
- Defensively, the Demon Deacons forced a pair of Spartan turnovers.
- Defense continued to be the story for the remainder of the first half as the Deacs entered intermission with a 28-18 lead.
- Wake Forest did not allow UNCG to make a 3-pointer in the first half (0-of-7) and limited the Spartans to just 22.2 percent (6-of-27) shooting from the field.
- The Deacons forced seven turnovers in the opening half and turned those into nine points.
- UNC Greensboro opened the second half on a 10-0 scoring run to knot the game at 28 apiece. The run was halted by a pair of Spear free throws with 5:09 remaining in the third quarter.
- The two teams traded baskets for the remainder of the third period and the Spartans entered the final frame leading by one, 37-36.
- After UNCG opened the scoring in the fourth period to extend its lead to 39-36, Spear connected on a pair of tough-contested layups and Elise Williams knocked down a mid-range jumper to give Wake Forest a 42-39 lead with 7:41 left in regulation.
- Wake Forest went on a 10-0 run that included a strong offensive rebound and put back from Demeara Hinds halfway through the final quarter.
- Wake Forest was able to grind out the remaining five minutes of the game and earn a hard-fought 56-45 victory.
Wake Forest was superb on the defensive end of the floor on Sunday afternoon as the Deacs forced 19 turnovers, scored 20 points off those UNCG miscues, and did not allow the Spartans to hit a 3-point. UNCG shot 0-of-11 from downtown inside Joel Coliseum on Sunday.
FROM HOOVER
"It was a tough game day, but we are in the midst of a tough stretch. We played three games in the first week of the season and we started on the road against a conference champion from a year ago (Mercer), it was a challenging week for us. We are playing a lot of student-athletes who have not played in the past as we are a young team. I am really proud of our grit. I told our team that when our backs were up against the wall, we did what we had to do to earn the victory. That is the sign of a special team as we showed some great determination and effort today that will help us as we move forward."
NEXT UP
Wake Forest returns to the hardwood on Thursday, Nov. 18 at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum at 7:00 p.m. versus Charlotte.
The non-conference contest will be available on ACC Network Extra.
Team Stats
UNCG
Wake
FG%
.340
.351
3FG%
.000
.263
FT%
.867
.647
RB
34
37
TO
19
14
STL
7
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
24
FGM
6
3FGM
4
FTM
8
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
4
FGM
1
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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