Saturday, December 4
Winston-Salem, N.C.
3 p.m.
Wake Forest University
8-1,0-0ACC
90
vs
61
Troy
4-4,0-0Sun Belt
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2
3
4
F
Troy
11
17
23
10
61
Wake Forest
24
26
13
27
90
Spear Leads Deacs to Bounce Back Win Over Troy
12/4/2021 5:47:00 PM | Women's Basketball
The sophomore guard poured in 30 points as she reached the 30-point mark for the second time this season.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Behind 30 points from sophomore guard Jewel Spear, the Wake Forest women's basketball team posted a 90-61 home victory versus Troy on Saturday afternoon inside Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
Spear reached the 30-point mark for the second time this season as the Colony, Texas, native finished 11-of-19 from the field, including six three pointers. This marks the 14th-straight game Spear reached double figures.
Wake Forest (8-1) used a pair of double-digit first half runs to jump out to a double-digit lead over Troy (4-4) after the first half of game action. After pushing their lead to 12 heading into the final frame, the Demon Deacons clinched their sixth home victory of the season with a 15-0 run in the final moments of the contest.
Junior Niyah Becker added a season-high 13 points and team-high 11 rebounds for the Deacs, while freshman guard Elise Williams and senior forward Christina Morra each tallied double digit points, respectively.
The Demon Deacons forced Troy to shoot just 35.1 percent (26-of-74) over the course of the game as the Trojan's 61 points was the least amount of points scored all season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Spear reached the 30-point mark for the second time this season as the Colony, Texas, native finished 11-of-19 from the field, including six three pointers. This marks the 14th-straight game Spear reached double figures.
FROM HOOVER
"I'm proud of our bounce back. No one was happy about our performance against Nebraska. We were on a mission to make that a one time thing and move on. This is a good Troy team that will win their conference and head to the tournament. It isn't easy to play these games coming out of exams and today was about focus. At the beginning of the game I drew up a circle and I put Troy in it and wrote all the distractions around it. I think we had an overall great team effort." - Coach Jen Hoover
NEXT UP
Wake Forest continues its five-game homestand against ETSU on Monday night at 11 a.m.
Grab your spot at LJVM Coliseum at GoDeacs.com/Tickets.
If you are not in attendance on Saturday, you can see the game on ACC Network Extra and WatchESPN/ESPN App.
Spear reached the 30-point mark for the second time this season as the Colony, Texas, native finished 11-of-19 from the field, including six three pointers. This marks the 14th-straight game Spear reached double figures.
Wake Forest (8-1) used a pair of double-digit first half runs to jump out to a double-digit lead over Troy (4-4) after the first half of game action. After pushing their lead to 12 heading into the final frame, the Demon Deacons clinched their sixth home victory of the season with a 15-0 run in the final moments of the contest.
Junior Niyah Becker added a season-high 13 points and team-high 11 rebounds for the Deacs, while freshman guard Elise Williams and senior forward Christina Morra each tallied double digit points, respectively.
The Demon Deacons forced Troy to shoot just 35.1 percent (26-of-74) over the course of the game as the Trojan's 61 points was the least amount of points scored all season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Christina Morra got the Deacs on the board to begin the game.
- Back-to-back fast-break buckets from Niyah Becker increased the Deacs' lead.
- Elise Williams netted the Demon Deacons' first three-pointer of the game with 4:34 remaining in the first quarter.
- Jewel Spear opened her account for the night with a powerful finish to give the Deacs an eight point advantage.
- Spear quickly added a score from beyond the arch to extend the Demon Deacons' lead further.
- The Deacs recorded a 14-2 run over the last 4:34 to finish the first quarter of action with a 24-11 lead.
- Spear maneuvered around two players before laying the ball in for the Deacs first bucket of the second quarter.
- Wake Forest extended their lead to 17 with two made free throws from Becker.
- Malaya Cowles dropped a two-point jumper to give the Deacs a 20 point lead.
- Spear knocked down one free throw to give the sophomore 10 points and her 14th consecutive game in double-digit points.
- The Deacs ended the half with a 50-28 lead. Williams (11), Spear (10), and Becker all recorded double digit points in the first half.
- Williams also ended the half with a team-high five assists .
- Wake Forest shot 55.3 percent (21-of-38) from the field and 50 percent (2-of-4) from behind the search during the first half.
- Spear knocked down her second three-pointer of the night to get the Deacs off the mark in the third quarter.
- Wake Forest went into the fourth quarter with a 12 point advantage.
- The Demon Deacons clinched their sixth home victory of the season with a 15-0 run in the final moments of the contest.
Spear reached the 30-point mark for the second time this season as the Colony, Texas, native finished 11-of-19 from the field, including six three pointers. This marks the 14th-straight game Spear reached double figures.
FROM HOOVER
"I'm proud of our bounce back. No one was happy about our performance against Nebraska. We were on a mission to make that a one time thing and move on. This is a good Troy team that will win their conference and head to the tournament. It isn't easy to play these games coming out of exams and today was about focus. At the beginning of the game I drew up a circle and I put Troy in it and wrote all the distractions around it. I think we had an overall great team effort." - Coach Jen Hoover
NEXT UP
Wake Forest continues its five-game homestand against ETSU on Monday night at 11 a.m.
Grab your spot at LJVM Coliseum at GoDeacs.com/Tickets.
If you are not in attendance on Saturday, you can see the game on ACC Network Extra and WatchESPN/ESPN App.
Team Stats
TROY
Wake
FG%
.351
.485
3FG%
.160
.467
FT%
.455
.708
RB
41
50
TO
17
12
STL
7
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
30
FGM
11
3FGM
6
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
13
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Players Mentioned
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