Wake Forest Athletics
Gebbia, Spear and Summiel Set to Attend ACC Tipoff on Oct. 11 in Charlotte
10/5/2022 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Spear led the conference in scoring a year ago with 18.3 points per game while Summiel pulled down a team-best 6.8 rebounds per game.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced the attendees Wednesday for the upcoming ACC Tipoff event in Charlotte, N.C. on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
Senior forward Olivia Summiel and junior guard Jewel Spear are set to join first-year head coach Megan Gebbia for the annual event hosted by the league.
The Demon Deacons are set for the afternoon session and have multiple appearances on ACC Network throughout the afternoon.
Stay tuned to GoDeacs.com and @WakeWBB social channels for more information ahead of the event.
Demon Deacon Debut
First-year head coach Megan Gebbia and the Deacs will tip off against the Rams Sunday, October 30 at 4 p.m. in LJVM Coliseum.
Coach Gebbia inherits a young but talented team led by rising junior guard Jewel Spear. Spear is the first sophomore leading scorer in the conference since the 2011-12 season and just the third in the last 20 years. She averaged 18.3 points per game a season ago.
Additionally, Spear's 90 three pointers ranked second in the ACC and is the second most in single-season program history.
She had one of the greatest performances in program history against ETSU on Dec. 13, netting 40 points, the second-best mark in school history, while also breaking the program record with 10 three-point makes.
Spear went for 30-plus three times last season and 20-plus 10 times.
Upperclassmen Olivia Summiel and Kaia Harrison assumed new roles as captains alongside Spear and outgoing senior Christina Morra. Summiel had five games with double-digit rebounds including a career-high 14 rebounds in a win over in-state foe Charlotte. Summiel finished as the team leader in rebounding with 6.8 boards per game while also posting 6.6 points per game.
Harrison helped take the reins at the point guard position with four or more assists in four of the last 10 games of the season.
Freshman guard Elise Williams finished second on the team in scoring with 9.5 points per game while also leading the Demon Deacons in assists (87) and steals (51).
Additionally, forward Niyah Becker got valuable international experience with the Canadian U23 Team alongside Morra. The Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada native recorded a season-high 13 points three times during the 2021-22 season including a 6-of-8 performance in the regular-season finale against nationally-ranked Georgia Tech. She tallied her first double-double as a Deac in a home win over Troy with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
Ticket Information
There will be free admission to the women's exhibition game on Oct. 30 against Winston-Salem State.
Wake Forest women's basketball season tickets are on sale now. Adult season tickets begin at $50 and Youth/Senior season tickets start at $25.
Single game tickets are also available at $10 for Adults and $5 for Youth/Seniors.
For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.
